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Guns & Ammo : The Ultimate Zombie Gun: Red Jacket ZK-22 Bullpup Rifle

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:23:44 +0000

Wait.

Listverse : Top 10 Genre-Defying Covers

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:48:11 +0000

I doubt few people bent the cover genre as hard as Izzy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xoMhCT-7A

Listverse : 10 More Infamous Fauxtos

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:02:16 +0000

At least you called me 'baby'. That made my day. :) And Wikiepedia/Forbes backs you up... "According to the 2010 Forbes International Billionaire List, Oprah Winfrey with a net worth of $2.4 billion is the richest black person in the world,[1][2] and was once the world's only black billionaire.[3] Close behind is South African gold magnate Patrice Motsepe with $2.3 billion and Nigeria's Aliko Dangote with $2.1 billion. Dangote and Motsepe are the first black Africans to ever appear on the Forbes international rich list,[4] however, Mobutu, the former Congolese president, and Sani Abacha, the Nigerian military leader, were probably billionaires when they were alive but Forbes could never confirm this (according to Forbes magazine's Kerry Dolan)." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_billionaires

Listverse : 10 More Infamous Fauxtos

Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:38:10 +0000

i'm not gonna get into a JFK conspiracy discussion (they never end), but the feds raided Oswald's house and confronted him with the photo of him and the rifle. unlike today, it took a while for the photo to leak... His wife's name is Marina, not Marie. My bad.

Listverse : Top 10 Difficult Literary Works

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 01:07:29 +0000

T.S. Eliot is my favorite poet, and I actually enjoy many of the books on this list. :) I really like your description about making a connection with Pound's verse. I've never had that pleasure with Pound ("I mate with my free kind?") , but I do get those 'lightning bolt' experiences reading Eliot's "The Hollow Men", my favorite poem. And to your other point, I never 'formally' studied Eliot, which I why I probably enjoy him so much. It is a little more rewarding when there's not an exam staring you in the face...

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:58:38 +0000

civil disobedience and freedom of expression--go for it! just don't punish someone for wearing what is acceptable clothing for fear of offense.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:58:13 +0000

interesting points, but people are starving now. this is food that could be eaten now�by people who are starving now.�yes, some gm crops could be planted, but most of the donated food is ready for direct consumption. we can't afford to be picky--there's not enough to go around.
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but to my original question: you accused me of an anti-environment bias. can you please tell me where you got that impression? which posts/lists gave you that idea?

Regards,

Jay

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:26:24 +0000

I believe the school could have found a solution instead of the courts, which took things WAY too far, and decided to legislate for everybody. There are several bathrooms in any school (teacher's lounge, nurses's office, etc.) where a transgendered child could go without making anyone, male or female, uncomfortable. But eliminating ALL gender distinctions will have unintended consequences that I don't think are fully thought out, and we need to see what the solutions are before they would be imposed. There is a strong potential for abuse or distraction, and many people will be made uncomfortable without ever having a say in the matter. But you want a PC litmus test. Here it is. You're a kid, for Chrissake. You're 12 and you don't know what the hell you are yet. If you were born a boy, look like a boy, but feel you're female, use the boy's bathroom. The converse also applies. Until you are an adult and can work through this very adult decision, stick with how you were born out of consideration for others. Or work with the school to use a separate bathroom. The whole world doesn't have to go unisex just to accommodate you. Do the Japanese and Indian education systems worry about this? No. They do MATH.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:37:32 +0000

In the comments section yes, but not when you submit a list. The text editor there is as bare bones as it gets. No formatting at all. Still...very funny, OOuchan. Touche.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:27:44 +0000

I remember that! Checked Wikipedia (I know, I know...I'm tired ) and it says it was the 1992 world series where the US Marine Color Guard hung the Canadian flag upside down during the national anthem. (Just once I'd like it to not be the US screwing up like this, but....) I do remember that the next day some guy made t-shirts of the canadian maple leaf upside down with "Sorry, Eh?" on it. Funny, and the Canadians saw it for the honest mistake it was. Embarrassing, but honest.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:01:28 +0000

Because the no gender distinction ruling will result in a lot more HIMS going to what I think should be HERS facilities, and it will cause nothing but problems.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:50:12 +0000

I wouldn't have it any other way. :)

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:56:16 +0000

That last sentence boils it down PERFECTLY.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:00:01 +0000

9. I stand by my source: "Santa fury at 'ho, ho, ho' ban” Janet Fife-Yeomans and Amanda Grant, The Daily Telegraph November 15, 2007 12:00AM http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/santa-fury-... 6. Thugs or not, they're within their rights: it is their national flag. 5. No one said it was a parlour game. But banning ALL gender distinctions in schools will open a pandora's box. 4. We agree. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUlkX-1lMg. 3. The PC component is the rush to judgement, and it was total. 2. Negative. The red flags were there, people called him a ticking time bomb. 13 people are dead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs0cwMhhnRw and http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/1114/f... and http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?stor... 1. Denying a silo full of food to starving people because it's not politically fashionable is crap. These people are starving. You and I are well fed and thus not qualified to make that decision.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:00:38 +0000

here's your answer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHQnTVMQXt4

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:09:11 +0000

my point on the name calling is that it's a little beneath us, don't you think? and the hedgehog comment is ad hominem, and only weakens the points you're trying to make. the boys' rights WERE trampled-- they were suspended from school. but even if they were just being snotty teenagers trying to make a point, they were still within their rights to wear what they wore. the administrators admitted that the clothes met the published school dress code (the bandannas did not, and the boys removed them when asked). and if those kids wore Mexican flag clothing on Veteran's day, I'd say it lacked class, but was certainly within their rights in a free country. and nobody takes your Flag Code argument seriously, because a t-shirt with an image of a flag on it is not a flag. it is a t-shirt with an image of a flag on it. you should have seen the bicentennial.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:45:27 +0000

yeah, Jay K. was taken when listverse switched to Wordpress. i did make a a few Jay K. lists that weren't edgy (dangerous sports, musicians with disabilities, etc.). sounds like you might like the Xilebat lists a little better ...those are mine, too (good samaritans, innovative charities, appropriate technology, etc.)

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:37:28 +0000

Even Achilles realeased Hector's body to Peleus for last rites. 3000 years of civilization, and sometimes I swear we're going backwards.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:31:21 +0000

Believe it or not, some people just want to make a good movie. Shocking, I know.

Listverse : 10 Ridiculous Cases of Political Correctness

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:20:54 +0000

There is a website and an online petition to release the film: http://www.songofthesouth.net/faq/index.html