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5 points

No.

Partly because I wasn't raised to. Partly because I see no reason to. And partly because I don't want to.

I don't like the way religious people act, whatsoever. I don't like churches. They idea of worship is obnoxious. The belief that Jesus is suppose to be my role model, sounds like bullshit.

Therefore, if there is a God, he's not worth my time, mind, or energy. I'm a perfectly decent person without religion and God. And best of all, I'm not a hypocrite! Woot!

1 point

I'd also like to note that I LOVE book stores. Small ones, Barnes and Nobles especially, Borders, etc. If books cease to exist, will these places go out of business? Then what? Instead of being able to read in a corner of a semi-quiet store that only tempts you to read, we'd have to go elsewhere...typically some loud place, like Starbucks.

What about libraries? When students do research... is EVERY antique book of valuable information going to be on computers instead? That's no fun (thought easier for research), but still.

Actually, I'm pretty confident physical books will NOT dissapear. Because there's still a handful of Americans that will never be able to afford that... computer book thingy... and be able to keep up with it. Unless you're in the middle class and above, getting one fo those things and thinking they're worth it would probably be out of your league. Plus, we'd still probably be expected to pay like $20-200 per e-book, because otherwise, how are the writers going to make any profit? That's a lot of money to spend to shove onto a little computer device that wil eventually break down and you lose all your books! Technology is getting out of hand, seriously. The beauty of a book is once you buy it, it's physically there forever. (Unless in a fire or stolen or something). But it's there more than an e-book ever will be. Plus, part of the perks of books is "page turning," not "down scrolling" or whatever.

1 point

Perhaps downvoting should be entirely disabled? Then people can only up vote best arguments, and result in the same thing going on right now (most voted will climb the chart and leave the regular ones where they are instead of strolling to the bottom). But then, I realize the downvoting is the one thing that determines efficiency... so...eh. Perhaps we have to suck it up and accept the idiots that like to push buttons?

1 point

I love physical books. I'm sure with technology, they will start to disperse. But like many awesome vintage things, they will still exist and there will be a handful of people collecting and trading them because they'll be worth more money than they are right now.

I WANT physical books to be around forever. I don't particularly like e-books whatsoever. Staring at a computer screen and scrolling down often just sucks. I get so bored I'll start to do something else. The illumination of the computer screen isn't great to be looking at for extended periods of time either. Physical books hold more comfort of being able to go anywhere, being easier on the eyes, and so forth.

However, I CAN see some perks to e-books, if they evolve the software more. Being able to change the font of the book to the style and size of our choice would be a pro. Because I have issues with really big font and really small font. I like really average font (size 10 on computers). And some fonts flow better in our eyes to read. (I particularly like Book Antiqua). Also, if there was a side notepad within the book to bookmark and label easier than in actual books (would be really convenient with textbooks) and having a "find" feature to track it down in seconds. So, e-books can be convenient, mainly for school instead of carrying those huge suckers and they'd probably be a ton more convenient and cheaper than $100! But we still use physical books for a reason.

3 points

It can buy you short-term happiness, no doubt. But if you want to count on it buying you long-term happiness, good luck because it ain't going to happen. Being a truly happy person comes from within oneself; no amount of materialism and money in the world can grant you that. But seriously, it'll buy you short-term happiness... such as, a trip to the country of your choice for a week to relax and tour and so on. It'd be nice to have money so I could do that stuff at the very least, but if I started counting on it to make me happy, I'd probably end up using it the wrong way the same way people that drink so much alcohol think it makes them happy. WRONG. It's a mask.

2 points

I'm not sure what side to pick because I only agree with one aspect. College is worth the time (if it's spent getting an actual education and not doing idiotic stuff), but not worth the money.... especially if you don't have the money. I'll first hand say it's not worth getting into debt for. I mean, maybe 10k of debt; you can pay that off in about 2 years, but 40k? 60k? 80k? No. When it climbs up that high in order to get a degree in something you want to do, it's pretty ridiculous. I don't think getting the degree will be worth it if you're going to be spending 40 years of your life paying it off. What a waste of future money that could finally be spent traveling or something (on vacations). If you happen to be rich and/or manage to get a full scholarship (or close to it), then you better think your time is worth it, because it least you'd have the opportunity to take the time and low cost out of your own pocket.

1 point

No, those statistics are REALLY off. It really is 1 in 4 women who are at LEAST molested. Many are actually sexually abused or assaulted. However, it's also estimated that only 30% of molestation victims admit it or come forward about it. It's unbelievably common in today's society. But anyways, moving on.

1 point

Just so you know, your belief that he's guilty despite the fact he was cleared on TWELVE counts, makes you a pretty blind person, by choice. Also, I couldn't find an exact statistic because there doesn't seem to be any, but I would to point out that approx (in my vague opinion) 1 in 10, to 1 in 5 people molest. Considering the common fact that 1 in 4 ARE, at least, molested (mostly girls). Now, I'm not saying it's something to ignore because it is just SO COMMON, but I'm saying if you want to hate everyone you believe is a molester or sexual assaulter, do be prepared to hate a good hefty portion of society. In fact, I'll bet at least 1 in every 4 celebrities you think is awesome, would actually become a loser, in your opinion, and worth death, because of some "bad" behavior they have.

And P.S. my opinion has some good grounds considering I've been molested 3 times growing up. You'd think I'd hate them ALL as much as you do, but 1) it's nothing personal if the person didn't do anything to you specifically, and 2) I'm still not willing to blind myself about the person just because of some wrong they're capable of, when I don't know them personally. Michael HAD problems, the WHOLE WORLD knows this, and for all I know, he could've seriously molested, OR he could've been seriously taken advantage of because of people like you who would believe all the 'potential' lies.

But bottom line is, being able to convince yourself he's not a musically genius icon just because under the surface, he was a huge mess, is as ignorant as one can get.

6 points

His music. Sure he was a little strange..looking... but I never gave a crap what he looked like. His music was awesome and it never got boring.

1 point

I think they should "move on" and build something else there. Heck, how about a park!? NY needs more parks! Make it a memorial park. ...but with no headstones...but maybe a wall or dedicated benches, trees, grass... pandas... tigers...etc...haha.. ya get my point.

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