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  1. Tiger

    Depressing TV Series

    By Tiger,

    There's this show on National Geographic called Aftermath. They've had one called Population Zero and one about oil all drying up. Now there's one about the rotation of the planet stopping called When the Earth stops spinning. This one seems the saddest of all.
  2. Tiger

    Right to Die

    By Tiger,

    I looked for topics about the right to die, but the one's I found were locked. I figured started a new one was a bad idea. So I'm going to talk about it here. I was watching an episode of Grey's Anatomy. A woman with cancer wanted to die, and it just so happened that a state where physician assisted suicide is legal, which is Washington. Only two other states allow such measures, Oregon and Montana, though in the latter, all that is allowed is the buying of a prescription that will kill you. Texas, ironically, has a law that allows for physicians to pull the plug with a court order regardless of whether or not the family wants it. I think that is a good thing, because some people are too afraid to let go while their loved one has no chance of recover and has a need to die in peace. In my opinion, both options should be legal in every single state. There is an established right to live so why not a right to die? It is more compassionate to allow someone to die than it is to allow someone to suffer. Even animals are treated better than humans. It is actually a legal requirement for veterinarians to end the lives of suffering animals in similar circumstances. I don't understand why people have that level of compassion for animals but not their own species. It's totally f**ked up.
  3. Tiger

    I'm pissed

    By Tiger,

    So here's what's going on. Apparently, the f**king morons who come up with curriculum plans for the entire state of Texas basically want to throw away basic facts and replace it all with revisionist history and junk science. Education should not have a political sway, but the damn Republicans in Texas want to ruin education for every single child in Texas for the next ten years and it f**king pisses me off.
     
    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html
  4. Tiger

    A controversial subject

    By Tiger,

    I have been thinking about an article. The article covers a very controversial subject. Years ago, Richard Green was involved in the movement to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders. I'm sure just about everyone on GA would agree with him on that and thank him for his efforts. Still, there is another sexuality that is very much frowned upon, definitely more so than homosexuality. It is a sexuality that if acted upon is, in my view, one of the most egregious crimes a person can commit. It is insidious and callous to do this. It can shatter lives forever. But what if you do not act upon it? Is it a mental disorder? I once thought so, but lately I've had to re-evaluate my opinion. What am I talking about? I'm talking about pedophilia. Personally, I am NOT a pedophile, and I definitely despise anyone who acts on such a proclivity. But there are many who do not act upon it, and while it is certainly not good to be a pedophile, I do not think it is a mental illness anymore than being gay is, which is not at all.
     
    Why have I come to this conclusion? Well, let's just say I've befriended someone that happens to be a pedophile. I don't like that he's a pedophile, but I accept it and accept him as a person. This doesn't mean there hasn't been a few arguments along the way. Recently we talked about whether or not it was a mental illness. Part of me has it ingrained that pedophilia is mental illness, but I decided to find out what experts might say about it. I came across this article. In it, he mentions three discourses: legal, moral, and medical. He argues that while it is illegal to act on such attractions as well as immoral, but it is not a medical (specifically psychological) illness.
     
    I can see where he's coming from, but it all honesty, I disagree with it at one point. I think someone who acts on the attraction is mentally ill. You'd have to be completely deranged to hurt an innocent child. But if you can sperate your attraction from acting upon it and understand that it is wrong and why it is wrong and would never want to hurt a child like that, then the person is not mentally ill.
     
    As for anyone who might disagree about acting upon it, let me combat your sentiments right now. It is perfectly acceptable to have sex with another adult, someone who happens to be a peer and is capable of understanding every aspect of the act and is mentally capable of handling and having a completely positive and fulfilling reaction to it. Children are NOT our peers. Therefore, they cannot consent to sexual acts, and adults are not to coerce them, threaten, or outright rape them at any time for any reason. At least one of three actions is required in order to have sex with a child, and it is also immoral to do any of those three things to another adult in order to have sexual relations with the adult. Forcing someone into sex through coercion, threats, or just outright violating the person's body is a crime and rightfully so.
     
    Whenever, you have consensual sex with another adult, it is an implied or verbal contract with that person, a person who is of free will to enter into it. That's how one would describe consensual sex versus non-consensual sex. Minors are not allowed to be parties to contracts with one exception, which is certain money transfers like signing checks or exchanging money for certain goods and services, and there is usually a requirement that a parent's name is on the account. No other exceptions, as far as I know, are made for minors when it pertains to contracts. Why am I bringing up consent? An agreement is said to be, "An agreement between two or more parties, especially one that is written and enforceable by law." The key word is agreement. And because sexual consent is an agreement by definition, it is synonymous with contract.
     
    Contracts and consent have something else in common. The basis for anti-rape laws is actually in property law, and most contracts involve property. At the time is was more of a sexist thing where men had their wives as a piece of property. Of course, now it is clear, at least in western society, that one's own body is considered one's own property, and if you violate this property in any way, you have committed a crime against the said person. With a child, the ownership is normally the parents'. However, children are also protected by law from sexual (and other types of) abuse by a parent, so in a way, the child's possession of his or her own body, trumps that of a parent in at least this aspect.
     
    Conclusion- I have made two main points in this blog entry. 1) While anyone who acts upon sexual attraction to children is certainly not in his or her right mind, someone who has the attraction and does not act upon it with the knowledge that it would be wrong to do so and why is not clinically insane. 2) Contract and property law is the basis for which rape of any kind is criminal offense and why children are not considered competent to enter into any type of legal agreement or contract due to an inability to fully understand the consequences of their actions. I'd also like to add, that my understanding of the legal system is basic, and these thoughts are based upon limited knowledge. Others are much more capable of explaining these laws and their reasons for existence. Also, my knowledge of psychology is limited.
     
    Note: I've left comments enabled for now, but please keep the comments civil. Otherwise, I'll feel the need to lock them. I understand that it's a difficult subject for many, and let me also remind everyone that I have been abused too. I have also went through the pain of having a close family member going to prison for acting on such inclinations, and it was the most painful experience of my life. As an added disclaimer, if you are struggling with it, please contact Dr. Fred Berlin of Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland. Acting on your feelings is a violation of state and (in some cases) federal law. Such actions can destroy children's lives along with that of their families' and your own.
  5. Tiger

    Soggy cookies

    By Tiger,

    I was just reminded of them. I don't know if anyone here has heard of soggy cookies. It's been a while since I heard it. Leave it to urban dictionary to have a good description.
     
     
    I don't know why anyone would play this game. You might as well just suck your buddy's dick and drink it directly from the source.
  7. Tiger

    The Worst Game to Play

    By Tiger,

    It may be the worst game to play, but it's funny as hell to watch. It's called Roshambo. There's no reason to say what it is. The videos speak for themselves. I must also warn that there's some foul language. The reason for it will be obvious. I'd cuss like a sailor too if I were playing. And no, I would not play. The game is insane.
     
    This first one is a couple of college guys from the UK.
     


     
    This second one is middle school kids in the US. Their version involves Rock, Paper, Scissors.
     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7iKfUsW5g
  8. Tiger

    Texas is strange

    By Tiger,

    So I was checking out a long range forecast, and it looks like even March is going to be cold. This year has been weird all the way around. And then it says above normal temperatures in April and May. One might think that a cold winter would mean a cooler than normal spring and (hopefully) a cooler than normal summer. Apparently that is not to be. And people say that Texas weather is not extreme.
     
    http://www.almanac.com/weather/longrange/region/us/11
  9. Tiger
    The new series I'm working on is called The Sorcerous Prince. The first chapter has already been edited and beta read. I have sent Chapter 2 to TalonRider for editing. I will be starting on Chapter 3 very soon. The story is about a prince named Mihai. He is the descendant of royal and imperial wizards and witches. As the story begins he has not ascended, so he has not yet come into his power. I will post Chapters 1 and 2 once I have Chapters 3-10 finished, and I believe that will not take long if I can manage to keep writing as much as I have been.
  10. Tiger
    So I have started writing again! Isn't that awesome? I am working on a story. I've already finished a chapter, and another one is well under way. It is a modern fantasy story, and it is probably going to be part of a series. I feel as though I owe some of my inspiration to none other than Dom Luka, who is back again! So I figured if he can get back to writing, so can I! Thanks Dom! I love your stories and how you inspire the rest of us.
  11. Tiger

    Shock videos

    By Tiger,

    We've probably all heard of them by now. Basically, they are sex videos but not the garden variety. No, these videos are nasty. Watching one is likely to shock you and make you sick. I've seen a few of them. I find them quite disgusting, but for some reason, I have to watch it all the way through even as I'm gagging from seeing it. It's like a train wreck. You can't help but watch. Even more disturbing, at least one person died while filming one of these films. His name was Kenneth Pinyan. Are these shock vids going to far? What is it about watching something that makes you want to barf that fascinates people?
  12. Tiger
    About a year ago, I posted a Youtube video. I recently looked for it in the archives of my blog. I discovered that it had been banned! Why? Because people were offended by it. People are offended by truth, truth that much of the theology of Christianity and Judaism are in fact borrowed from the ancient Egyptian mythology. There are so many striking similarities that it scares me. And yet, out of this there are three relgions, two of which dominate the world today with over a third of the people on Earth practicing one of the two, Islam and Christianity.
     
    I have found an alternative thanks to my friend from one of my friends here. And I thank him for giving me the idea for looking for the video on Daily Motion. I cannot load it the same way, but here is a link for Truth Versus Religion. I highly recommend this video for everyone. It is a necessary truth for all to see in my opinion.
  13. Tiger

    Opinions please!

    By Tiger,

    So I was thinking about an idea for a story, perhaps novella length that explores some taboos... no, not anything involving anything indecent or inappropriate, just controversial. I will start by asking a question. This is assuming that you're bisexual. So you're about 25 to 28 years old. You've recently gotten married. You find out that your best friend is also bisexual and that you've both secretly had feelings for each other for a long time. What do you do? And btw, the idea is double faceted. There are two couples involved. And it just so happens that they're all in this position. What would they do? This I just might have to explore. That means there'll be two women as well as two men. I know this brings up another taboo, and that is the taboo of preconceived notions that are not true for all. Keep in mind I am well aware that many bisexuals are in fulfilling monogamous relationships. But I also know that not all live up to such expectations. Thus, I'm considering exploring this taboo. If I write the story (it may be a matter of what else I'm also working on as to whether I have to time devote), I will not shy away from the challenge of writing a lesbian sex scene or two. I've thought of doing so before, and I admit that I will need some help from one of our site's lovely bisexual women authors if I proceed.
  14. Tiger

    Child Abuse

    By Tiger,

    Childhood is supposed to be a time of innocence. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. When I went to bed last night, I thought about this. Now, I don't think I had a bad childhood overall, but I wasn't free of abuse and neglect. My biological father died long ago, 1986 if I remember correctly. I don't remember much about him. I remember him and my mom taking me to the car. It was an old Volkswagen Beetle. But I also remember a taste. When I was a teenager I tried beer. Only I realized when I tried it that I had tasted it before. I think I know why. He gave me beer as a baby to basically make me go to sleep. Mom suspected that as well. I also know that he didn't properly take care of me. He was too busy getting drunk. Between his mental illness (paranoid schizophrenic) and his drinking problem, he was really in no position to take care of a child. Unfortunately, my mother had to work. As I recall, she worked at a bank in downtown Kansas City, Missouri from 1969 until a few years after I was born. It took a while for her to finally leave him. She did not leave until one night when he did something pretty bad. See we lived in a duplex, one where we lived on the ground floor, and our neighbor lived upstairs. Apparently, a liquor store burned down, so he and my biological father took some bottles of liquor from the remains of the store. I'm sure it was quite a steal. Anyway, he passed out from all the booze he drank. Later he woke up in the middle of the night and went back upstairs, but he left the door to our home open in the middle of the night in Kansas City, something that made my mom decide that it was enough.
     
    We moved in with my aunt and uncle. They of course had two sons. The younger of the two used to play these games with me where we would "play" with each other. He was 3 or 4 years older than me, so such games were probably what most would consider inappropriate. I don't know when it started exactly or when it ended. I do remember at the worst was when I was 10 and he basically tried to rape me. So as I said, my childhood wasn't free of abuse, but I feel as though it could have been much worse.
     
    I also have another cousin, well by marriage I guess you could say. My mom remarried in 1985, and his sister's eldest is a real piece of work. Now, in her defense, she was also a victim of sexual abuse by at least two people, my adoptive father being one of them. Ironically, she left her second child at our home in 1997. Unfortunately, he did the same thing to her daughter for 5 years along with her friend. Now, I know what my adoptive father did was downright heinous, but why would she leave her own daughter in a situation where she was subject to the same abuse she suffered at the very same hands? I've always wondered this. She's never done right by her kids. She was negligent from conception. She got pregnant as a teenager, probably 16 or 17. She had twins, but because of her extensive drug abuse during pregnancy, they both died.
     
    The oldest surviving daughter was born with fetal alcohol syndrome in December of 1987. She had a lot of problems, and now she's having a child of her own. It wouldn't take much for her to raise her son better than her mother raised her. She too was sexually abused and also exposed to drugs by my cousin's endless supply of losers. She didn't care what her boyfriends or husbands did to her children so long as she what she got what she wanted, which quite frankly was dick. Her younger daughter (the aforementioned one) was the one who lived with us for several years. It's safe to say she was abused extensively. She too also suffers from the effects of her mother's substance abuse. Her one and only son was born in June of 1992. He was born 3 or 4 months early with cerebral palsy, and she had used methamphetamine during that pregnancy, which was fortunately her last.
     
    The things I've mentioned scar a child for life. Whether the abuse is sexual, physical, or involving negligence, it takes away their innocence in one way or another. Children are supposed to be protected and free from exploitation and mistreatment. Unfortunately, some people find ways of thinking that there's nothing wrong with it. I've even heard someone say that the only reason that sexual abuse messes a child up is because society says it's wrong. I strongly suspect there's more to it than that, but no matter what causes the damage, does it really matter? The fact is that it DOES cause damage. That is the important thing to remember, and it's exactly why our society sends child abusers up the river.
  15. Tiger

    A History of Drug Abuse

    By Tiger,

    There was a time in my life that I used drugs. It started innocently enough. I started with cigarettes and alcohol around 14. One time when I was a teen (I believe it was between my sophomore and junior year) I got so drunk that I couldn't even move. I was on the ground, and I rolled over and puked. That was not my finest hour. THe fall before that, I had tried marijuana for the first time with my cousin and my adoptive brother. It also happened to be Thanksgiving. It wasn't exactly a good time for me to experiment as I was going through depression at the time. My parents ended up finding out. They didn't ground me or anything, but they did tell me they didn't like me doing that. I also tried cocaine with my cousin, the very same one in the summer. Luckily, I didn't have a steady supply and crashed severely after using it. Otherwise, I could easily have become a coke head. After that summer I did not smoke weed much until I graduated from high school.
     
    When I graduated, I ended up working at a nursing home as a nurse assistant. That place was full of potheads, and it wasn't long before I became good friends with some of them One in particular was a woman I took to and from work almost every day. She and I would get high a lot. I even remember getting stoned off my ass on 9/11, taking bong rips while watching the horrific replays of the towers falling to the ground. It wasn't too long before I tried meth and crack. I ended up doing meth more times than I can count. I loved the stuff. Had it not been for my friend going to jail, I'd probably be on the stuff to this day or dead. I never shot up. That's the one fortunate thing. Instead I took it in a capsule. Some vitamins you get at Wal-Mart are in capsule form, and you can empty the capsules and add meth. The high was intense. I remember my friend telling me that the only thing missing in the capsule when compared with a needle was heat that accompanied the drug entering the bloodstream (and obviously the rapid onset of the drugs effects).
     
    After her arrest, I did meth a few more times and also marijuana. The last time I used marijuana was about this time last year. I have not touched meth in over 5 years. For anyone out there who's thinking of trying drugs, don't. It's not worth it. Marijuana is tolerable so long as you do not get the false impression that using other illicit drugs is okay just because marijuana is mild. Cocaine, meth, and heroin are deadly drugs. People have spent their life savings on those drugs and have committed acts of larceny just to get a fix. People even kill for them. And don't be under the impression that getting drunk every weekend is a good idea. Binge drinking makes you puke for a reason. Alcohol is a deadly poison, one that is responsible for hundreds of deaths every year.
  16. Tiger

    Writing again

    By Tiger,

    Yes, I'm working on a story. It's been a while, but the cobwebs finally seems to be leaving. It is a short story that is likely going to end up also being a prologue of a series, one that I can foresee having many twists and turns. I want to hide details of what's in my mind for now, but I can say that this saga will contain elements of the future as well as the past into one giant saga. There will also be magic and powerful creatures involved like demons, vampires, and wizards. I have two other stories in mind as well, but they're a bit sketchier in my mind.
  17. Tiger

    Civil War

    By Tiger,

    I have remembered a while back talking to this right wing kook. He thought that anyone who happened to be liberal was a communist and an anti-American. He was from Tennessee as I recall (not that all people from there think that way), and he said that he had build a compound. He was supposedly preparing for a second civil war, one basically between conservatives and liberals. Thinking about it now I wonder. What if there were actually a civil war in the US, one fought between liberals and conservatives? I'm sure that if it happened many of my fellow liberals might sing a different tune about guns. As long as there are crazy right-wing f**ks with guns, I figure it doesn't hurt to have an arsenal of your own.
  19. Tiger

    Thinking About War

    By Tiger,

    It seems that President Obama has decided to send more troops to Afghanistan. While I'm not surprised, I am disappointed. Instead of exit strategy, it seems we have expansion of the war effort. Maybe there's a better way than war. War costs human lives. Even when they are bombing buildings that harbor terrorists, there are often innocent people close by, perhaps even inside being held hostage. Am I wrong in wanting a world without war. Why is it that no one seems to value peace at all?
  20. Tiger

    Third Year

    By Tiger,

    My third year at GA began on Halloween. It does not seem like it's been that long, but it has. It was great finding this community, and despite some notable disagreements throughout my time here, I love GA. At times people have tried my patience. I'm certainly not universally loved, but is anyone? I am like a gathering storm at times, and when lightning strikes, there's a tendency for destruction. I won't mention names, but I do regret some of those situations and how certain people were affected. I've never claimed to be easy to get along with. I have a tendency to become quite depressed at times, and when I am, I'm likely to lash out. On top of that, I have quite a temper. For those of you who remain, I truly appreciate it. I know some who have probably regret it at times. I can be a pain in the ass sometimes. For those who have decided that I'm too much to handle, I hope to one day repair some of those bridges if at all possible. When I'm in a good state of mind, I am much more reasonable.
     
    As for stories, I have read some that totally have sucked me in. I have, at times, read stories in a matter of a few days. There are some talented authors here for sure, and I have no doubt that some have the potential to have published books in the future. As for my own stories, I am eventually going to get back into it. The problem is that I was shaken up a while back by a beta reader who was totally f**king insane. It seems that I haven't been able to write much since that time. I will overcome that issue in time.
     
    People have probably also noticed that I am a bit of a post whore, and in the early days, I posted a whole hell of a lot more than I do now. Luckily, I have tapered off a bit in that regard. It's unlikely that I will move up the post ranks anymore as I did in my first year. There are only 3 people who have posted more than I have, and they've been around a whole hell of a lot longer than I have. It seems that I'm not far from the 6,000 range, and I will be a lone wolf when I do.
  21. Tiger

    An odd confession

    By Tiger,

    I'm gay. I have no doubt about that. But there is something I like that I shouldn't. For whatever reason, one that I do not even understand myself, there's something I like that's odd for me to like. I like women's breasts. They're nice pillows, and I want a fruit fly who will let me play with her tits sometimes.
  22. Tiger

    Misunderstood

    By Tiger,

    I wonder if people around here understand me as I really am. I am a lot less inhibited here. In actuality I am more of a shy, standoffish person. I will talk to people but usually only when spoken to until I get used to someone. Then I am chatty. I am not one to be around crowds. All of the voices I hear make me feel uncomfortable. I guess most people don't really know me. I keep a lot of stuff about me bottled up... what I'm thinking and what I'm feeling. But when I'm online, it's like I'm a different person all together. I am more chatty and blatantly flirtatious. I am not really like that. I am too shy. That's just me. Still, I feel as if a lot of people don't like me, and it hurts. I like to think I'm a good person and that I'm very accepting of people. I have had an incident or two, and people seem to hold it against me. It makes me feel bad, because I always seek approval from others. I don't want to be hated, but I guess I'm just too difficult for most people to get along with. I just don't know if I belong here anymore or if I ever really did. I don't know if I should stay or if I should go. I wonder if I'd be missed, but I doubt I would be, much if at all.
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