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Kyronea

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Re: My grades...
« Reply #30 on: May 19, 2007, 10:30:42 pm »

Who believes that crap in America?
I know...that's part of the problem. America is the only 1st World nation that has a huge majority of people who reject evolution(the next on the list of countries around the world is Turkey, for fuck's sake) among other scientific issues, and constantly allows religion to impede scientific progress and restrict the rights of people to control their own bodies(such as the case of abortion.) It's stupid, is ridiculous, and it makes people like me extremely angry to see people legislating morality and forcing their beliefs upon me when I don't believe in them at all.

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« Reply #31 on: May 19, 2007, 11:03:35 pm »
It's one of those strange paradox things where men deal with me and think I'm an asshole, but respect my directness, and women deal with me and think I'm really a nice person.

Are you particularly attractive?  This may be part of the reason.

Golly. So women have no thoughts in their head besides attractiveness when it comes to interpersonal behavior. Just...golly.

At least to your marginal credit you used the qualifiers "may" and "part." I'll spare your life today...

For all I know, the teachers at his school were just generous.  Mine were certainly rather lax.  But the fact is that for the average person, attractiveness is a factor, both in how much credence people are willing to give and in how much bullshit they'll put up with.  Attractive people tend to be perceived as smarter, more honest, and more likely to succeed.  With all the hot bitches I've met that have vacuum-sealed skulls, it's impossible for me to share that perception, though.  And no, I'm not using "bitches" as a colloqualism to refer to women in general.  If I meant "women" I would have said that.  I'm referring solely to attractive women who also happen to be irredeemably stupid and obnoxious.

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It's sad to think our society has evolved this way. You'd think that by now due to our scientific knowledge about the human body and about evolution and all that jazz we'd finally drop all of this nonsense and start treating everyone equally, the way they deserve.

That depends on what you mean by the way they deserve.  If you're referring to workplace equality, I heartily agree with you.  I wouldn't promote an attractive person over an unattractive person if the unattractive person could do the job better, and if the former tried to use their sexuality to get me to change my mind I'd probably fire them.  But would I rather hang out with someone I find attractive in my off hours?  Damn right I would.  That isn't discrimination, that's simple personal preference.  Putting ketchup on my burger does not equate to discriminating against mustard.

Kyronea

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Re: My grades...
« Reply #32 on: May 19, 2007, 11:11:18 pm »
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That depends on what you mean by the way they deserve.  If you're referring to workplace equality, I heartily agree with you.  I wouldn't promote an attractive person over an unattractive person if the unattractive person could do the job better, and if the former tried to use their sexuality to get me to change my mind I'd probably fire them.  But would I rather hang out with someone I find attractive in my off hours?  Damn right I would.  That isn't discrimination, that's simple personal preference.  Putting ketchup on my burger does not equate to discriminating against mustard.
I apologize: I was wholly referring to law-wise, in all senses, be it workplace related, how they are tried in a court of law if they commit a crime, whether they can be married or not(I am wholly in favour of gay marriage, for instance) and so on and so forth. Personal relations are the business of the people relating, not anyone else.

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Re: My grades...
« Reply #33 on: May 19, 2007, 11:22:49 pm »
Ask teachers for extra credit. see what you must do to pass and stay off the foums for awile. k?