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Jay · Aug 30, 2003, 03:56 am

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Originally posted by CallMeIshmael@Aug 29 2003, 11:17 PM
I belive that debate is essential to a democracy, even the most hate-filled ideas need to be heard, that's the only way that we'll enjoy the fruits of a society that is truely free, is to have a truely free market place of ideas.

Good old greek ideals. Debate is progress, only if all ideas and opinions are heard a final conclusion for the community can be made. But every community needs fresh wind every once in a while. =)

KaizerKa · Aug 30, 2003, 11:16 am

Well, I am a 14 year old Male currently preparing for the assured horrors of high school. I currently reside in Westchester of New York State (southern NY, rather close to NYC).
My interests are in Literature, Language, and Psychology and I plan on attending college and earning a dual degree in Comparitive Literature and Psychology. My hobbies include riding and tennis, although I'm very terrible at the latter :p
As for socio-political views, I have as yet not developed any clear-cut ideas of my own. Although I am somewhat of a cynic myself, from what I gather it seems that if one was to travel down that road it is the existence of such a concept as cynisim that motivates 95% of human action, not the concept itself. A tricky way of creating an excuse for yourself :p

Fenix · Aug 30, 2003, 11:53 am

Name's: Anthony Thai Vinh Romeo Nguyen
you can call me, Anthony, Ant or Tony.

I'm 17, turning 18 this december. I live in New York City, Queens to be exact. I am currently attending college in pursuit of a career in graphic design. My interests are drawing, painting, web design, playing football, cycling and playing other sports. In terms of music I would consider myself eclectic, but I lean my interests more towards Rap, Hip-Hop, R&B, Trance and Classical. Also like to take pictures with my digital camera, I carry it everywhere habit I picked up from my girlfriend who's majoring in photography.

Don't know what else to say, never good at intros, better with outros :-p

-Ant

Nicole · Aug 31, 2003, 01:00 pm

Hey yall! :) My name is Nicole, I'm from central Missouri and I am 17 years old. I love debate and hope yall can really bring it on.

I'm a conservative Republican and I've been heavily involved in politics for several years. I plan to run for public office as soon as opportunity affords.

Aside from all of that, I am currently working in real estate doing various computer-related tasks, mainly graphic design and advertising. I plan to start college with a minor in both graphic design and computer programming.

I love old school rock music- Bon Jovi (mainly

), Aerosmith, AC/DC, Motley Crue, etc.

All that said

I am really looking forward to getting better acquainted with you guys. :)

Um Yeah · Aug 31, 2003, 06:45 pm

19 year old male, attending College while working , I enjoy Cartoons, Music, Reading and Constructive Debate.

Aug 31, 2003, 08:05 pm

hi im greg (duh) im 14 i live in houston texas, USA and i am a webmaster too, so eh...

hi.

Jim · Sep 1, 2003, 01:06 am

I am 19 and male, a university student in Texas. In theory, I am a linguistics major, and I am learning German and Russian.

I was on ThinkinBBS as Jim, and was young and stupid back then.

I HATE subjective arguments.

Dislogic · Sep 1, 2003, 08:46 am

hey Jim! well this is a little interesting because my mom is in the Linguistics PhD program at Stony Brook University on long siland... Kindof cool eh? if you are interested in this information then you can pm me or something and i will give you her name though you probably wont know her...

Paavo · Sep 1, 2003, 07:23 pm

Hey hey.

I'm Paavo, from Finland. I'm 23 (in a month I'll be 24), and well...I got asked to join, and I did. ^_^

I'm not into politics in the usual sense, but I am angry at how things are going.

So, see you around, I'll try and make this a everyday visit.

Geoff332 · Sep 2, 2003, 09:04 am

I'm Geoff (which you may have guessed). I'm 31 and currently (temporarily?) in New Zealand. I've spent most of the last four years in London and travelling -- primarily around Europe and the US. Before that, I spent a fair amount of time getting (over) educated.

I've got a reasonable education in philosophy (primarily via cognitive science, so it focuses on things like epistemology and reasoning, although I've read a lot of the classics as well); I'm pretty well up on the philosophy of science; I guess I'm self educated in geo-politics. I've dabbled in most of the social science, most often in aspects of psychology and sociology.

Positioning myself is tricky. Conservatives tend to call me 'liberal'. liberals call me 'conservative'. Idealists think I'm a 'pragmatist'; realists reject me as a hopeless 'idealist'. I tend to get impatient with sloppy thinking, especially black and white (over)simplifications that tend to serve dominate the polarisation (and consequent dumbing down) of issues. I'm a Christian who thinks the 'moral majority' is neither. I'm an atheist who tracks the moral downfall of society. On some issues I take an absolutist position; on others, I am a relativist of the worst kind.

When I'm not spending too much time here, I dance (which I was doing earlier this evening); watch rugby (both union and league), football (aka soccer for those who decided to rename things), and Formula 1; I'm an amatuer film buff; I love to travel; I tend to spend a little too much time in pubs with friends -- either eating or drinking.

**Sean** · Sep 2, 2003, 10:28 am

Geoff, good to see you, been a while (Geoff was on my old forum until it was shut down).

protoTypical · Sep 3, 2003, 01:11 am

My name is Nick, I am 15 and live near Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. I am greatly interested in game design and computer graphic design. I have a website, nothing is really on it though. I almost finished the site backend and just need a layout and one day I will launch the site.

Steven Nemes · Sep 6, 2003, 06:23 pm

I am west-sider (Los Angelas California, I love you!) 12 year old of romanian descent. Anything else about me isn't important.

RebelWithanAK · Sep 6, 2003, 10:16 pm

I'm a 19 year old (20 next month) male from NYC, currently in a leave of absence from Cornell where I was a Urban Planning major. I'm a self-described democratic socialist, and I ran ranters.net until the webmaster got lazy. =p

Fallen Angel · Sep 8, 2003, 09:55 pm

I'm 34, my name is James and I live in Sydney Australia, my interests include keeping fit and healthy, Rugby League, dogs and going to the beach.

John · Sep 9, 2003, 08:04 am

Quote:

Originally posted by Fallen Angel@Sep 8 2003, 09:55 PM
I'm 34, my name is James and I live in Sydney Australia, my interests include keeping fit and healthy, Rugby League, dogs and going to the beach.

Hey who do you support buddy, i am a super mad knights supporter, and the goosters are going down on saturday, im also love dogs (german shepheards) and keeping fit.

Fallen Angel · Sep 9, 2003, 11:52 pm

Quote:

Originally posted by John@Sep 9 2003, 08:04 AM
Hey who do you support buddy, i am a super mad knights supporter, and the goosters are going down on saturday, im also love dogs (german shepheards) and keeping fit.

Yeah CH, the Goosters are going to be forced to eat their own grass all day, Perry and Co, are going to smash the crap out of them!
Go the Mighty Knights!!

I'm known on your forum as..

John · Sep 10, 2003, 12:01 am

Quote:

Originally posted by Fallen Angel@Sep 9 2003, 11:52 PM
Yeah CH, the Goosters are going to be forced to eat their own grass all day, Perry and Co, are going to smash the crap out of them!
Go the Mighty Knights!!

I'm known on your forum as..

You wouldnt be termi would you?

Silly me, for not noticing.

Fallen Angel · Sep 11, 2003, 05:54 am

Uhuh.

Steven Nemes · Sep 13, 2003, 08:47 pm

Quote:

Originally posted by RebelWithanAK@Sep 6 2003, 10:16 PM
I'm a 19 year old (20 next month) male from NYC

Eastsider! Die! J/K :)

Aug 30, 2003, 11:16 am	#22 (permalink) (top)
KaizerKa Sedimentary Rock Posts: 12	Well, I am a 14 year old Male currently preparing for the assured horrors of high school. I currently reside in Westchester of New York State (southern NY, rather close to NYC). My interests are in Literature, Language, and Psychology and I plan on attending college and earning a dual degree in Comparitive Literature and Psychology. My hobbies include riding and tennis, although I'm very terrible at the latter :p As for socio-political views, I have as yet not developed any clear-cut ideas of my own. Although I am somewhat of a cynic myself, from what I gather it seems that if one was to travel down that road it is the existence of such a concept as cynisim that motivates 95% of human action, not the concept itself. A tricky way of creating an excuse for yourself :p http://members.lycos.co.uk/imagesforkaizer/Aliensig.gif

Aug 30, 2003, 11:53 am	#23 (permalink) (top)
Fenix Sedimentary Rock Location: New York City Posts: 16	Name's: Anthony Thai Vinh Romeo Nguyen you can call me, Anthony, Ant or Tony. I'm 17, turning 18 this december. I live in New York City, Queens to be exact. I am currently attending college in pursuit of a career in graphic design. My interests are drawing, painting, web design, playing football, cycling and playing other sports. In terms of music I would consider myself eclectic, but I lean my interests more towards Rap, Hip-Hop, R&B, Trance and Classical. Also like to take pictures with my digital camera, I carry it everywhere habit I picked up from my girlfriend who's majoring in photography. Don't know what else to say, never good at intros, better with outros :-p -Ant http://members.lycos.co.uk/pictureforforums/sig.jpg

Aug 31, 2003, 06:45 pm	#25 (permalink) (top)
Um Yeah Sedimentary Rock Location: NY Posts: 4	19 year old male, attending College while working , I enjoy Cartoons, Music, Reading and Constructive Debate. Pretty Kawaii For A White Guy.http://www.gamespy.com/avatars/av/AT/at215.gif

Sep 1, 2003, 08:46 am	#28 (permalink) (top)
Dislogic Molten Ash Location: USA Posts: 115	hey Jim! well this is a little interesting because my mom is in the Linguistics PhD program at Stony Brook University on long siland... Kindof cool eh? if you are interested in this information then you can pm me or something and i will give you her name though you probably wont know her... <span style='color:gray'><span style='font-family:Geneva'><span style='font-size:7.5pt;line-height:100%'>Kerry/Edwards 2004: He can't make up his mind, but at least he has one.</span></span></span>

Sep 2, 2003, 10:28 am	#31 (permalink) (top)
Sean former overlord Location: New York Posts: 2,383	Geoff, good to see you, been a while (Geoff was on my old forum until it was shut down). So it goes

Aug 31, 2003, 01:00 pm	#24 (permalink) (top)
Nicole Sedimentary Rock Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 19	Hey yall! :) My name is Nicole, I'm from central Missouri and I am 17 years old. I love debate and hope yall can really bring it on. I'm a conservative Republican and I've been heavily involved in politics for several years. I plan to run for public office as soon as opportunity affords. Aside from all of that, I am currently working in real estate doing various computer-related tasks, mainly graphic design and advertising. I plan to start college with a minor in both graphic design and computer programming. I love old school rock music- Bon Jovi (mainly ), Aerosmith, AC/DC, Motley Crue, etc. All that said I am really looking forward to getting better acquainted with you guys. :)

Aug 31, 2003, 08:05 pm	#26 (permalink) (top)
Gregory Guest Posts: n/a	hi im greg (duh) im 14 i live in houston texas, USA and i am a webmaster too, so eh... hi.

Sep 1, 2003, 01:06 am	#27 (permalink) (top)
Jim Sedimentary Rock Posts: 24	I am 19 and male, a university student in Texas. In theory, I am a linguistics major, and I am learning German and Russian. I was on ThinkinBBS as Jim, and was young and stupid back then. I HATE subjective arguments.

Sep 1, 2003, 07:23 pm	#29 (permalink) (top)
Paavo Location: Finland Posts: 712	Hey hey. I'm Paavo, from Finland. I'm 23 (in a month I'll be 24), and well...I got asked to join, and I did. ^_^ I'm not into politics in the usual sense, but I am angry at how things are going. So, see you around, I'll try and make this a everyday visit.

Sep 2, 2003, 09:04 am	#30 (permalink) (top)
Geoff332 Igneous Magma Location: New Zealand Posts: 309	I'm Geoff (which you may have guessed). I'm 31 and currently (temporarily?) in New Zealand. I've spent most of the last four years in London and travelling -- primarily around Europe and the US. Before that, I spent a fair amount of time getting (over) educated. I've got a reasonable education in philosophy (primarily via cognitive science, so it focuses on things like epistemology and reasoning, although I've read a lot of the classics as well); I'm pretty well up on the philosophy of science; I guess I'm self educated in geo-politics. I've dabbled in most of the social science, most often in aspects of psychology and sociology. Positioning myself is tricky. Conservatives tend to call me 'liberal'. liberals call me 'conservative'. Idealists think I'm a 'pragmatist'; realists reject me as a hopeless 'idealist'. I tend to get impatient with sloppy thinking, especially black and white (over)simplifications that tend to serve dominate the polarisation (and consequent dumbing down) of issues. I'm a Christian who thinks the 'moral majority' is neither. I'm an atheist who tracks the moral downfall of society. On some issues I take an absolutist position; on others, I am a relativist of the worst kind. When I'm not spending too much time here, I dance (which I was doing earlier this evening); watch rugby (both union and league), football (aka soccer for those who decided to rename things), and Formula 1; I'm an amatuer film buff; I love to travel; I tend to spend a little too much time in pubs with friends -- either eating or drinking.

Sep 3, 2003, 01:11 am	#32 (permalink) (top)
protoTypical Sedimentary Rock Posts: 2	My name is Nick, I am 15 and live near Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA. I am greatly interested in game design and computer graphic design. I have a website, nothing is really on it though. I almost finished the site backend and just need a layout and one day I will launch the site.

Sep 6, 2003, 06:23 pm	#33 (permalink) (top)
Steven Nemes Sedimentary Rock Posts: 8	I am west-sider (Los Angelas California, I love you!) 12 year old of romanian descent. Anything else about me isn't important.

Sep 6, 2003, 10:16 pm	#34 (permalink) (top)
RebelWithanAK Igneous Magma Location: New York City Posts: 739	I'm a 19 year old (20 next month) male from NYC, currently in a leave of absence from Cornell where I was a Urban Planning major. I'm a self-described democratic socialist, and I ran ranters.net until the webmaster got lazy. =p . . . whenever any government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such forms as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

Sep 8, 2003, 09:55 pm	#35 (permalink) (top)
Fallen Angel Igneous Magma Location: Sydney,Australia. Posts: 333	I'm 34, my name is James and I live in Sydney Australia, my interests include keeping fit and healthy, Rugby League, dogs and going to the beach.

Sep 11, 2003, 05:54 am	#39 (permalink) (top)
Fallen Angel Igneous Magma Location: Sydney,Australia. Posts: 333	Uhuh.