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Message |
 Topic: New religion/ |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 5
Views: 51
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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:13 am Subject: New religion/ |
| Depends, if your simply creating yet another interpretation of Christianity (or any other major religion) then it shouldn't be much tougher then your average nonprofit group. This is because you can ... |
| Topic: Mccain's VP pick |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 33
Views: 357
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 6:50 pm Subject: Mccain's VP pick |
| To her credit she ran without the support of party leaders. Personally I don't think she's a particularly bad choice when it all comes down to it if you look at her personal record. She'll have the ... |
| Topic: Atheism and Satanism |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 161
Views: 1896
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:11 pm Subject: Atheism and Satanism |
| I feel that Atheism being equated to Satanism is an extreme inaccuracy. Atheism is the complete absence of religion, while Satanism has a very defined belief structure. While many modern Atheists fo ... |
| Topic: hate speech against autistics on the internet? |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 37
Views: 1290
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:06 am Subject: hate speech against autistics on the internet? |
| I think the term "hate speech" may not be entirely warranted in this case. We disagree with the message certainly, we feel the message is ignorant of the bigger picture. However I would not call it ... |
| Topic: I think i have been cured of as. |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 37
Views: 912
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:20 am Subject: I think i have been cured of as. |
| It should be possible to retrain yourself to think more like you did before. The conscious part of the brain is extremely powerful and can actually alter the neurochemical balances of the entire brai ... |
| Topic: Court allows extradition of AS hacker to US |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 17
Views: 345
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:50 pm Subject: Court allows extradition of AS hacker to US |
| AS cannot excuse a person from committing a crime. After all, if he's found guilty he'd probably be imprisoned and you can hardly use AS as justification of not going to prison (which is a radical ch ... |
| Topic: Wrong Planet has taken a cruise ship and... |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 71
Views: 987
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Forum: Random Discussion Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:44 pm Subject: Wrong Planet has taken a cruise ship and... |
| I picked food. I'd probably leave it to someone else to organize the survival efforts, unless no one else volunteered then I might give it a shoot. |
| Topic: 911 issue: I wonder, what do majority of American ppl |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 120
Views: 1299
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:23 pm Subject: 911 issue: I wonder, what do majority of American ppl |
| If their is a major event occurs a conspiracy theory will always crop up around it. Every single man-made event (as well as many natural ones) in the past century has a conspiracy following. 9/11 is ... |
| Topic: Plot unfolds to assassinate Obama on national TV |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 20
Views: 477
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:38 am Subject: Plot unfolds to assassinate Obama on national TV |
| Well you can't say all that not surprising. There's still white supremacists around, and they are bound to try to pull off something like this, even if it's so badly implemented Obama has a better sh ... |
| Topic: Who will McCain choose for vice president? |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 58
Views: 642
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:18 pm Subject: Who will McCain choose for vice president? |
| Ugh.. I wish everyone would not participate in the election because it doesn't matter who you pick... they all work for the evil bankers who literally own half the world already.. but half isn't enoug ... |
| Topic: Exam Results: I've got them and yet I'm having doubts... |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 9
Views: 285
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:56 pm Subject: Exam Results: I've got them and yet I'm having doubts... |
The thing that really bothers me is that in my fourth year of high school I got
5 A's
1 B
and 2 C's.
How on earth did I get straight A's?
Well it's possible that the College environment sim ... |
| Topic: Does college make your self-esteem better or worse? |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 13
Views: 285
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Forum: School and College Life Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:51 pm Subject: Does college make your self-esteem better or worse? |
| In the long run College has a net-positive effect on your self-esteem in the vast majority of cases. This is simply because you are much more likely to find yourself in a field you enjoy. |
| Topic: Advocacy by autistics in the 1970s |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 3
Views: 201
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:19 pm Subject: Re: Advocacy by autistics in the 1970s |
The dominant impression I receive from reading books and studies about autism published in the 1960s and 1970s is that almost all autistics were then classified as being mentally retarded.
Well ... |
| Topic: I have asperger's, does that mean I am considered autistic? |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 28
Views: 741
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:14 pm Subject: I have asperger's, does that mean I am considered autistic? |
| AS is considered part of the Autistic Spectrum. However it is distinct from "Classic Autism" which causes some confusion. The reason it's distinct from classic autism is that speech delay, one of cl ... |
| Topic: Think I have aspergers. |
The_Cucumber
Replies: 8
Views: 246
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 6:07 pm Subject: Think I have aspergers. |
| I'd say it's highly probable. You certainly have some traits of Asperger's Syndrome. The question is if these traits can be more accurately explained by something else (Social Anxiety Disorder for e ... |
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