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  1. Fri, 10-05-2007, 07:12 AM #261
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    @rockmanj: Have they? I wasn't aware of that. I know a few years back Bush announced a shake up of US troop deployments world wide and was going to shift troops away from South Korea and Germany as well, and this was supposed to take place over a few years. Are you saying that all the bases are closing?

    @Assertn: I'm not saying the US would become an enemy of South Korea if the troops left. It would however definitely be a loss of military influence in the region, and could allow China to increase its polticial activity in the area.
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  2. Fri, 10-05-2007, 08:59 AM #262
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    Quote Originally Posted by DB_Hunter
    @Assertn: I'm not saying the US would become an enemy of South Korea if the troops left. It would however definitely be a loss of military influence in the region, and could allow China to increase its polticial activity in the area.
    ... Point being?

    You're typing about this shit as though Americans are still Imperialistic. Since China is now a Democratic country (at least partially), and the fact that most of our imports come from China, I don't really think we're worried that China will have an influence on South Korea.

    The reason we have troops there is to monitor N. Korea, and crazy "im so ronrreeey" Kim Jong-il.

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  3. Fri, 10-05-2007, 09:14 AM #263
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    Do you mind telling me when America stopped being imperialistic?

    Edit: Japanese workers in Wikipedia row

    Quote: "The Agriculture Ministry is not in charge of Gundam," ministry official Tsutomu Shimomura told the Associated Press news agency.
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  4. Tue, 10-09-2007, 10:28 AM #264
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    I thought this was too cool to pass up
    Is the US Government spying on people with cyborg insects?
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  5. Tue, 10-09-2007, 03:43 PM #265
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    I didn't know Dr. Gero was working for the U.S. Government....
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  6. Sat, 10-13-2007, 03:13 PM #266
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    Chinese government regulates Reincarnation

    Quote Originally Posted by The New York Times
    THE Western liberal media had a laugh in August when China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs announced Order No. 5, a law covering “the management measures for the reincarnation of living Buddhas in Tibetan Buddhism.” This “important move to institutionalize management on reincarnation” basically prohibits Buddhist monks from returning from the dead without government permission: no one outside China can influence the reincarnation process; only monasteries in China can apply for permission.
    Silly China, you can't do that~

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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  7. Sat, 10-13-2007, 03:41 PM #267
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    do you need to apply for Reincarnation? or does the goverment decides it for you?
    can you ask for a spesific animal, or just in a general lines?


    too bad I can't apply, i'd like to come back as a minitaour.
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  8. Mon, 10-15-2007, 09:38 AM #268
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    Here's some good news for some of you...
    10/4/04 - 8/20/07
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  9. Mon, 10-15-2007, 09:45 AM #269
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    Quote Originally Posted by AssertnFailure
    Here's some good news for some of you...
    This reminds me of Ghost in the Shell..... though 2050 seems a little too late for us.
    "Our hearts are full of memories but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember." 天の道を行き、全てを司る。これは僕の世界。
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  10. Mon, 10-15-2007, 09:46 AM #270
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    What are you talking about "Good news"?

    I'm gonna be almost 70 years-old by that time, well past my need and desire to marry robotic women.

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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  11. Mon, 10-15-2007, 10:06 AM #271
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    Well, legalized marriages in 2050, but who says there weren't same-sex or interracial relationships 50 years prior to legalizations of those?
    10/4/04 - 8/20/07
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  12. Mon, 10-15-2007, 11:17 AM #272
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    I guess what I'm imagining is a a situation like that in Chobits, where the robots are so similar in appearance, personality, and in affect to humans that a "relationship" with them would seem completely natural.

    I mean...sure in 5 years they'll have Real Dolls that scream "Oh God, yes!" and tense up when you stick it in, but that's really stretching the boundaries of a "relationship" in my head. I'm shooting for ideals here!

    So yeah, I'm still thinking it'll be a long ways off before we get to the former example, and obviously even longer before it's "legal".

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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  13. Mon, 10-15-2007, 01:09 PM #273
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    Speaking of ideals the article made it look pretty... cold when the expert was listing the main points of a loving relationship and checked each point by telling how it can be programmed. If it's nothing but a bunch of preprogrammed algorithms, I wonder how well it should be considered to qualify for a marriage. If the robot was controlled by a real self-conscious AI, it would not only be able to love but also hate or dislike or be totally indifferent. Like real people. And it could also get a divorce... Now, that would do wonders to some dude's self-respect: Even the guaranteed-to-love-you $23,000 robot would get a divorce after two months of marriage (the warranty only covers two months of absolute doting love, naturally).
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  14. Mon, 11-05-2007, 11:11 PM #274
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    Child with 8 limbs is called 'Reincarnation of Vishnu'
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

    considering she was born on the celebration day of Vishnu, that makes me just wonder...

    Humans are different from animals. We must die for a reason. Now is the time for us to regulate ourselves and reclaim our dignity. The one who holds endless potential and displays his strength and kindness to the world. Only mankind has God, a power that allows us to go above and beyond what we are now, a God that we call "possibility".
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  15. Tue, 11-06-2007, 04:52 PM #275
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    There isn't one detail of that that isn't seriously creepy.

    But the Vishnu thing doesn't work since Vishnu only had 2 legs .

    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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  16. Tue, 11-06-2007, 05:54 PM #276
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    Quote Originally Posted by masamuneehs
    Child with 8 limbs is called 'Reincarnation of Vishnu'
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

    considering she was born on the celebration day of Vishnu, that makes me just wonder...
    That seriously freaked me out a little. Awesome find though masa. That was some interesting though disturbing stuff.
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  17. Thu, 11-08-2007, 05:14 PM #277
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kraco
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    Dang why couldn't things like this have happened to me during high school.
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  19. Thu, 11-08-2007, 08:01 PM #279
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    <@Terra> he told me this, "man actually meeting terra is so fucking big", and he started crying. Then he bought me hot dogs
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  20. Fri, 11-09-2007, 12:03 AM #280
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    Now....what would have been REALLY funny is if the stripper incident happened in the school from the second article. I wonder if whipping counts as a public display of affection.
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