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I myself am sort of neutral. I liked neither Friday( It was just awful, seriously) nor My Moment ( Isn't it sort of mean to write a song to tell people to shove off?) But as for her as a person I have nothing against her. She didn't write Friday, so it's just wrong to hate her for it. She's only 14 or something. Although, in my honest opinion, she has got to stop pretending she's a superstar. So what do you think??

Okay, so my last topic that talked about drugs that made people 'zombie-like' got me to thinking...how would the world truly react to a zombie outbreak? Do you think that the governments of the world would step in and try to get everyone to work together to preserve the human race, or do you think they'd all abandon ship and try to save themselves, leaving civilians (like you or me) to fend for ourselves? Or perhaps it would give people more of an excuse to turn on each other? I personally like to believe that the head honchos of the world would drop all of their silly feuds and unite together against our common foe to try and save as many lives as possible. What I re…

I have been doing a lot of thinking about this topic. Especially after seeing that graphic video of the Judge and his daughter. So I want to hear your opinions? Don't worry about answering the questions, those were just to give you some ideas of what I am talking about or just ideas to think about. But feel free to answer them as is. How much privacy should a teen be allowed to have? Which age should they get more? Pretty straight forward. Do you feel parents should be looking into their online activity and such? Should teens have limited online time and access? This is also debated. That teenagers are spending too much time online. Also include thoughts o…

After pretty much becoming very annoyed with all the Avengers hype going on (I will see it Saturday so heopefully my mind will change), a friend of mine kinda gave me a lecture as to why everybody loves superheroes. So, I've googled this and have come up with several articles. As my friend said, everybody wants escape, and through a superhero, everybody sees peace and hope for a better future, regardless of the superhero, be it Batman (my personal fave), Spider-Man, Superman, or the Hulk. It seems that every one of is is drawn to at least one type of superhero - but upon anlayzing it further they are not all as different as they seem. Many of them all fall into the same c…

I'm kind of surprised this isn't a thread already, but I'm curious: where do you stand on the Chik-Fil-A boycotts and, conversely, support groups recently as well as the corporation's donation to groups like the Family Research Council? Feel free to link to articles or other media forms that help support your views. The opinion I personally hold has nothing to do with Dan Cathy's right to free speech, nor does it have anything to do with his private company "practicing Christian faith." What I cannot be complacent about, however, is the donation to those organizations that strive to set society completely backwards from any sort of equality for people of all orientati…

Okay, so I'm all for eating meat, as it is done every day in nature, but you know, some times I am really tested by certain situations, most prominently by the dreaded slaughter house. Okay, I know this a family friendly form, but the note does say that some topics may be unsuitable for 13 and under. This is definitely one of them. x_x I was always neutral to veganism, but this video is really pushing me towards vegetarianism. This video is old and I don't know why I haven't seen this before, so I'm sure that some of you have seen it. But if you haven't be warned, it's can be very graphic at times. VERY. is a documentary of some sorts that observes the harsh (…

This is probably old news to many of you who actually live in the States but being in the UK this is something that has only piqued my interest today. The Boy Scouts of America re-inforced their decision to not allow openly homosexual boys or leaders into the scouts which seems to have caused chaos with Scouts returning their Eagle Scouts Awards that they worked for years for and have been described as the proudest moments of their lives with letters to say that they cannot be a part of this anymore. I found some of their letters completely and utterly heart wrenching with the medals attached and see them as having an amazing amount of guts to do this and stand fo…

Yeah, basically what the title says. What do you think about suicide? I've read stories of 6 year olds committing suicide, One of which hung herself, another one stepping in front of a train, etc. Do you even think 6 year olds conceive the concept of death?

One of my coworkers may be mistreating his nine year old daughter. Every time he gets into a fight with a co worker he threatens to have his nine year old daughter say that she was being molested by that co worker. So far he has threatened four male co workers with this. Can this be considered child abuse or does he have to actually make an accusation before it can be child abuse. He already had had children's AID involved because he got so angry at one of the coworkers that he threatened to actually have someone rape his daughter and say that the coworker did, but because the threat was an empty threat in anger his daughter was eventually returned to him.

Debate! Halo 4 all the way for me, I love what they're doing with the franchise now, feels so much more fresh.

I just heard a story that amazed and horrified me. Apparently, a new drug has been invented that is a thousand times worse than cocaine. In Miami, Florida, there have been 4 terrifying incidences of people being high on the drug and running around doing insane things. One man had to be killed because he was found eating another living man's face and he would not stop, even when the police shot him in the shoulder. Another person ran around in traffic, while naked, and was hit by a taxi. After being hit, most people would be down for the count, but this person got right back up and started attacking anyone around them. Another incident involved a man cutting out his own in…

Defendant: http://en.wikipedia...._v._Dharun_Ravi Victim: http://en.wikipedia...._Tyler_Clementi Pretty much his roommate set up his webcam in his room, and left and viewed him kissing another man. He did this not only once, but twice, but the second time he set up a live stream and let other people watch it, too. To me, this is pretty personal, because one of my friends had commit suicide for the same reason, but instead of a video, it was a photo. Any opinions on this case? Should he be sentenced? What should he be sentenced to? A lot of people defend saying it was just a harmless joke, and that Clementi took it too seriously. Even t…

Where I live, in Ontario, we have some very strict laws implemented when it comes to smoking. For instance, you cannot smoke in any restaurant nor any bar. You can't smoke in public work buildings or at school. You MUST head outside and smoke in designated smoking areas if you are at school or say, a theme park. When it comes to selling cigarettes, you HAVE to be 19 years old. (The legal age here.) If you look under 25, you must be I.D for proof that you are at least 19. Anyone is permitted to sell cigarettes. Also, stores CANNOT openly display the brands. They must be covered up in an effort to deter new smokers. (Since they can't see them or the brands, they are…

Not coming from the US myself I'd be interested in what people's reactions have been to the shooting of Trayvon Martin on 28th February and the fact that his killer a 26 year old white man has not been put on charges because of Florida's stand your ground law. It seems he was shot merely for the crime of being black and yet the police are unable to do anything about it. To me this highlights America's desperate need for both stricter gun laws and stricter rules on how these can be carried. The fact that a white man can shoot an unarmed black boy in 'self defence' even though he had nothing more on him than a bag of skittles is ridiculous but the fact that he hasn't be…

Is it discrimination to charge an obese traveler for two seats on an airplane? I don't know which airlines do it, but the issue has definitely been brought up. What bugs me about this issue is I usually can find some stance that I think is the best solution. This issue, I can't. I don't think it's discrimination because it's done for non-discriminatory reasons. If a passenger takes up two seats (or is big enough to be sitting on their neighbor) then yes, shouldn't they have to pay for two seats? If there is another customer sitting next to them, then it's not fair to make that person suffer; if the airline purposely keeps that seat free but doesn't charge f…

I've seen it on CNN & youtube. Noises were heard around the world. I was searching this up. Some stuff had to do with the world ending or solar flares is causing this. What do you think?

The story I'm about to recall isn't a common one, but it touches my reality slightly as the women involved happens to be someone my Dad knew. She attempted to tell me her side; she hates that people judge her over it. She's a generally pleasant easy-going woman. She's friendly and approachable. Anyway, her story started 13 years ago when she married. They had a good relationship and a son together. But soon into their marriage, her husband fell sick. I can't remember what he fell ill with, but he was very sick. He would never recover. Eventually, his situation progressed in a very short time - to the present, where he know cannot even move but is of course conscience…

The North Korea government lets the people starve, has 200,000 prisoners in concentration camps and access to nuclear weapons. It's just disgraceful. Theoretically I would support a war against North Korea, because - unlike Iraq - things really can't get much worse to begin with. But in this day and age nobody has the money to do it, the US is nearly bankrupt and so is Europe. Maybe the food deal between NK and the US is going to do some good? What do you think could/should be done?

Where do you draw the line, and where can it be restricted? This story recently posted comes to mind. http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/colorado-student-banned-yearbook-over-racy-photo-201606793--abc-news.html The url tells it all. Free expression. Free speech. Can they be restricted in cases such as these? Or should common sense rule? You decide.

http://abcnews.go.co...51#.TxYT0m9SQXs Many sites are going down temporarily tomorrow in protest of SOPA. If you would like to do something about this to help prevent censorship then you need to contact your Congress representative. http://americancensorship.org/ Accidently made this in the wrong debate chat... would someone mind moving it please? This topic has been edited by a member of staff (Neomysterion). The topic was posted in the wrong area. Please check your user inbox to see if you have been contacted regarding this topic. Per the reason above, this topic has been MOVED from ‘Neopets Debate’ to ‘The Debate Chat’.