Callipygous

i have been in that situation many times myself. while that may be a good way to handle it if they bring it up, if they dont i still think its better not to say anything.

the one that i really like is when they ask me "what? and we just HAPPEN to be on the planet that life sprung up on? out of all the billions of planets in the universe it just magically takes place on OUR planet? what are the odds of that?" /chuckle (almost gives you a headache to even read it, doesnt it?)

i would put the point of the compass on the edge of the circle, and then widen it to the farthest point on the other side of the circle. (just make sure its wide enough that if you were to draw a cirlce with it the other circle would have a tangent point, but never outside) i would use that to make a line elsewhere (pretty hard to pinpoint the tangent point) the same length as the diameter. bisect it, set the compass to that length. put it back on the edge of the circle in two different places and draw circles, where they intersect is the center. (this maybe a very round-about and possibly inaccurate method, i havent done much construction besides the basics in geometry class 4 years ago : P)

i like it a hell of a lot better when people tell me what they are thinking instead of beating around the bush. please dont tell me its because im pro "choice" and you cant "choose" your beliefs... thats just lame.

216 is one of your posts. not mine

i dont do it to fit in, but there is a good chance that a lot of what i believe i picked up from my parents. like i said, you dont choose this stuff. im sure some people act like they think something to fit in, but that doesnt mean they actually believe it.

when you type it into your calc you are probably getting an order of operations problem. put parentheses around the right stuff and it should work. as for by hand: 6/-2= -3 but -2^2= 4, not negative 4. so 8/-2^2= 2 not -2 -3 + 2 = -1

i think they are based on many things. my genes being one of them, plus my surroundings, my up bringing, anything i see on tv or hear on the radio, things friends say, teachers.... everything. also, my thoughts and logical reasoning based on all those things effect it.

-2 and -4 are the two solutions for y. im confused about how you got -7 and - 3.5 when i plug -2 into the y's in the first equation it turns it into -1=-1 i just checked -4, same thing

the point is, you keep asking what i have to gain from being pro choice. NOTHING. i am pro choice because it is what i believe is right. you dont choose your beliefs based on what will serve you best. you dont choose your beliefs at all.

you dont believe something to achieve personal freedom. maybe you believe you have absolute freedom and somehow belief in a god would contradict that, so you dont believe there is a god. you cant say " i want to be free, so im not going to believe in god" you either believe in god or you dont.

no.my position is just what i believe is right. you seem intent on hearing what my personal gain is, i dont see any personal gain, so i threw out the same kind of trash i throw out when i have to bs an essay.

no... nor do is that actually what im going for, in case you didnt catch that. huh? for an edit?

multiply everything by y^2 ( i dont know how to use latex at all : P )

i absolutely agree about bowing your head during grace and all that. normally i would say if they ask, then tell them what you think. but given the apparent nature of your post, it seems like you are more interested in telling them they are wrong, in which case i would say do your best to keep it to yourself. the kinds of discussions you would probably want to have about it are not ones that would probably go over well.

i think you may have a bit of a cause and effect mix up there. (editted for PC)

BRILLIANT. the only way to insure peace? arm another country with nukes! didnt we already arm some other country a little further west?

evolution is easy though... simply ask the person the following questions: 1. do people resemble their parents, in size, shape, and color? 2. is a 6' 200 lb guy more or less likely to survive a cougar attack than a 5'2" 145 lb person such as myself? 3. will more children be born to a person who did die in a cougar attack or a person who didnt die in a cougar attack? 4. given the previous answers is it not likely that in the presence of cougars a society might gradually grow to consist of mostly large people instead of midgets such as myself? hence, evolving to be better suited to their environment?

so i take it you arent interested in further relationships with these people? and if you have to ask us for your convincing arguements why are you so sure there is no "floating grandpa"?

liberates your tongue? obviously. i dont know that debauchery quite fits though... it may well be, but we dont have any evidence toward it.

this guy takes the prize ^^ for what exactly i havent yet decided.