Recent content by Tyrel Arington

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    I failled at life, thinking of joining the army .

    About three years ago I was at the same place. I was working at a small retail chain with no future in sight. I failed out of university so my GPA was 1.7. I ended up coming back to school and I have worked my fingers to the bone and I have brought GPA up, I helped found a new school club. The...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    I didn't stereotype anything. All that was said that a local gun club staged a anti-protest. I love guns, and will protect my rights to own them, but this isn't the aim of this thread. I acknowledge that my statement may have seemed more like a sweeping generalization, I didn't mean it as such...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    I have a lot of problems with other people of faith. I have been asked to leave several Churches because of what I believe with gay rights and matters of state. I don't actively go to church anymore because at this point I don't speak Spanish and that is the only church left in town. I am from a...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    I agree with you on bigots. I just don't want to see more bigots created. Hate is hate, no matter the direction. I am not saying one side is better than the other I am saying they are both equal. They both have rights and I am concerned that is what is going only create inequality on the other side.
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    Thank you for a thought out response where your point is defended. Let me start out by saying I fully Gay rights, but I also keep in mind where conflicts come about. Everything I have seen is so black and white where there are shades of grey to be examined. I may not be gay, or of any minority...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    The store didn't deny all services. It denied it when it came in conflict with their recognized religious freedom. As a privately owned store that is within their rights. After all if someone wanted to have an event on land I owned I can choose to allow or deny based on any criteria I wished.
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    The Chick-fil-a thing isn't what I addressed originality. They aren't any different than the gay protesters as they put money up in form of protest. They have a right to do so. I haven't heard of them refusing service to anyone for being gay, I am not saying it couldn't happen but I haven't...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    That situation isn't that dissimilar from what I proposed. Except that it isn't a blanket refusal of service just a refusal of a type of service. I could completely accept a store like the you propose refusing to make a cake for a christian based event, but not refusing all service. I never...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    From a legal stand point everyone is correctly exercising their rights. My point I am trying to make is: Is it right for one group to ask an other group to change their core valves. I don't believe that is a question that can be answered for every situation. My reason for having this...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    The example above is fictional as far as I know, but it shows the point I was attempting to make. I feel if the prices were simply raised, it would only serve to completely ignore the rights of the couple as they were different. That would be wrong. In the example, the gay community...
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    Growing dissatisfaction

    Lately, I have been growing disillusioned with the world in general. I choose to be informed as well as I can, see both sides of any argument. A large part of this is due to some internet forums, articles but isn't limited to it. I try rather hard to start with an unbiased view, much like...
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    Poll: Are Alienware laptops worth the money?

    I have an Alienware laptop myself. I paid about 2400 for it. I choose it at the time because when I was looking it seemed to have an overall better cooling system. I have a 1.73 I7 CPU and a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 with 8 Gigs of ram. It is still able to run any game I play on max settings...
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    DMing advice needed.

    Your job isn't to kill them. If being a DM is a job, it isn't right. DMing is about having fun, and if your the only one having fun then your not gonna have players very long. There is a balance of difficulty you have to strike with them. You should want it to be challenging, but if they are...
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    There's A Pony Of Everything

    This is now a Rule of the Internet. I don't there is a number that could make since with this one. I do enjoy how creative this seems to be. Also, I this is my favorite Double reference ponyifcation.
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    Perception of Art

    Lately I have been thinking of what defines whether or not something is Art. I am referring to the perception of art; not whether or not the art is good. Such as many films are considered art, yet others aren't. For some reason that doesn't work for me, as I feel art is to convey a message or...