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Mr. Blonde · 03-07-2010, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Mistoffelees

here is an article on the subject.

Heritability of IQ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

edit: I just read it and its a pretty poor article. nature vs. nurture is a touchy subject for some people. especially people with low intelligence.

Here is another related link to this topic: Lamarckism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not really relevant for discussion but interesting to know about.

f3lix · 05-04-2010, 03:37 AM

I need to see Milk, because Sean Penn won the oscar for best actor over the Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler and Rourke was stunning.

Fruitacious B · 05-04-2010, 07:15 AM

Milk was great, but I honestly think that politics is the only reason Sean Penn beat out Rourke that year for the award. That year the Academy was plugging Gay Rights...this year it was the War in Iraq (Hurt Locker). In the end, Mickey Rourke should've gotten it, The Wrestler was a fucking amazing movie, as well as more of a dramatic stretch for the lead actor.

Ugly Bastard · 05-04-2010, 07:30 PM

Thought The Wrestler was overhyped and kinda boring. Milk was my fav. movie of 2008.

Orgazmo · 05-04-2010, 08:13 PM

^ Agreed...except the exact opposite.

THEINCREDIBLEdork · 05-04-2010, 09:45 PM

Milk was gay.

Ugly Bastard · 05-25-2010, 07:48 PM

I wonder if athletes are in any way formally immune to certain criminal charges while participating in a sporting event. For example: pitchers who intentionally hit batters and/or batters who charge the mound fists-a-swingin', or a hockey player punching another hockey player... I mean, that's assault, right? Why are they never charged?

Mr. Blonde · 05-25-2010, 10:11 PM

Good fucking question.

Orgazmo · 05-25-2010, 10:56 PM

Violence in ice hockey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The whole thing is a good read...like:

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Early hockey in particular was noted for its extreme violence, to the point where two players were killed in three years during brawls.

...Jesus. But, in regards to this thread:

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Incidents resulting in charges

1905 - Allan Loney is charged with manslaughter in the on-ice clubbing death of Alcide Laurin. Loney claimed self-defence, and was found not guilty.[4]
1907 - Ottawa Senators players Harry Smith, Alf Smith and Charles Spittal were charged with assault after beating Montreal Wanderers players, Hod Stuart, Ernie "Moose" Johnson and Cecil Blatchford with their sticks.
1907 - Ottawa Victorias player Charles Masson is charged with manslaughter after Cornwall player Owen McCourt dies of a head wound sustained in a brawl. Masson is found not guilty on the grounds that there was no way to know which blow had killed McCourt.[5]
1922 - Sprague Cleghorn injured three Ottawa Senators players in a brawl, leading Ottawa police to offer to arrest him.
1969 - In a pre-season game held in Ottawa, Ted Green of the Boston Bruins and Wayne Maki of the St.Louis Blues engaged in a violent, stick-swinging brawl. A fractured skull and brain damage caused Green to miss the entire 1969–1970 NHL season.[6] The NHL suspended Maki for 30 days and Green for 13 games. Both men were acquitted in court.
1975 - Dan Maloney of the Detroit Red Wings was charged with assault causing bodily harm after he attacked Brian Glennie of the Toronto Maple Leafs from behind. In exchange for a no-contest plea, Maloney did community service work and was banned from playing in Toronto for two seasons.
1975 - Police charged Bruins player Dave Forbes with aggravated assault after a fight with Henry Boucha of the Minnesota North Stars. After a nine-day trial ended with a hung jury, charges against Forbes were dropped.
1976 - Philadelphia Flyers players Joe Watson, Mel Bridgman, Don Saleski and Bob "Hound" Kelly were charged with assault after using their hockey sticks as weapons in a violent playoff game between the Flyers and the Toronto Maple Leafs in which fans had been taunting the Flyers players and spitting at them. Bridgman was acquitted, but the other three Flyers were found guilty of simple assault.
1976 - Calgary Cowboys forward Rick Jodzio plead guilty to a charge of assault following a cross-check to the head of Quebec Nordiques player Marc Tardif during the World Hockey Association playoffs. The hit led to a 20-minute bench clearing brawl.[7]
1977 - Dave "Tiger" Williams of the Toronto Maple Leafs hit Pittsburgh Penguin Dennis Owchar with his stick. He was charged with assault, but acquitted.
1982 - Jimmy Mann of the Winnipeg Jets left the bench and sucker-punched Pittsburgh Penguin Paul Gardner, breaking Gardner's jaw in two places. Mann was fined $500 and given a suspended sentence in Winnipeg.
1988 - Dino Ciccarelli hit Leafs defenceman Luke Richardson with his stick. Charged and convicted of assault, he was sentenced to one day in jail and fined $1,000.
1998 - Jesse Boulerice of the Plymouth Whalers was suspended for the rest of the playoffs after violently swinging his stick at Guelph Storm forward Andrew Lang. Boulerice was charged with assault as a result of the incident.
2000 - Marty McSorley of the Boston Bruins hit Vancouver Canuck Donald Brashear in the head with his stick in the waning moments of the game, after losing a fight to Brashear earlier in the game. McSorley was convicted of assault with a weapon and given an 18-month conditional discharge.
2004 - After repeated failed attempts at instigating a fight, Todd Bertuzzi of the Vancouver Canucks sucker-punched Steve Moore of the Colorado Avalanche in the back of the head, knocking Moore unconscious. The pair then fell to the ice with Bertuzzi's weight crushing Moore face-first into the ice, followed by several players from both teams further piling onto the mêlée. Moore sustained three fractured vertebrae, a grade three concussion, vertebral ligament damage, stretching of the brachial plexus nerves, and facial lacerations. Bertuzzi was charged by police, and given a conditional discharge after pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm. His suspension resulted in a loss of $500,000 in pay and the Canucks were fined $250,000. Bertuzzi was re-instated in 2005; Moore has not played since and made several unsuccessful attempts at civil litigation.

vaga1220 * · 05-26-2010, 04:32 AM

There was a boxer who was charged with attempted murder after he beat his opponent in to blindness with loaded gloves.

Fruitacious B · 12-02-2010, 05:52 AM

12.2.2o1o

I feel that although I've only been back to nubblies for as brief of time as I have, that I watch this site too closely in regards to the menial amount that I, as well as everyone else post. In short, I don't think we stir shit up enough, and are too inclined to "pump the brakes".

DJ FC · 12-02-2010, 06:25 AM

Random Thought of the Day:

I realized today that, for some reason, I walk to work faster than most people, but walk home from work slower than most people.

Beebs · 12-02-2010, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by vaga1220

There was a boxer who was charged with attempted murder after he beat his opponent in to blindness with loaded gloves.

If it is the incident I am thinking of, which it probably is, you aren't quite right.

It was Luis Resto, he was charged with assault and possession of a deadly weapon. Also the bigger factor in hurting his opponent was that the padding was removed from the gloves, although it was said that he also soaked his wraps in plaster of paris, but I don't think that was ever proven even though it is almost certainly true.

The real scumbag was his trainer, Panama Lewis, possibly the worst human in the history of boxing, which is saying something.

Luis Resto (boxer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Panama Lewis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

f3lix · 12-20-2010, 12:27 PM

Santa Claus is the gateway drug to blind belief systems like religion.

Fruitacious B · 12-20-2010, 12:40 PM

But with Santa, there's the realization at about 7 or 8 years old that Santa doesn't exist. If it worked that well with Religion, the world would be a better place.

angry pancake · 12-20-2010, 03:38 PM

I just made a retarded post.

Mr. Blonde · 12-20-2010, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by f3lix

Santa Claus is the gateway drug to blind belief systems like religion.

So is anything a parent or teacher says to a young child. Spend some time around children and you'll understand why blind belief as a child is necessary.

Ugly Bastard · 12-20-2010, 09:20 PM

Can you elaborate for those of us who are not allowed around children?

Mr. Blonde · 12-20-2010, 10:26 PM

Nothing you don't already know from memories of your childhood. Even if you disagreed with your parents, you still pretty much always did what they said. Blind belief in authority figures keeps us all from accidentally killing ourselves. We may not be old enough to understand why, but we know we must obey. It's one of the evolutionary arguments as to why religion is so prevalent.

Mr. Blonde · 12-31-2010, 01:43 AM

I'm watching Dawkins' The Root of All Evil? and came across something where he says basically what I did, which makes me think I probably read it in one of his books or articles a while back. But here ya go UB:

YouTube - Root of All Evil - Episode 2 (2/5)

thekremlin · 01-05-2011, 01:23 PM

Remember the Y2K bug, when the world’s computers were expected to shut down because they couldn’t handle the “00” in 2000? There’s another one expected this year. It’s known as the Y1C problem, and although equally serious, it’s confined to the island of Taiwan, which uses a calendar that dates year 1 from the founding of the Republic of China in 1912. For many computers in Taiwan, 2011 is the year 100, and with the “00,” chaos may ensue.

(Courtesy of Boston Globe)

SittinOnDubsWGW · 01-05-2011, 03:08 PM

Yeah, because so much shit went wrong all the computers everywhere else in the world 11 years ago...

Ugly Bastard · 01-20-2011, 06:41 PM

I have a growing urge to acquire another dog. It's a terrible idea that I almost certainly will not follow through on, but if I had a more stable living situation with a yard, I think I would probably do it. Scout is five now and I feel like he's just kind of bored a lot of the time. I believe a companion dog would remedy this nicely for Scout. I peg Scout's life expectancy to be around another 8-10 years. I would try to get a dog who is likely to live about that long. A Great Dane fits the bill quite nicely. I love those dogs and want one at some point. And for whatever reason, Scout seems to love Great Danes. He humps them anytime he encounters one at a dog park. Yes, a Great Dane is what I would be acquiring if I had a yard. But I don't.

Mr. Blonde · 01-21-2011, 12:56 AM

Phase 1: Acquire yard
Phase 2: Acquire Great Dane
Phase 3: ????
Phase 4: PROFIT!!!

As a sidenote, do you have your own place? I have to say that if I was staying in some place for longer than two years (something i've never done) I would definitely own my own property.

Also, which Nubblites own property that they actually earned themselves instead of getting it handed down to them like some incorrigible spoiled fuck?

angry pancake · 01-21-2011, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Blonde

Phase 1: Acquire yard
Phase 2: Acquire Great Dane
Phase 3: ????
Phase 4: PROFIT!!!

As a sidenote, do you have your own place? I have to say that if I was staying in some place for longer than two years (something i've never done) I would definitely own my own property.

Also, which Nubblites own property that they actually earned themselves instead of getting it handed down to them like some incorrigible spoiled fuck?

Hand raised.

05-04-2010, 07:15 AM	#1353 (permalink)
Fruitacious B Bokononist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,595 Internets: 11801	Milk was great, but I honestly think that politics is the only reason Sean Penn beat out Rourke that year for the award. That year the Academy was plugging Gay Rights...this year it was the War in Iraq (Hurt Locker). In the end, Mickey Rourke should've gotten it, The Wrestler was a fucking amazing movie, as well as more of a dramatic stretch for the lead actor.
	"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand." \|vonnegut

05-04-2010, 09:45 PM	#1356 (permalink)
THEINCREDIBLEdork Emperor Meow Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 9,316 Internets: 284585	Milk was gay.
	#YOLO

05-25-2010, 10:11 PM	#1358 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	Good fucking question.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

05-26-2010, 04:32 AM	#1360 (permalink)
vaga1220 * *Dislikes ham Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: HELL 666 Posts: 1,515 Internets: 60790	There was a boxer who was charged with attempted murder after he beat his opponent in to blindness with loaded gloves.
	Putting the sensual in non-consensual.

12-02-2010, 05:52 AM	#1361 (permalink)
Fruitacious B Bokononist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,595 Internets: 11801	12.2.2o1o I feel that although I've only been back to nubblies for as brief of time as I have, that I watch this site too closely in regards to the menial amount that I, as well as everyone else post. In short, I don't think we stir shit up enough, and are too inclined to "pump the brakes".
	"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand." \|vonnegut

05-04-2010, 03:37 AM	#1352 (permalink)
f3lix Gangnam Style Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DH's Massage Parlor Posts: 6,383 Internets: 213510	I need to see Milk, because Sean Penn won the oscar for best actor over the Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler and Rourke was stunning.

05-04-2010, 07:30 PM	#1354 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Thought The Wrestler was overhyped and kinda boring. Milk was my fav. movie of 2008.

05-04-2010, 08:13 PM	#1355 (permalink)
Orgazmo COME ON YOU YANKS Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Indiana Posts: 15,668 Internets: 305662	^ Agreed...except the exact opposite.

05-25-2010, 07:48 PM	#1357 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	I wonder if athletes are in any way formally immune to certain criminal charges while participating in a sporting event. For example: pitchers who intentionally hit batters and/or batters who charge the mound fists-a-swingin', or a hockey player punching another hockey player... I mean, that's assault, right? Why are they never charged?

12-02-2010, 06:25 AM	#1362 (permalink)
DJ FC MURICAN Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,136 Internets: 250185	Random Thought of the Day: I realized today that, for some reason, I walk to work faster than most people, but walk home from work slower than most people.
	The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

12-20-2010, 12:27 PM	#1364 (permalink)
f3lix Gangnam Style Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DH's Massage Parlor Posts: 6,383 Internets: 213510	Santa Claus is the gateway drug to blind belief systems like religion.

12-20-2010, 12:40 PM	#1365 (permalink)
Fruitacious B Bokononist Join Date: May 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 2,595 Internets: 11801	But with Santa, there's the realization at about 7 or 8 years old that Santa doesn't exist. If it worked that well with Religion, the world would be a better place.
	"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand." \|vonnegut

12-20-2010, 09:20 PM	#1368 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	Can you elaborate for those of us who are not allowed around children?

12-20-2010, 10:26 PM	#1369 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	Nothing you don't already know from memories of your childhood. Even if you disagreed with your parents, you still pretty much always did what they said. Blind belief in authority figures keeps us all from accidentally killing ourselves. We may not be old enough to understand why, but we know we must obey. It's one of the evolutionary arguments as to why religion is so prevalent.
	Psychedelics are illegal not because a loving government is concerned that you may jump out of a third story window. Psychedelics are illegal because they dissolve opinion structures and culturally laid down models of behavior and information processing. ― Terence McKenna

12-31-2010, 01:43 AM	#1370 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	I'm watching Dawkins' The Root of All Evil? and came across something where he says basically what I did, which makes me think I probably read it in one of his books or articles a while back. But here ya go UB: YouTube - Root of All Evil - Episode 2 (2/5)

01-05-2011, 01:23 PM	#1371 (permalink)
thekremlin Don't call me Shirley Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,271 Internets: 220249	Remember the Y2K bug, when the world’s computers were expected to shut down because they couldn’t handle the “00” in 2000? There’s another one expected this year. It’s known as the Y1C problem, and although equally serious, it’s confined to the island of Taiwan, which uses a calendar that dates year 1 from the founding of the Republic of China in 1912. For many computers in Taiwan, 2011 is the year 100, and with the “00,” chaos may ensue. (Courtesy of Boston Globe)

01-05-2011, 03:08 PM	#1372 (permalink)
SittinOnDubsWGW I make bad decisions. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Desert Posts: 3,018 Internets: 108015	Yeah, because so much shit went wrong all the computers everywhere else in the world 11 years ago...

01-20-2011, 06:41 PM	#1373 (permalink)
Ugly Bastard Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 13,643 Internets: 247330	I have a growing urge to acquire another dog. It's a terrible idea that I almost certainly will not follow through on, but if I had a more stable living situation with a yard, I think I would probably do it. Scout is five now and I feel like he's just kind of bored a lot of the time. I believe a companion dog would remedy this nicely for Scout. I peg Scout's life expectancy to be around another 8-10 years. I would try to get a dog who is likely to live about that long. A Great Dane fits the bill quite nicely. I love those dogs and want one at some point. And for whatever reason, Scout seems to love Great Danes. He humps them anytime he encounters one at a dog park. Yes, a Great Dane is what I would be acquiring if I had a yard. But I don't.

01-21-2011, 12:56 AM	#1374 (permalink)
Mr. Blonde Spice Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 17,969 Internets: 278288	Phase 1: Acquire yard Phase 2: Acquire Great Dane Phase 3: ???? Phase 4: PROFIT!!! As a sidenote, do you have your own place? I have to say that if I was staying in some place for longer than two years (something i've never done) I would definitely own my own property. Also, which Nubblites own property that they actually earned themselves instead of getting it handed down to them like some incorrigible spoiled fuck?