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I'm more of a face person than a name person. I can remember and recognize faces, but names are not my strong suit. When I read posts in forums, I tend to associate a poster with their pic, not their name. When a poster changes the pic, I can sometimes get a bit confused: "Hmm, who wrote...

This topic is a branch off from HERE. In the thread, several people have expressed the general sentiment that people shouldn't be watching porn in public because others don't like it. Is that sufficient justification to ban things, and what other activities does it affect? I'm no legal...

Growing up, I was raised by my mother and visited by my father. My mother celebrated most holidays, while my father didn't celebrate any, which at the time I thought was very strange. Most holidays here in the US are commercialized, meaning stores will be stuffed with holiday products a month...

Similar to the YouTube video thread, I thought I'd start a movie thread. While there are plenty of websites to illegally watch movies, as well as pay sites to legally watch movies, I thought it might be nice for people to share movie links that everybody can watch. My only rule for the thread...

Go to the last link for more pictures. What amazes me is that in all the pics, the cats appear to be healthy and happy. That's quite an accomplishment for so many cats, not to mention the cost to feed and care for them all. There's nothing really to discuss, so much as a "wow" story. I...

Let me start by saying that I'm quite ignorant of military matters. I'll readily admit that I don't know much, which is exactly why I've started this thread. During the 2008 presidential campaign, I heard Ron Paul comment at the RNC that he thought we should pull all our troops home. It got...

I'm curious what people think is the greatest evil a person can do. "Evil" is however you define it. I see this as a subjective question, so there is no 'correct' answer, but if people want to make an objective argument, then by all means. The one restriction I place is limiting this to what...

Image I'll be honest, I came across a much smaller version of the image a few days ago without knowing what it was connected to, and didn't make an oral sex connection. Even knowing what it's supposed to be, I don't think it conveys it that well. No link to a major news source yet. In any...

I think this is amazing. I've read this story on a few different sites, and several of them have people defending the cops. Not only do I fail to see how committing crimes to "warn" people is a good idea, I don't understand why the locals apparently don't have a problem with this. "Well, I...

I'm having an issue with my comp and was wondering what a good site might be for help. I didn't get it from a dealer so there's no customer service to call. On the off chance anybody here can offer advice, I'm using win XP with SP 2. My comp doesn't like restarting, often crashing during...

In light of the various threads by Ralph on priest abuse, I'd like to ask theists here how they view their religious institutions. Simply put: Is there anything your religious leaders could do that would cause you to leave your religion in disgust? This is not directed at Catholics, but to...

Surprisingly, I only found one thread on profiles, back from 2005: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=149449&highlight=profile I'm curious what people think of profiles, either those of others or your own. Do you fill out yours? Do you check others to learn about them? Perhaps...

I've seen people getting red and yellow warning cards, and some of them have points added. I've gotten one or two myself. However, I looked in the forum rules and didn't see any mention of points, or red or yellow cards for that matter. I assume the points add up to something. What happens...

I came across a blog entry, linking to an LA Times article, about the Manhattan Declaration, a xian manifesto. Here is a FAQ from their site. Both the blog and the article are critical of this, as am I. In short, it is a declaration of xian values that it feels cannot be compromised, and that...

I didn't feel like fiddling with their html code, so I just included a portion of the article. The article goes on to say that it's been legal for 30+ years due to a loophole in a law which prohibited outdoor hooking and, by implication, not indoor. What I found interesting was how the vast...

Stumbleupon turned up this article for me the other day: http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/03/your-family-is-being-watched-24-7/ Is this just another hyperbolic bit of internet fear? :run: Or is there validity to how brits are on camera more often than Brittany Spears? Highlight from...

I've been thinking about things in my life, as well as things in the US and the media. This isn't connected to any particular event or issue, hence no link. Instead, I'd like to hear your personal views on violence... the violence of everyday people. Have you ever initiated violence against...

This is more a poll than a discussion thread, just to see what people's general sentiments are towards her. Of course, people are free to say why they feel as they do. I think it would be particularly interesting if libs/Dems dislike her, or cons/Reps like her, and explained why they feel as...

I don't know if this has been discussed here before, but I just saw this video: bad link The vid is about adolescent preachers, child preachers. I must say I haven't been so surprised about mistreatment of children since I learned of child beauty pageants years ago (including the sad murder...

Hi all! I'm new here so let me start with a little intro. Even though I've had Civ 3 for years, it somehow never occurred to me that there would be gaming forums for it. Even though I've visted forums for my other games, I guess I figured the only thing you could have for Civ 3 would be maps...