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Kansas City/Lawrence Discussion Topic

dmac

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i'll give you that chris g is debatable (nerdjosh, mastacj, noel brown, twisted jago come to mind), but evil rahsaan is not up there. his spiderman is amazing, but i dont think anyone would argue what you're saying (the best on the east coast)
 
Massive

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Man, I could go for a burger now.

Also, the chicken decapitator is among the neatest machines I've ever seen, lol.

edit: I guess Lizzie Caplan, Allison Brie, and Martin Starr (Roman from party down) are all going to be in some indie wedding comedy together. I HATE THAT I HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE ON PRINCIPLE.
 
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yo... like i knew it was bad i just didnt think it was that bad, that's not cool. hella bad times right now
 
only1Z

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Where's the new footage, this is stuff from when I was back in jr high. FDAA is around for a reason, you can't assume it's all like that. Also PETA is an opportunistic, sadistic, and bullying organization; they're not the good guys either.

I love meat.
 
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if we aren't supposed to eat animals then why are they made of meat?
 
rei_vincent

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Don't even try to turn things around on PETA, this **** still happens, no matter how old the footage is. FDAA is in it for the money just like everyone else, don't trip.
 
Massive

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We stand upon the corpses of a billion billion deceased lifeforms, constantly benefiting from their deaths- be it a week or an eon ago.

Life is fueled by other life. These animals were raised to be eaten. They very literally would never have existed at all if they were not to be food. We controlled their evolution from random wild creatures to the modern domesticated feedstock they are now. We are responsible for nearly all modern varieties of cows, chickens, pigs, goats, and sheep.

Propaganda films like the ones PETA puts out use very simple psychological techniques to sway simple minded people in their favor. They will outright lie or misrepresent actions (which they very clearly did several times in this "documentary") in order to demonize anyone who doesn't agree with them. There are equally gruesome preparations that occur at fishfarms, yet I have never seen any propogandumentaries created publicizing the plight of fish. Why is this? Several types of food fish are intelligent as pigs or chickens (tuna are very smart, swordfish are apex predators capable of flanking strategies, octopodes are probably as smart as lower order primates). They not only have developed nervous systems, they actually have EXTRA ****ING SENSES. They can feel pain, even very simple shellfish will avoid negative stimulus. So why? Fish aren't adorable fluff balls for you to hug. They're wet, mucus covered creatures who swim in their own feces and urine.

PETA will lie to and try very hard to extort money out of you. They cater to people's love of the cute and fluffy and make food animals out to be pets. The tremendous amount of bold-faced lies they are willing to spread to "prove" their point instantly invalidates the opinion of anyone who is seriously trying to debate meat in a diet.

tl;dr: **** PETA.
 
rei_vincent

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Massive said:
We stand upon the corpses of a billion billion deceased lifeforms, constantly benefiting from their deaths- be it a week or an eon ago.

Life is fueled by other life. These animals were raised to be eaten. They very literally would never have existed at all if they were not to be food. We controlled their evolution from random wild creatures to the modern domesticated feedstock they are now. We are responsible for nearly all modern varieties of cows, chickens, pigs, goats, and sheep.

Propaganda films like the ones PETA puts out use very simple psychological techniques to sway simple minded people in their favor. They will outright lie or misrepresent actions (which they very clearly did several times in this "documentary") in order to demonize anyone who doesn't agree with them. There are equally gruesome preparations that occur at fishfarms, yet I have never seen any propogandumentaries created publicizing the plight of fish. Why is this? Several types of food fish are intelligent as pigs or chickens (tuna are very smart, swordfish are apex predators capable of flanking strategies, octopodes are probably as smart as lower order primates). They not only have developed nervous systems, they actually have EXTRA ****ING SENSES. They can feel pain, even very simple shellfish will avoid negative stimulus. So why? Fish aren't adorable fluff balls for you to hug. They're wet, mucus covered creatures who swim in their own feces and urine.

PETA will lie to and try very hard to extort money out of you. They cater to people's love of the cute and fluffy and make food animals out to be pets. The tremendous amount of bold-faced lies they are willing to spread to "prove" their point instantly invalidates the opinion of anyone who is seriously trying to debate meat in a diet.

tl;dr: **** PETA.
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That's great and all, but the point of this video, or at least that I'm trying to make, is that people should not support facilities and distributors that don't take care of their animals before turning them into our food. Just because you think they're here just to feed us doesn't mean you should support them dying in pain. I don't care if other people want to eat meat... What I'm trying to say is: know where your food is coming from, and find out exactly what you're eating.
 
dmac

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most people do not care where their food comes from. buying organic and free-range and cruelty free is expensive. try comparing prices from dillons/wal-mart with the community mercantile, people want and need cheap fooooooood (fuudo)

its very easy to say "care about animals in such and such way", but you're not thinking broad enough, while speaking very generally
 
SmokeMaxX

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Hey guys, A.R.K. IV is coming up September 17th-18th in Jacksonville, AR! We are expecting ~200 people with games such as Melee, Brawl, BlazBlue:CS II, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Mortal Kombat 9, SSF4:AE, Street Fighter 3rd Strike: Online Edition, and more! Smashers are coming in from several states to compete!

Note that our tournament is working on securing sponsorships from well known companies which will each be providing additional prizes and bonus pots for our tournaments. The Traveling Circus has expressed interest as of this time. Also, well-known regional modder DaRabidDuckie will be on hand to provide dual mods (PS3 <-> 360) for fight sticks.

If you have ANY questions, please post on the official tournament thread here: http://www.smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=308992
I'd normally respond to replies on this thread, but I'm so busy with Med. School that I don't have time. Please try to make it and show your support not only for us, but for the Regional Smash community as a whole. Thanks guys!
 
Massive

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I will have just been in Arkansas the previous weekend, I think I will want to be not there the next week, lol.

ALSO, BDUBS FOR TRIPLE BERFDAY. Or maybe I should just have a barbecue.
 
rpotts

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I already got saturday the 17th off work (lol I would've gotten off at noon anyway.)

I'll be old but at least I'm not gunna feel dmac old.
 
DeLux

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Hey, did anyone want to carpool down to Springfield for their little tourney this weekend?
 
rpotts

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this thread needs more epic tri-birthday weekend talk imo

*is interested*

EDIT: as long as we don't have 40 people outside at Bdubs that is. 3 hours man...
 
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