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[Bella]

Refugees are not the problem but the ones who hide among them ARE the problem, granted this is an argument that will go on for some time.

It's very scary to think that a handful of radicals among thousands of innocent refugees can cause so much mayhem.

Aside from increased border security and better identification of immigrants I really can't think of a way to stop it. And even that (as you pointed out) isn't foolproof...

[Pitkin]

Arabs are an ethnic / cultural / language group, and there's no link between Arab identity and the terrorist attacks. There is a link between religious extremism and the attacks. Don't draw false conclusions or generalise. The terrorist groups enjoy every moment we keep blaming entire populations or religions. That's exactly what they hope would happen.

[Bella]

^This

Generalizing is a really crappy thing to do. I have a hard time taking seriously the politics of anyone who thinks all men / women / blacks / whites / arabs / Christians / Muslims / Jews / etc. think or act alike. It demonstrates a dangerous immaturity/simplicity of worldview, IMO.

[Chocofreak13]

agreed.

also, shouldn't this be going on in HBT?

EDIT: i wanted people to know that there's a Pitkin County. it's in Colorado. :0

[Pitkin]

Sounds like an awful place. Who'd name county like that? :p

[Chocofreak13]

well, the wilds of Colorado are an unforgiving, frosty place. :0


EDIT: *sees dream dress on auction site*
*struggles with decision*
*looks at bank slip from a few days go*
"I'M A GROWNUP, DAMMIT"
*buys dress spur-of-the-moment with 2 hours to go on the auction without even thinking of the logistics of paying for something via paypal*

[Nichi]

I wonder if Pitkin County is near Aurora, CO
(Not just for the OSC reference, but for it being where the host of Oddity Archive lives -w-; )

@Kari: Yay!
I'm potentially going to invest in a motherboard I found for 2k. I could pay $100 on eBay and receive a 1:1 replacement with some other stuff I don't need (I don't need the RAM or a Pentium Dual it ships with; I have a Core i7 and plenty of RAM, but it's the cheapest option for that exact motherboard), or for $86 after shipping through Newegg, receive a different motherboard entirely that's still compatible (If it can keep 2k afloat for another 5 years, when I planned to do a complete rebuild, we're good)

[Chocofreak13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitkin_County,_Colorado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitkin,_Colorado
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Walker_Pitkin

found the sauce. (also, the county seat is Aspen, while Aurora's closer to Denver. it's about 4 hours away.)

go with the cheaper one, Pent. Newegg has more quality assurance and protection, plus no sense in us both spending lavish amounts of money on random garbage. xD;;;

though, i showed my mum that dress, and she was stunned and said i'm gonna look ravishing/gorgeous/whatever the hell she said in it. -w-

unrelated, but relevant to Pent's interests: for the library's anime convention next year, we picked a theme: Maid Cafe. -w-

[Cockleshell]

I'M GOING TO HA VE ROBOT LESBIAN SCIENCE BABIES WITH MY ROBOT SCIENCE WIFE IN FALLOUT 4 GOTY

[Bella]

Everyone I know who is playing FO4 is so happy about Curie.

I wanna make her my robot waifu when I play. OwO

[Nichi]

2k will live again in the next few weeks, and then I'm going to...play Fallout 3 or something, since I'm too cheap to get 4 right now ^^;

@Kari: When is convention? I hope I'm living there by then *w*
(Also, I still expect pics of the dress)

[LeaflameSD]

by the way, guys, sorry about earlier
i should've read over what i typed before posting it. i was honestly in a bad mood because of the attacks, so i posted what i shouldn't have.
its only the brainwashed islam/muslim extremists who would strap a bomb to themselves to fulfill a lost cause, not a whole group
really shitty things tbh

so please (don't) worry about me being some racist n00get


anyhow, drama is going terribly atm

[Chocofreak13]

that's better. except the drama part. i hope you're okay.

@bells, cocks, pent: IKRITE SHE'S SO GODDAMN CUTE OMG
AND YOU CAN ROMANCE PRESTON TOO THEY GAVE NO FUCKS ABOUT GENDER IT'S SO AWEEESOMMME.

@pent, regarding librarycon: working date is april 16 - possibly 17th. :0

[Nichi]

Maybe I'll be living up there by then :3

[Chocofreak13]

perhaps. we'de enjoy the extra help if you were.