Recent content by HolyMoogle

I can't be sure, but I'm guessing you're from Australia? Perhaps? Liberal is a very messy and broad term, but in most cases around the world, when applied to politics, it means 'progressive' (ie, supportive of changing things up to improve them, rather than thinking things are fine as they...

'Tangled' (upcoming badly-named adaptation of Rapunzel) is meant to have an absolutely amazing art style, so I have faith in Disney's traditional animation. 10 bucks it also ends up in Kingdom Hearts III...

I love Australia's weather, its landscapes, (most) of its people. The uniforms worn by professional sportspeople here are probably the skimpiest in the world, too. I am jealous of the history enjoyed by those in European countries, you in the UK having built so much of the world as it is...

I wish they'd call it Stereoscopic 3D rather than just 3D, although I guess that wouldn't market as well. Movies won't be genuinely 3D until they're of the Star Wars hologram variety, and the entire cinema is a canvas for the film, rather than just giving us a blurry illusion of depth in a 2D image.

Obviously I'm not going to discuss some of the experiences you've mentioned, as this is the last place it would be appropriate to do so, but I have to say that the small little niggle I gave certainly unearthed a can of worms in your reasoning. You are essentially claiming that all gay men...

Well sure, but you cannot deny that the 'marriage as a religious institution' argument pretty much always tries to claim that religion (read: Christianity) has sole "ownership" over the term and the concept, which is ludicrous and absurd. In a country built on the foundation of a separation of...

Final Fantasy XI's fanbase was almost completely separate from anything WoW-related, so I think XIV can rely on at least most of them returning. I can't believe I'm saying this of an SE title, however, but I really think they need to show MORE of the game pre-release. Limsa Lominsa is getting...

Giving my opinion on a pertinent story which emerged naturally along the flow of the topic is not derailing. Anyway, I think the information given at this thread's halfway point by the OP pretty much answers his own question. Brawling, however, is never appropriate.

Ahh, but whoever said I was on the outside. And until you are a) able to come forth with details about exactly who's work you are studying and b) take your analysis out of the realm of abstract academia and actually live, I'm afraid what you are saying really doesn't seem to have any...

Well, it goes both ways. If parents can choose to make their children heterosexual or homosexual, we've already long overshot even Gattaca-like social situations of messing with genes and humanity is pretty much doomed.

Again, very problematic. Western civilization is far older than Christianity's influence on it. You separate out the "Eastern cultures" from this analysis, yet it is absolutely not true that the West just sprang into existence at the birth of Christianity. Christianity didn't even take root in...

A few things - religions have come and gone, but marriage as a concept of uniting two people has endured. Religions adopt marriage, yes, but to say it is a religious institution is sort of saying the baby gave birth to the mother. And some homosexual couples DO want religious weddings - they are...

If the only way the judge could NOT be biased in your opinion was for him to uphold Proposition 8, then the bias does not so much rest with him as with you. Judge Vaughn is considered an independent-minded conservative, and was nominated for the bench by Reagan. In any case, placing white...

What is and is not an Independent judge is a massive call for one person to make. And in any case, putting the rights of a minority to majority vote does not make for a just society. Surely you know more about American history than what you're demonstrating? America is a representative...

Purely for the sake of clearing up the idea of consent: If a living creature does not understand consent, that is the same as understanding it and not giving it. Hence; animals, people under the age of majority, etc. As for your amorous dog, unless you want to take him to court for violating...