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Real charmers. The kind of folk who always seem to have something funny or moderately clever to say, winning smile, they make a good impression on most everyone etc (except those who know better). In my experience, people with charming personalities are defiantly some of the shittiest out there and are by far the most accepted by even otherwise decent and intelligent people. If you grew up never being reprimanded for your transgressions because you're so damn "likeable" than you'd probably become a self-serving, arrogant asshole too. Charm gives you power over other people, and of course people and power have never gone well together have they?.

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OOOOOOOH!!! So they finally proved the existance of the human soul than. That's a great wait off me mind...

http://Off Topic Forum.com/showpost.php?p=1389599&postcount=717 I gave my morality rant recently (the link above), feel free to respond to what I said and we may carry on with it.

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Ya lost me....

Actually he is one of the 7 beer boys. http://www.donthaveacowman.com/Simpsons/Cards/Tempo/7D-5.jpg

I think the issue brought up by CES here was not so much "Please give me a definition of functional morality" but rather he was accusing his quarrel of stating the existence of a universal and unshakable morality. My opinion is much attune to Nazz's own in this case, though I wish to elaborate. It was already said that each society

Surly the wild and untamed hugo has not degraded to the level of grammatical insults... For shame.

What I was getting at here is more geared towards the harmless taboos of our society. Some on Nazz's list are frowned upon for functional reasons, direct harassment for example fucks with peoples day and mood in a very direct fashion. Getting wigged out by the appearance of a nipple however is, as snafu said, conditioning. Closer to the point is the breastfeeding foolishness. Yah, woman have boobs and use them to feed children. A woman with her tit hanging out in a kids mouth dose nothing to actually disrupt anything more than any other action a person takes throughout their day ERGO it is a useless and stupid social expectation. Like farting, like sex, and even to the extreme I'd say of public masturbation... though with that you'd have the problem of pervs going for a 'live show' as it were, which is disruptive so lets forget it. There are taboos which make since in our society; covering your nose when you sneeze for example helps prevent the spread of germs. I makes since than to say something when a colleague fails to do so. Though it seems Nazz fails to see the difference between say not wearing slippers to the office and forcing a 14 year old school girl to do his will. It may be a lot of conditioning nonsense, I know, I’m just saying its bullshit which “Pisses Me Off” as it were. I hope I've shed sufficient light on the matter. Carry on you rabscabble of cock-witted anus-boozers.

As for myself, most things don't bother me. People can do most any odd thing they please and it won't phase me. Infact, I tend to do some odd things myself so I'd be quite the hypocrite were I to hassle folk about "improper behaviour." What I'm talking about here is social norms which, in general, serve no purpose what so ever. Let us take for example sex, namely load sex. Now if its the middle of the day and you hear some screams coming from the next room (lets use parents as our example just for the sketchiness of it) than most people would go into awkward mode. Is there any really good reason that mom's screams of pleasure should make you uncomfortable? Why the fuck is fucking such a taboo in our society? Keeping somebody awake with load sex is one thing, but otherwise what’s the bother? Passing gas, or farting if you will, is another simple example. Why should we be so uncomfortable as to silence our farts or deny their existence no matter where they are? Why upon the first signs of toxic air do so many people ask "Who farted?" The mere questioning of who did it is enough to establish a critical air. This is rotten business indeed. Eating with your hands, in public anyway. Why is it frowned upon if I go out for Chinese buffet and start scooping at my rice with my hands? I'll wash em dammit but hand eating really is more effective for some foods. Breasts or really general nudity in public, but breast especially. I can understand the need for clothes to keep you warm and to provide protection for sensitive areas that might otherwise get caught on fences and the like, but the "Women need to wear shirts at all times business" makes no sense to me at all. I'm not some horn dog idiot who thinks "huh, yah tits!!!" because really when your used to seeing them its nothing at all, its just "hmm, that topless chick is as topless as that topless man." Where is the sense it all of it? Talking about your time in on the toilet and toilet business in general. If I have the runs than why should I have to think twice about mentioning it to a friend on the bus; "Man I got so fucked I was shitting like mad while I was puking...Never drinking that much again." Heck some people get grossed out just hearing about pimples or some other nonsense, its insane! Don't give me the "Well it grosses people out ERGO you should be polite." My whole point is that this stuff shouldn't bother people and dosn't need to. This list is short, feel free to add anything else. To the wind with social nonsense!!

I fixed it hugo, my apologies. Your incessent references to Milton Friedman make for mind mixy confusteration of the Friendmans of capitalism.

I'm gonna be the Jane Goodall of tigers!!!!

-Catch 22 -Franny and Zooey, JD Salinger -Watershipdown -Callahan's Cronicles, Spider Robinson -Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut -Everything is Illuminated (Don't bother if you've seen the movie, it's already ruined for you. If you haven't, read the book and forget the movie exists cause its beautifully sad) -The world is flat, Thomas Friedman. (Has some good lessons in it, though I do find it to be quite biased in some parts) YOU READ NOW!!!!!!

Canada: Because our religious nutcase lawmakers are kept in check by a multi-party system that, combined with our trend of minority governments, forces them to collaborate if they want anything at all to become law or become nullified. Canada: Because we're ramming less and less Christianity down the throat of folk who just want to carry on life in peace. Who, when they immigrate here, figured they come to a place where they could carry on a life free of persecution, where they could have Muslim and Jewish neighbours who only cause a hassle when the other isn't putting our their compost bin for pick-up. This second one sure as hell is supposed to be the case in the US, but unless your government starts chipping in on making a educated population high priority(thereby adding to peoples understanding of others and diminishing the 'preacher' effect), than up-and-coming economies be stealing more than just manufacturing jobs from the 1st world; the population's inability to make informed choices, be tolerant of the West's inherient divesity, and not getting fucked over by those who want to abuse the power of public office will result in furthur degradation of the economic power and the west's unique form of freedom through the decline of the people's general awareness. Sorry for derailing, just wanted to rant a bit as it has been awhile. :o