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  • #62
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 41,974 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    myshirt wrote: »
    No system of ideaology will ever, ever justify sexualising young children like that

    Been through the girls section of Penneys lately? O_o

    I'm partial to your abracadabra
    I'm raptured by the joy of it all



  • #63
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    10000maniacs wrote: »
    I agree, but when the middle ground is being eroded and silenced on the ground these days, there is only one inevitable outcome. Extreme voices are only too willing and able to fill that gap. Ireland has not reached that abyss yet but it would be advisable for our politicians to listen carefully to people on the ground to get a grasp and inkling of their concerns. Because extremist candidates on both the right and left have their "sympathetic" ears pointing in that same direction.

    It's still the majority that elects politicians.
    If they only listen to the minorities, we shouldn't elect them.
    If we do anyway, it's a bit rich of us to complain about them not representing us, don't you think?


  • #64
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Try_harder wrote: »
    Are genuine Syrian refugees acceptable?

    Syria is a huge country, and even at the height of the war the fighting was contained to certain areas, so I would say no.


  • #65
    SureYWouldntYa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,890 ✭✭✭SureYWouldntYa


    Here's an opinion I have that's proven unpopular with friends any time I've brought it up

    I have no problem with ticket touts, or people paying high amounts to touts for tickets, it just means that they were underpriced when originally sold and the market can then dictate the price

    Can't say I like Seatwave though with tickets appearing within seconds of being "released" on Ticketmaster, that's a genuine scam

    But someone willing to pay €200 on Jones' Road to get into Croker on All Ireland Final day? Have at it


  • #66
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Shenshen wrote: »
    That's the thing about mother nature - she's a bit of a messy one!
    XX and XY doesn't always result in clearly defined male or female genitals. And she does throw out many more varieties than just XX and XY, too ;)
    Sure genetic anomalies occur but we're talking about the 99% of people.


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  • #67
    myshirt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Been through the girls section of Penneys lately? O_o

    No I haven't. Should I?

    What a strange question.


  • #68
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Syria is a huge country, and even at the height of the war the fighting was contained to certain areas, so I would say no.

    So, just to get my head around this, do you think that there are currently several millions of Syrians living in tent camps in Turkey and Lebanon because... they prefer the views from there?

    That would be an unpopular opinion. Particularly in those camps, I would imagine.


  • #69
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,713 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I think Bon Iver is crap..


  • #70
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Sure genetic anomalies occur but we're talking about the 99% of people.

    I think 99% of the people don't have mis-aligned genders.
    Last time I checked, the vast majority of people happily accept their (clearly defined) biological sex as their gender.
    Though if you don't meet real people a lot and rely on AH, you'd think that transgender people make up more than 60% of the population at this point.


  • #71
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Syria is a huge country, and even at the height of the war the fighting was contained to certain areas, so I would say no.

    wow, thats something


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  • #72
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,694 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16Cr82mLhkw.


  • #73
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    myshirt wrote: »
    Don't tell the Bride Pakistan version was a joke, not a real thing. I think these societies you are referring to are maturing, and when societies mature and develop they don't bring with them these type of abuses.

    To play Devils Advocate, surely it follows that if being gay is natural and just means that you fancy people of the same sex as you, it’s not that much of a leap to say that paedophilic thoughts are also natural (as in their brains are wired that way). Now, and let me be EXTREMELY clear on this, I don’t mean that paedos will get a free pass to harm any children, I mean that it may well be seen as they have no control over being attracted to children, much like gays have no control over fancying members of the same sex. I’m not sure what the SJWs will want done, but they’ll want it recognised id say.


  • #74
    a very cool kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 504 ✭✭✭a very cool kid


    The vast majority of people involved in the Catholic Church are good, ordinary people and it is not an inherently bad organization.

    Stuff from the past such as the Laundries etc were there because our parents/grandparents thought they were the correct way to do things. The Church weren't armed - the Church had influence in these things because people gave it to them.

    The Church was/is more of a positive influence than a negative one.


  • #75
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    myshirt wrote: »
    Don't tell the Bride Pakistan version was a joke, not a real thing. I think these societies you are referring to are maturing, and when societies mature and develop they don't bring with them these type of abuses.

    These societies may mature, change and develop. But its not those societies you need to worry about, despite them currently advocating versions of what we consider Pedophilia.
    myshirt wrote: »
    No I haven't. Should I?

    What a strange question.

    It's not a strange question at all. If you are a parent a walk through Pennys will reveal a lot of young girls clothing that is sexually provocative. Why is that? I'm not certain.


  • #76
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Shenshen wrote: »
    So, just to get my head around this, do you think that there are currently several millions of Syrians living in tent camps in Turkey and Lebanon because... they prefer the views from there?

    That would be an unpopular opinion. Particularly in those camps, I would imagine.

    Turkey, the gateway to Europe?

    There was a lot of fighting in cities close to Lebanon (Homs and Damascus), that may have been the safest route for some to go, others saw the chance to tap into Europe’s soft touch benefits system.


  • #77
    Grandeeod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Grandeeod


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    To play Devils Advocate, surely it follows that if being gay is natural and just means that you fancy people of the same sex as you, it’s not that much of a leap to say that paedophilic thoughts are also natural (as in their brains are wired that way). Now, and let me be EXTREMELY clear on this, I don’t mean that paedos will get a free pass to harm any children, I mean that it may well be seen as they have no control over being attracted to children, much like gays have no control over fancying members of the same sex. I’m not sure what the SJWs will want done, but they’ll want it recognised id say.

    Thanks for playing Devils Advocate. Your post goes some way to explaining what I was trying to say. But hope I don't see the day, yet I can see it happening at some point.


  • #78
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Turkey, the gateway to Europe?

    There was a lot of fighting in cities close to Lebanon (Homs and Damascus), that may have been the safest route for some to go, others saw the chance to tap into Europe’s soft touch benefits system.

    Their country was torn apart by War ffs! The reality is you dont want any refugees


  • #79
    Sal Butamol
    Closed Accounts Posts: 523 ✭✭✭Sal Butamol


    Shenshen wrote: »
    Though if you don't meet real people a lot and rely on AH, you'd think that transgender people make up more than 60% of the population at this point.

    I'd replace AH with the media, our political class and universities in that statement.


  • #80
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    To play Devils Advocate, surely it follows that if being gay is natural and just means that you fancy people of the same sex as you, it’s not that much of a leap to say that paedophilic thoughts are also natural (as in their brains are wired that way). Now, and let me be EXTREMELY clear on this, I don’t mean that paedos will get a free pass to harm any children, I mean that it may well be seen as they have no control over being attracted to children, much like gays have no control over fancying members of the same sex. I’m not sure what the SJWs will want done, but they’ll want it recognised id say.

    Why do people always conflate homosexuality with paedophilia?


  • #81
    dartboardio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭dartboardio


    Try_harder wrote: »
    What evidence have you for you opinion, or is this a gut feeling?

    Well like, I’m not ignorant to the fact but the only evidence I have is that it is fact that there is only man and woman. No in between, no change of mind, or heart. I’m pretty open minded in other aspects but just refuse to believe it all. There is and will only ever be man and woman, and animal, fish, etc


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  • #82
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    dartboardio wrote: »
    Well like, I’m not ignorant to the fact but the only evidence I have is that it is fact that there is only man and woman. No in between, no change of mind, or heart. I’m pretty open minded in other aspects but just refuse to believe it all. There is and will only ever be man and woman, and animal, fish, etc

    man and woman and animals and fish? Are they genders you recognise?

    Cos humans are animals fish are fish


  • #83
    bilbot79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,187 ✭✭✭bilbot79


    Don't see anything wrong with any of that tbh


  • #84
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Try_harder wrote: »
    Why do people always conflate homosexuality with paedophilia?

    Homosexuality has nothing to do with paedophilia, and vice versa. I used it as an example.

    Do you believe people choose to be gay?
    Do you think people choose to be straight?
    Do you think people choose to be paedophiles?


  • #85
    keffiyeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭keffiyeh


    Sal Butamol wrote: »
    The Irish navy has no business in the Mediterranean assisting the uncontrolled illegal immigration of African and Middle Eastern nationals.

    Nor should we feel obligated to accept any on our shores either.

    Alarming.

    For your first point, it's acceptable I suppose if you want Ireland to leave the EU, and lose all the benefits that brings. Would that be ok with you?

    Secondly, can you clarify why Ireland should not need to shelter fugees? Do you think the Irish should have been turned away from America?


  • #86
    keffiyeh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 206 ✭✭keffiyeh


    Sal Butamol wrote: »
    The Irish navy has no business in the Mediterranean assisting the uncontrolled illegal immigration of African and Middle Eastern nationals.

    Nor should we feel obligated to accept any on our shores either.

    Alarming.

    For your first point, it's acceptable I suppose if you want Ireland to leave the EU, and lose all the benefits that brings. Would that be ok with you?

    Secondly, can you clarify why Ireland should not need to shelter fugees? Do you think the Irish should have been turned away from America?


  • #87
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    weldoninhio wrote: »
    Homosexuality has nothing to do with paedophilia, and vice versa. I used it as an example.

    Do you believe people choose to be gay?
    Do you think people choose to be straight?
    Do you think people choose to be paedophiles?

    Why compare the two?


  • #88
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    keffiyeh wrote: »
    Alarming.

    For your first point, it's acceptable I suppose if you want Ireland to leave the EU, and lose all the benefits that brings. Would that be ok with you?

    Secondly, can you clarify why Ireland should not need to shelter fugees? Do you think the Irish should have been turned away from America?

    Some were, what purpose do you think Ellis Island has?? America at that time was a developing country that needed cheap labour. Ireland now, is not and does not.


  • #89
    weldoninhio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,311 ✭✭✭✭weldoninhio


    Try_harder wrote: »
    Why compare the two?

    When did I compare them, I used an example of not choosing who you have sexual feelings towards.


  • #90
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,385 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Try_harder wrote: »
    Funny the opinions like the ops are all I see in Boards of late - must be be acceptable on boards. Eventually people get tired of listening to it and move on somewhere else.

    Yeah, boards is full of these sentiments now. All while they claim they're not allowed to express them.


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  • #91
    Try_harder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Try_harder


    Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »
    Yeah, boards is full of these sentiments now. All while they claim they're not allowed to express them.

    Its playing the victim card! People think Im racist/sexist etc


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