Does.... does this mean the US is responsible for 9/11 by doing things the terrorists disagree with? Because all I hear is “it’s your fault you upset the terrorist.”

I totally agree. I didn’t feel like I got a ton of help, but I would go home every few months during college and my parents would buy groceries for me. When I graduated and panicked because finding a job was hard, they would have been able to have me move back home and continued to financially support me until such a…

Since when did “American” become synonymous with “God-Fearing” and “Christian”? Did we become a theocracy while I was asleep or something?

I hate how this stuff brings out the racism in people. I’ve lunch, a conversation was started at another table because someone read a story about a white guy getting shot by a cop. The cop pulled him over and when he approached the guy tried to run him over and I think also shot him. He was clearly a threat to the…

Right. I can’t think of one crazy person who reflects on those camps and thinks “yeah, that was a good idea.”

Totally didn’t see that coming.

I feel like what the right forgets in all this is that France as a whole, even with this attack, still has far fewer deaths by guns. In fact, when it’s illegal to own a gun outside of strict exceptions, then you can arrest people for having guns - because they have them illegally. Fewer guns on the street means fewer…

Has anyone read the Age of X series by Richelle Mead? It starts in this futuristic world where all religion is treated as a threat to the state. They are all monitors and have to apply for a license to practice, which they also have to renew regularly - like a drivers license. Religions that don’t abide by state…

I LOVE this idea. I think if we started doing this, though, we’d have to offer the option. Because religious people are still going to insist that marriage be like it is. You know, tradition and all that.

I’m starting to get the feeling that all the anti-Muslim and anti-middle east stuff is based in religion. I feel like Christianity and Islam just don’t want to get along with each other.

It’s scary because it makes the world that much more unsafe. If we are so focused on stereotyping a religion and/or an ethnicity,…

I remember reading something about an atheist who really wanted off the books - to do that he had to get his baptism reversed/removed. They did no. Once a Catholic, always catholic. I’m pretty sure he had to write a letter saying he rejected God or something to get off the books.

Anybody else watch the Justice League growing up? I’d would have loved a HawkGirl action figure. I don’t think I have the parents who would have bought me action figures, though - especially if they were located anywhere other than the girls section.

This makes me think of my Catholicism. I was baptized and confirmed, so as far as the Catholic Church is concerned, I’m Catholic. I think the only way to not be Catholic is to send a letter saying I don’t believe in God or something.

I have the same thought. I mean, it’s clearly wrong and I feel like it should be illegal in some way... but I’m not sure it fits in the same realm as rape or sexual assault. Say a man has sex with a trans woman. Can he then turn around and say she tricked him because she’s “actually a man.” Can you really say “this is…

I will never understand this. If I drive a Honda car, am I complicit when an employee of that company does something wrong? I mean, I bought the car, so I contributed to their salary a bit, right?

Let me get this straight.... girls are turning to prostitution as a means of financial stability and/or are being raped. Most of the people using those services or doing the raping are likely men (because of the pregnancy increase). And then men forbid that girl from getting an education because SHE will be a bad…

I agree. In Iowa, where I grew up, there are a lot of small cemeteries buried under corn fields from small towns that no longer exist. I remember learning about an organization dedicated to uncovering these cemeteries and returning them to a place to memorialize the people there. You can spot them sometimes, because…

I majored in Journalism in college and one of my professors claimed that the media is actually very conservative but that it is often mistaken as liberal because it often asks uncomfortable questions and demands proof.

I know someone who always vote for the 3rd party candidate to protest the stupidity of both democrats and republicans. I guess that’s better than not voting at all. At the very least, people should vote to prevent something.

But, guys, what about all those guys being falsely accused of rape?