The "public" places you named aren't even really public. They're privately owned, and should be treated as such. I don't like smoking, but it really isn't up to me what's allowed and what's not allowed in private businesses. I understand the concerns about second-hand smoke, but that's rea...

Thanks, Max. I actually don't think y'all bring too much out here at all, I've seen worse at forums without NSFW sections. I mean it, one forum I go to has had topics where members flaunted nude (strategically covered) models. I'd feel ashamed to even mention some of the names of other topics. I jus...

[s]GET BACK IN YOUR ISOLATION CHAMBER[/s] Probably a good thing you have to actively WANT to go to the NSFW section. Yeah.. and I'm not sure that I actually WANT to. I'll pass for now. I've been at this forum for awhile and I've never felt in the least bit inclined to visit it. I'd like to stay as ...

Simon and Garfunkel are awesome. One of the few CDs I bought was there greatest hits album -- The Boxer, the Sound of Silence and, of course, I am a Rock are some of the greatest songs ever IMO. Agreed, greatest hits is where I started. It's hard to decide on a favorite song, because they all have ...

I've never had sushi either. As of late, I've found that I like Indie/Doujin games more than mainstream games. Games like Touhou, Cave Story, RBO, etc. were more entertaining than the new Halo, Metroid, and Resident Evil games (just examples) :P Speaking of games, I've become EXTREMELY skeptical ab...

Hey, Trance and Negzee, thanks for being tolerant of us tonight. I know it kinda turned into a chat session all about myself, Hanyou, and his girlfriend Hotaru/Chise but we just haven't talked with each other in such a LONG time like that (five years). ^_^ I'm so happy right now I feel like I'm abo...

Isn't Bob Dylan some ancient '60s musician? *checks* Yes. Oh, that guy. Well, he got famous back then because his songs, despite being quite unattractive musically, had popular messages. Seems to me that people still fawning over him nowadays is just nostalgia. Only oldtimers or wannabes would do t...

Hanyou, how do you feel about the sin of usury and capitalism? I understand you are a Christian. According to Scripture you should not profit from the lending of money. Debt subjugates the debtor and puts the lender on a platform of mastery. One Christian should never profit off another who enslave...

Is this a case of detached scientific noodles vs empathetic emotional noodles? But, on subject, I believe capitalism to be moral and I can't see myself living in anywhere but a capitalist society. It allows for freedoms and growth not possible in Socialism or any other economic system. I really don...

But I consider Sampson and myself to be two separate identities at times, especially in the NSFW section... What goes on in there anyway? Do you say bad words, like fuck? Bob Saget? Honestly, I almost have a morbid curiosity about what kind of conversations you people have (aside from the obvious)....

1.) I'm very sensitive and hyper-emotional about some things, but for the most part (especially if you talk to me in person), I seem indifferent. I'm indifferent about some things I shouldn't be indifferent about, whereas even reading about certain crimes makes me so angry I can barely function for ...

Beyond Here Lies Nothing
by Bob Dylan

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FM8acPXRE[/youtube]

The more I hear his material from this album, the more I like it. I haven't picked it up yet, unfortunately.

I think it's still safe to call Bob Dylan the greatest poet alive.

how old are you and how college educated are you and do you expect people here to have much to say in the light of such a professional post it will be less of a debate and more of...tiny comments Well, I have a degree, but it's not in economics, so...even though I'm into philosophy, I'm about as ed...

The questions at work in this topic are: Is Capitalism moral? Are its alternatives moral? To what extent would you be willing to support Capitalism? Questions of morality are different than questions of empirical value, at least for some moral opinions, and so I would like to draw a distinction. I ...