en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/338315 Comments by jowsuf http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Wahlberg-says-he-wants-to-meet-reputed-mob-boss--137353228.html#IDComment264517054 He's trying to be Robert DeNiro in Goodfellas Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:16:31 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Wahlberg-says-he-wants-to-meet-reputed-mob-boss--137353228.html#IDComment264517054 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263612447 Where is your evidence for that? That is pure baseless speculation and you know it. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:38:24 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263612447 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263499416 What are you trying to prove in saying that it is a disorder? What exactly is your point? It doesn't do anything to help your cause, it only harms it. We'll assume for a minute that homosexuality is a disorder. What does having a disorder have to do with not having equal rights? Do people who suffer from Down Syndrome have equal rights? Do people who suffer from Crohn's Disease have equal rights? What about people who have hormonal disorders that look more ambiguous in their sex? No equal rights there? What's your point, then? No amount of poor logical circles is going to convince anyone of anything other than you're a bigot. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:54:18 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263499416 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263491543 It has been proven that it is not a disorder of mental health, and homosexuals not being able to reproduce together has nothing to do with their ability to reproduce with the opposite sex (in other words, were they so inclined, they would still be able to procreate naturally). You can't base a disorder off what more than one human can or can't do. It applies to an individual in this context. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:42:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263491543 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263442129 What is unethical? Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:34:15 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263442129 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263440555 Just because they have other pressing matters doesn't mean they can put everything on the backburner to solve ONE issue they haven't solved yet. That makes no sense, they still have other work to do... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:32:24 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/State-Senate-now-2-votes-shy-on-gay-marriage--137291638.html#IDComment263440555 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Perry-Potter-win-big-at-Peoples-Choice-Awards-137153973.html#IDComment262072944 How disgusting. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:17:21 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Perry-Potter-win-big-at-Peoples-Choice-Awards-137153973.html#IDComment262072944 http://www.komonews.com/sports/Tebow-br-136986318.html#IDComment261891587 "How is Tebow's kneeling down any different than those players who jump, throw the ball and do all sorts of actions when they make a touch-down?" Media coverage and beyond-obnoxious, overplayed jokes, pics, and videos. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:09:08 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/sports/Tebow-br-136986318.html#IDComment261891587 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Feds-cite-Lindsay-Lohan-for-unpaid-taxes-in-2009-137107898.html#IDComment261806502 I'm a bit disgusted by the fact that it's someone's job at KOMO to scour TMZ for celebrity news and re-write the articles for this website. They probably get paid really well, too. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:07:39 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/entertainment/Feds-cite-Lindsay-Lohan-for-unpaid-taxes-in-2009-137107898.html#IDComment261806502 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261775510 I'm sorry, I simply can't decipher your cryptic black/white thing you're trying to do. Use your words, please. "For the most part, religious traditions in the world reserve marriage to heterosexual unions, but there are exceptions including Unitarian Universalist, Metropolitan Community Church, Quaker, United Church of Canada, United Church of Christ and Reform Jewish congregations, some Anglican dioceses, and various Neopagan faiths. This model is currently recognized by various jurisdictions and religious denominations." "Various types of same-sex marriages have existed, ranging from informal, unsanctioned relationships to highly ritualized unions. While it is a relatively new practice to frequently grant same-sex couples the same form of legal marital recognition as commonly granted to mixed-sex couples, there is a long history of recorded same-sex unions around the world. It is believed that same-sex unions were celebrated in Ancient Greece and Rome, some regions of China, such as Fujian, and at certain times in ancient European history." I cited my sources, but my post was deleted for some reason by the administrator. Look it up if you want, I'm not going to do your homework for you. However, judging by your comments, you're not the kind of person who does their homework on anything. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:24:15 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261775510 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261753367 Marriage is largely a cultural phenomena, and exists worldwide. To say that marriage has existed forever under the one rule of "between a man and a woman" is completely ignoring history and all global cultures outside ONE (guess which one that is...). Traditional religious American values do not define a worldwide cultural and religious practice. That in itself is reason enough to justify this kind of legislation. Don't think gays should marry? You opinion, I suppose, but your moral code that you follow based on the particular subculture you live in and live by is NOT shared by everyone else, and laws shouldn't reflect the desires of one subculture's practice of something that is practiced by virtually EVERY culture on the planet Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:48:56 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261753367 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261748601 Face reality. Marriage is seen through more than one lens. Religion, government, and culture. There is no "universal" definition of marriage, because that would also assert that every other culture in the world that has different ideals about marriage would also be wrong. Right wing America does not define marriage to the world. Sorry. Marriage is a cultural phenomena. Read a freaking book. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:41:12 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261748601 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261745916 How is morality defined in our society? Who defines it, and is there supposed to be one universal set of moral ideals we are all supposed to follow? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:37:01 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261745916 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261745159 Lawmakers don't spend all their time and resources focusing on one issue. They have MANY they have to deal with daily. They can't put other matters on the backburner to solve a problem they haven't solved yet, that doesn't make any sense in their day-to-day. They still have to work on all their other projects Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:35:47 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/local/-Gay-marriage-within-reach-in-washington-state-Legislature--137115393.html#IDComment261745159 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Conflict-between-rich-poor-strongest-in-24-years--137113433.html#IDComment261652605 This is obviously a very polarizing topic, but I think that the rich need to very much understand that there are SO MANY factors that go into being poor and lower class, many of them socioeconomical. It is a VERY COMPLEX situation, very little of which has to do with laziness or government assistance abuse. The poor also need to realize that it is extremely unfair to work hard your entire life to have well more than your fair share of taxes forced away from you. Its not about not being compassionate, its about being punished for being successful and being forced to take your earned wealth of a lifetime's work and share it with people who didn't do anything to deserve it. Those are the biggest back and forth criticisms I see from both sides, and honestly, I really feel each side has a justifiable right to complain, but try to understand where the other side is coming from, yeah? Also, try to throw in as many commas in your sentences as possible, yeah? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:14:36 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Conflict-between-rich-poor-strongest-in-24-years--137113433.html#IDComment261652605 http://kent.komonews.com/news/people/707344-lottery-winner-plans-build-college-funds-help-friends-20000#IDComment261615063 The best way to be happy is to make those you love happy Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:18:09 +0000 http://kent.komonews.com/news/people/707344-lottery-winner-plans-build-college-funds-help-friends-20000#IDComment261615063 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-leads-in-early-returns-in-New-Hampshire--137058678.html#IDComment261011654 Ugh, how awful. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:51:33 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Romney-leads-in-early-returns-in-New-Hampshire--137058678.html#IDComment261011654 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Doomsday-Clock-moves-1-minute-closer-to-midnight-137052993.html#IDComment260860993 I'm willing to argue the topic of global warming if someone who opposed it had anything to back their claim other than baseless assumptions about monetary or political gain by scientists around the world, or just the simple fact that "it doesn't sound plausable." The problem is that nobody wants to provide any type of evidence whatsoever to the contrary. I can only do so much; I have cited SEVERAL academic sources to pad my point. If you don't believe the science or start spouting out of context semantics, feel free to go read the literature yourself. I can't and won't teach those who don't want to learn anything themselves. Have evidence to the contrary? GREAT! I would love to read it! I base my opinion on factual information and scientific study, so if there is overwhelming evidence to the contrary, show it to me and I will gladly reconsider my opinion. Otherwise, I'm not gong to argue back and forth with people who make baseless assumptions because they simply want to believe what they want to believe. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:41:54 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Doomsday-Clock-moves-1-minute-closer-to-midnight-137052993.html#IDComment260860993 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Doomsday-Clock-moves-1-minute-closer-to-midnight-137052993.html#IDComment260855799 "In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view." Julie Brigham-Grette et al. (September 2006). "Petroleum Geologists' Award to Novelist Crichton Is Inappropriate" (PDF). Eos 87 (36). Retrieved 23 January 2007. "The AAPG stands alone among scientific societies in its denial of human-induced effects on global warming." Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:34:57 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Doomsday-Clock-moves-1-minute-closer-to-midnight-137052993.html#IDComment260855799 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Doomsday-Clock-moves-1-minute-closer-to-midnight-137052993.html#IDComment260855751 "In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused mainly by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view." Julie Brigham-Grette et al. (September 2006). "Petroleum Geologists' Award to Novelist Crichton Is Inappropriate" (PDF). Eos 87 (36). Retrieved 23 January 2007. "The AAPG stands alone among scientific societies in its denial of human-induced effects on global warming." Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:34:53 +0000 http://www.komonews.com/news/national/Doomsday-Clock-moves-1-minute-closer-to-midnight-137052993.html#IDComment260855751