"I am against INFANT circumcision. In this day and age, the hygenic justifications for male circumcision at birth are nullified by widespread access to clean water, antiseptics, and easily available health care. If one later wants to be circumcised,…"
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Hi!I'll be visiting Germany soon. Berlin. Any tips? Places I should visit? Things I should do? People I should meet?Continue
Started Jun 27, 2012
Circumcision?
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I've decided to post a new therad, since the other one wasn't really about this anyways but about antisemitism.So...pro or against? Let's continue from where we left off.Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Maxwell Clyde Merchant Apr 2.
"Prisoner" Swap
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Well there's a huge debate here about this so I thought I'd open a discussion about it.…Continue
Tags: deal, Hamas, abduction, Shalit, prisoners
Started this discussion. Last reply by Chen Oct 15, 2011.
What is your voting system?
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I've been thinking about this for a while.I know any democratic voting system is somewhat flawed unless you have only 2 candidates/parties to vote for.So how exactly does the voting system in your…Continue
Tags: democracy, voting, politics
Started this discussion. Last reply by Androo Sep 17, 2011.
2+2=5
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MycobacteriumRachel replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"Thank you for your explanation. While my intellect is not low, in fact I am a rather intelligent well educated person. Your wording was ambiguous, and because tone does not come across across weep in written word, I wanted to be clear before I…"
Maggs Science replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"I am good at things like science and I know good history so trust me please."
Maggs Science replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"Your intellect must be low. Do you think this benefits the good of society?
I am not sarcastic, as apparently you think I am--which throws me off. This is a real debate and it affects real people.
I think this subject is very touchy but history…"
MycobacteriumRachel replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"Either all of your posts are on a new level of sarcasm that I just don't get, or they make no sense to me at all. Would you mind clarifying?"
Maggs Science replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"You are ignorant. We follow history's mistakes as a society so we can be perfect. And we must continue the traditions because they MUST be right."
MycobacteriumRachel replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"You need to read the first article you cited again.
Although studies in Africa have shown that circumcision can lower the spread of HIV among heterosexuals, it may not do much to prevent infections among gay and bisexual men in Western…"
Ron Low replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"^^ I'd like to see those epidemiologic studies. ^^
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1) "most of the US men who have died of AIDS were circumcised at birth."**
This study shows a 13% increased risk for HIV if one is circumcised.…"
MycobacteriumRachel replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"I'd like to see those epidemiologic studies."
Maggs Science replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"We should aim to be as perfect as we can as a society I do not know what is wrong. We need to be perfect."
MycobacteriumRachel replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"While I agree with you on everything else, I feel like vaccination schedules fall into a different category. Whether or not your kid is vaccinated not only has health implications for the child ( Ex. Post-pubescent males who get measles experience…"
Ron Low replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"^^ If you wanted to equal {FGM and MGM} out, it would be more like cutting off the head of the penis itself. ^^
Females are cut in a wide variety of ways, the most common of which is exactly and precisely analagous to male…"
Jamie replied to Chen's discussion Circumcision?"I definitely agree with the comparison. If you wanted to equal it out, it would be more like cutting off the head of the penis itself. "
PhoenixShaman replied to Chen's discussion Nerdfighter Bar in the group Nerdfighterlike & lonely hearts"Happy holidays & merry winter festival of your choice!
*Hands around mince & apple pies, and glasses of mulled wine & eggnog*"
Taylor Cupcake replied to Chen's discussion Nerdfighter Bar in the group Nerdfighterlike & lonely hearts""Sure. Thank you" I swivel the stool to take a slow look around the room. "What do you mean, I didn't need it yet?" I aske when I am face to face with you again, before taking a sip of my drink."
PhoenixShaman replied to Chen's discussion Nerdfighter Bar in the group Nerdfighterlike & lonely hearts"I shrug "could be anything, duff flux capacitor, not going through strange enough doorways, you didn't need it yet" I nod to the bar "Fancy another?""
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- Books: The Curious Incident of the Dog at Nighttime!!!! (recently read) 1984, Animal Farm, Sword of Truth, His Dark Materials - all in all fantasy/sci-fi that makes me think. I forgot Roald Dahl books grrrrr!
Movies: Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of War, Doctor Who (technically not a movie, but the pictures move which is in the spirit of movies), all Burekas films basically (you wouldn't understand unless your'e Israeli....)
Music: Orphaned Land, Porcupine Tree, Balkan Beat Box, Aviv Geffen, Arik Ainshtein (I probably spelled their names wrong :(() and anything else that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside or makes you think: "huh, never heard that before".
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- I don't think I know anyone who's nerdy enough....
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- Damn Fruit Tastes like Butter Again
Comment Wall (65 comments)
- At 4:18am on July 3, 2012,
gelingeling said… Hello, well, I would recommend visiting the dictrict of Kreuzberg in Berlin, because it's very colourful and exciting. Especially Mehringdamm, Bergmanstreet and the whole area around Kottbusser Tor, Oranienburger Street. That's really interesting! There are a lot of restaurants and nice book shops etc, too.
Also I'd recommend visiting the East Side Gallery.
Yeah, that's it for now... ^^
- At 3:38am on June 30, 2012,
Ela said… yes I am! In Hamburg, actually :)
- At 2:57am on June 27, 2012, gelingeling said…
Hey there, I read your comment in the German Nerdfighter group. I live in Berlin. What are you interested in? Maybe I could give you some tips or something.
DFTBA (:
- At 4:37pm on January 9, 2012,
Sam Lyttle said… Aren't they the best! I've always loved horses. There's just something about them that puts my mind at ease when I'm around them. Whenever I'm stressed out I love going to the barn and just being surrounded by them.
- At 10:46pm on December 29, 2011,
Trueartgirl said… Yes I am still interested in being a penpal, however I need stamps so we may have to start off with emails. Let me know if you still want to write to each other ^_^
- At 3:48pm on December 18, 2011,
Mark Zuckerberg said… Well, I did invent it, after all. ;P
To be honest, I hate Facebook. I'm just lost inside The Social Network fandom.
- At 5:57am on December 16, 2011,
Eystein, said… I'm sorry, kind of rude of me to just blow it off like that. I'm kind of rusty when it comes to that sort of thing. I've never had long phone chats with anyone, always straight to business and then 'done', 'bye', 'see yah'... I don't even use msn, so the whole idea terrifies me and makes kind of afraid of my computer as I never know when someone's gonna invade my me-time;) Mayhaps when I find myself in a strange and unfamiliar land I'll be more talkative. I don't know... Wouldn't hurt to exchange contacts I suppose if you still want too... o.O
- At 8:00am on December 15, 2011, Eystein, said…
Hmm actually yes... why? o.O I hope you're not planning on calling me, cause I'd freak out. I hate speaking English on the phone. I stutter and soak myself. Besides, not much of a chatter. Only sign up for the damn thing to call my poor mother;)
- At 11:01am on December 12, 2011, Eystein, said…
Yeah okey, but at least it's an honorable aspiration, and probably a lot of fun once you get past the hard tutorial bits.
Heard of couch surfing, all the weirdest people I know are or have done it I think, but I don't know the details. These people I speak of seem to meet new people wherever they go. I don't have that skill, wish I had, but I'm too uncomfortable in my own skin to actually enjoy other people's company for more than a few hours at most, with a few exceptions of course;)
But it's definably a great way to mend your spending on a prolonged trip, and I believe Europe is great for that sort of thing. Probably North America too. I myself am heading of for Texas on the new year. Got an exchange spot. Kind of exited about it. It'll be good get out this town for a while:)
- At 10:42am on December 10, 2011, Eystein, said…
My major is electrical control systems *yawn* I hate it so much... Has made me slack off, and I pay for it now. Had chemistry for some reason this semester and I enjoyed it a lot, so maybe biochemistry could be my thing. I definitely have screwed up enough morality to venture in that direction;)
Do you study anything you like? See you're getting some animation tips, that's an awesome skill to have I think.
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