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Coolness! Yay for Indian Independence!

Well of course everything has shades of gray! LOL, odd really, despite my more extreme protesting I imagine my own odds of undertaking such a venture are slightly higher than that, still statistically irrelevant, but a bit higher

No, and my reasoning comes down to one simple point; anyone who can be led away isn't worth leading away. Apart from that I would be horribly ashamed of myself. -Kevin

I just wanted to wish another of our special and excellent hosted authors a very happy and awesome birthday! Happy Birthday, Stefan!! I hope you have a fantastic day! -Kevin

Thank you very much! I'm flattered! The sequel should begin posting soon; I hope you enjoy it! -Kevin

Thanks Niels!

Welcome to GA, Sue!! It's wonderful having you here There are alot of terrific authors around here who should fit the bill for what you're looking for! -Kevin

Hi everyone! I'm majorly excited about having my own forum now! It's called AFriendlyPlace, I really hope you guys will check it out and say hi! I'm hoping to make it a fun, friendly place where people can go to have a good time and chat about my stories plus whatever they want. I'm also got a few ideas for some story related game threads that I hope people will enjoy On another note, Worth A Shot should begin posting fairly soon. Also, I'm extremely excited about my Fall Anthology entry. It's definitely the short story I'm most proud of to date Lastly, I have an idea for a very short parody piece that might fun. Anyway, I hope you guys will check it out! Take care and have an awesome day everyone -Kevin

I just wanted to take a moment to offer one of our excellent hosted authors a very happy and special birthday! Happy Birthday, Carl! I hope you have a fantastic day and an awesome year -Kevin

This is an incredibly insightful evaluation! Ohh! I didn't know that! Cool! Good to hear that officially, though I'd sort of suspected it. *gasp* Kill off Helen! No way!!! Those are good points, but I'm very pleased with the direction in which CJ has taken the story.

I just thoughts that after the first few chapters of Changing Lanes this topic might once again be something worth discussing I know I've spent rather a lot of time in this thread defending my supposition that Eric is "Sexually fluid/Open Minded", but given recent events I think I'm going to change that to straight up bisexual. Anyone else want to change their vote, or perhaps hasn't voted in the first place? Take care all, -Kevin

Well yay for him then!

LOL, great chapter! That car chase made me nervous! The motorcycle really makes me nervous! Someone I went to school with died in a motorcycle accident recently LOL, now you have me paranoid and wondering what 'failures' the government is using as a cover up! I'm still really curious about Eric's sexuality. He's been careful to say he's 'not gay' not that he's 'straight'. An interesting distinction! I can't wait to read more -Kevin

Oh wow, Jules! I can't believe you're not a teen anymore! You'll be older than me in no time at this rate Have a very awesome and happy birthday, dude! I hope your day is fantastic are your year is terrific! -Kevin

I just wanted to wish Leo a very happy and special 19th birthday!! Have an awesome one, dude!

That does sound complicated!

Dudes, I love those songs! FALL OUT BOY "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" Baby, seasons change but people don't. And I'll always be waiting in the back room. I'm boring but overcompensate with Headlines and flash, flash, flash photography. But don't pretend you ever forgot about me. Don't pretend you ever forgot about me. Wouldn't you rather be a widow than a divorcee? Style your wake for fashion magazines. Widow or a divorcee? Don't pretend, d-d-d-don't pretend. We don't fight fair. We don't fight fair. They say your head can be a prison. Then these are just conjugal visits. People will dissect us till This doesn't mean a thing anymore. Don't pretend you ever forgot about me. Don't pretend you ever forgot about me. Wouldn't you rather be a widow than a divorcee? Style your wake for fashion magazines, ohhh. Widow or a divorcee? Don't pretend, d-d-d-don't pretend. We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces. We're dropped and well concealed in secret places, woah. We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces. We're dropped and well concealed in secret places We don't fight fair. We don't fight fair. We don't fight fair. We don't fight fair. We don't fight fair. We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces. We're dropped and well concealed in secret places, woah. We do it in the dark with smiles on our faces. We're dropped and well concealed in secret places. We don't fight fair. With smiles on our faces. We're dropped and well concealed in secret places. We don't fight fair. Don't pretend you ever forgot about me. We don't fight fair. Don't pretend you ever forgot about me. We don't fight fair.

I disagree to some extent. I don't think most PETA members are ostensibly (though perhaps practically) deifying animals. They're usually simply arguing for greater rights and better treatment for animals, which personally I agree with. It's their general application, not their ideology, where I personally differ with them. That's a very good point. Jamie already said most of the things I was going to say in response to this, but I'll add one more. We've artificially inflated the population of pigs (and other livestock), if they were living in nature they likely wouldn't have gotten so over-populated in the first place. As I said, not all living things are created equally. There's a very definite hierarchy IMO. I'm willing to eat - and exploit - forms of life lower on the hierarchy, but I'm given pause when it comes to beings higher up on it. Very well said! I disagree, Steve. I'm not a PETA member, but I know several people who are. They would likely find this tactic reprehensible as well. Yet they still believe in the overarching message of a more humane, ethical treatment of animals...why should they be condemned because a faction within their group acts in an extreme way? ...On the other hand stuff like this is precisely why I haven't become involved with PETA myself, so I guess I could argue the point either way. Exactly! Great points, Jamie Take chickens for example, chickens are not the animals nature intended. Instead they have ridiculously disproportionately massive breasts and they mature at a freakish rate. Even if I were going to eat chicken I would be hesitant given all the hormones and chemicals to which they are subjected. Indeed I seem to remember reading somewhere that chicken had the highest quantities of growth hormones present of all food compared in the study (sorry, but I can't recall any other details or come up with links, I'm going strictly from memory). I'm really not an organic food nut, but when it comes to chicken I intend to serve any kids or spouse I may later acquire nothing but organic chicken meat. I won't be a nutty zealot though, if they occasionally eat chicken at restaurants or something no big deal, but I'm not going to serve them the hormone enhanced goo at home. Just my thoughts, -Kevin

That's adorable! Awesome pics, Niels! Very hot

AWESOME! Really good! I cracked up when I heard "I love Egyptian Kings" Cute Total clunker in my opinion. I think that's a lesson we can all learn from I didn't like these much either. They're too sickly sentimental, especially in the context of a commercial. The stories are poignant...selling them to cash in isn't. Turned me off Visa a bit actually. I personally thought this one was terrible LOVED this one! (but how can you not like that song?! ) This was cute This was frickin' awesome! I gobbled it up and I totally wanna go out and buy one now. So major props to this one! Here's a fake commercials that I adore: - Hilarious in my opinion and really appropriate for this forum. Warning it does have a bit of strong language

OK Robbie, I know you're not serious, but I can't help commenting. I'm not speaking of the morality of eating meat at all, but it is not comparable to eating vegetation/plants. Plants have no nervous system. They experience no thoughts, emotions, pain, or pleasure. Depending on the animal in question it probably does. Huge difference, dude. There's also a huge difference between animals. If I weren't a vegetarian I would have no qualms (or few) about eating beef or mutton because cows and sheep are pretty stupid. Pork on the other hand would remain a moral no no for me because pigs are quite intelligent. Similarly I would eat chickens and wouldn't eat primates or dolphins. As far as I'm concerned there is definitely a hierarchy here. Again, I'm not saying people shouldn't eat the animals I listed as intelligent; that's your business and I truly don't pass any judgment (I'm not just saying that).

Wow! Being judgmental is pretty much the worst personality trait a psychologist can have, at least in his/her professional dealings anyway. I'm so glad you're doing better and found someone who is a good fit for you, Tim Exactly! Most studies indicate that psychotherapy and medication are about equally as effective in the long-term (although some people respond much better to one than the other); however, the best results are garnered through a combination of both treatments. I hope you get back on it then. Take care all -Kevin

As one of the vegetarian members, no I don't approve at all. Perhaps surprisingly, I'm not a big fan of PETA...they are a bit too extreme for my taste. This is a good example of that. I'm all about animal rights, and I definitely think people should be for the ethical treatment of animals, but that - and some of their other tactics - are just tasteless and shameful IMO. Very well said, Jamie! Take care all and have a great day Kevin

This was an awesome issue, you guys! I really enjoyed the interview with Viv, 'The Lurker', and Krista's article about what's been happening around the forums! Great job!