http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/categories/general/p438/feed.rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:57:04 +0000 General - talkSFU en-CA http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2121/ba-and-cga Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:52:48 +0000 johnny 2121@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2555/the-enemies-of-reason Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:56:55 +0000 Morro 2555@/forum/discussions
Here's the episodes for download. To get them, you'll need a bittorrent download client. I reccomend uTorrent. The links below go straight to the torrent file, so just right-click and save as. Then open the torrent file to begin downloading the episodes.

Part 1: Slaves to Superstition.

Part 2: The Irrational Health Service

Enjoy!]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2543/justin-timberlake-concert Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:42:38 +0000 imelting 2543@/forum/discussions
im goin to beyonce on friday as well, its gonna b hard to top the jt tho haha!]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2522/first-day-of-classes Tue, 04 Sep 2007 11:22:09 +0000 Kevin M. 2522@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2546/gpa-to-transfer-into-business-in-the-past-few-years Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:20:07 +0000 Gar 2546@/forum/discussions
From what I've heard from the BA adviser, they will start considering student from GPA 2.88. But I'd love to know what the so-called "guarantee" transfer GPA?

Thanks!]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2508/should-we-obey-bad-laws Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:57:36 +0000 Morro 2508@/forum/discussions
I guess I'm a law breaker, then. I have been know to, and will continue to be known to, smoke a marijuanna cigarette or two. I speed sometimes. I turn left on red arrows when the through-traffic has a green light, but left turning is oddly disallowed, even when it's 3 in the morning, and there's nobody f-ing coming.

Let me give you the situation that sparked this discussion. A few months ago, a Saudi Arabian girl was caught meeting with a man to whom she was not married. Now, so far as I know, there is nothing more to the story. They weren't "doing it" (not that I would care if they were,) they were just meeting. Ostensibly, they were courting. Anyway, she was found out, and was sentenced to fifty lashes. I think it was fifty. Regardless, it was a lot. It then quickly came out that the girl was in the hospital with severe injuries, even though her lashes weren't scheduled for quite some time. Turns out, her brother had beaten her almost to death, for shaming the family. The brother was apparently looked at for assault charges, but none were ever pressed. A major newspaper expressed disapproval with the brother, on the grounds that the situation clearly warranted an "honor killing," and that he should have beaten her fully to death, not just half way. I suppose the brother is what passes for a "moderate."

This story comes on the heels of a similar one, where an unmarried couple were holding hands in public, and a man shot them both dead. The man was aquitted by the Saudi Supreme Court, under the defense that he was only acting to enforce the Sharia (Islamic law.)

So I expressed my disgust with the state of things "over there." And, much to my amazement, I encounterred resistence. Their reasoning was: She knew the laws. She broke the law, doing what she was doing, and thus deserves what she gets. "But... but... but, it's a horrible law!" I protest. "It's still the law," they reply.

I don't like this. These people are unwilling to disobey our laws, ok, fine. But at least they'll criticize them. Political correctness is so wildly out of control that one guy I was talking to literally, point-blank refused to say that it was a bad law. Not just that it was a bad law that she still should have obeyed. Just that it was bad. He couldn't say it. He's been conditioned from birth, you see, with the basic assumption that anything that happens outside of North America is beyond the scope of our judgemental powers. We can't judge another culture's ideals, actions or rhetoric. Can I start a trend, here? Let's judge. Let's judge all the time. Like, 24/7. A lot. Judgey judge McJudgersen.

But anyway, the argument was basically distilled down to this binary question: Should we be expected to obey bad laws?

Pot is illegal, which is stupid. I don't obey that law. In a few years, when it is no longer illegal, pot will be exactly the same as it is today. The law has no bearing on pot's dangers, benefits or effects. It is what it is, and I say: screw bad laws. I claim the right to make that decision for myself, and I claim the right to be outraged if the government decides to bust me for misdemeanor possession. Yes, I knew the law, and that law is stupid. I claim the right to be indigant at the enforcement of that law. Just as I claim the right to be outraged on this girl's behalf. I don't care that it was the law. The law sucks, and so any enforcement of that law is flawed axiomatically.

Do no obey bad laws.

Anyone agree? Disagree?]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2450/dancing Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:00:08 +0000 noname 2450@/forum/discussions http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2541/kanye-west-ft-chris-martin-homecoming Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:53:23 +0000 Simon604 2541@/forum/discussions Kanye West ft. Chris Martin - Homecoming

From the new album, "Graduation"]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2540/chad-kroeger-ft-carlos-santana-into-the-night Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:51:27 +0000 Simon604 2540@/forum/discussions Chad Kroeger ft. Carlos Santana - Into The Night]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2520/vegas Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:43:53 +0000 baby e 2520@/forum/discussions
OMG it was fun! I really liked it and kinda cant wait to go back.

I lost money tho :(

Who else has been?

:D]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2507/class-scheduling Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:41:51 +0000 Morro 2507@/forum/discussions
The upshot? I quit my job in order to take a "hard" semester full of 5 difficult courses... and only ended up getting 3. Because unless they suddenly add Dance 101 as a science pre-requisite, all the classes I need conflict with one another. Out of a list of fifteen classes that I have available to take towards my major, TEN of them have lectures starting at 8:30 or 9:30, and two of the remaining have lectures starting at 10:30. What the hell is wrong with these people? Are they stupid?

And let's not get started on what this does to the transit system. Ever tried catching the bus to school for an 8:30 class? The busses fill up in the first two or three stops, leaving everyone after that standing at the bus stop, with nothing to do but yell ineffectually at the bus driver as he drives by helplessly. It's not the bus driver's fault! It's the university's! Becuase they figured it would be an AWESOME idea to make sure that in a commuter school, everybody has to arrive ALL AT ONCE.

Retards! It's ironic that they run an educational institution.

Not that it's all bad, mind. It'll be nice to have an easy semester, with no work and only 3 classes. Might help my GPA, and de-stress me a little. But seriously. Is there a law that lectures are for the early morning, and that labs and tutorials are for the afternoon? They can't spread that shit out? They don't WANT the extra two-class's worth of money I was fully ready to pony up?

I'm going to go throw some fruit at the Dean's window, now. If you don't hear from me again, assume I've been taken down my his elite personal guard.]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2534/this-post-does-not-exist Wed, 05 Sep 2007 16:25:56 +0000 thatala 2534@/forum/discussions PM is probably preferred.
Thanks;
PS - I intend to use the site for... nope, I do not intend to use the site.
Best,
T.H.]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2412/what-s-your-summer-job Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:51:05 +0000 TiNgLu_SiNgH 2412@/forum/discussions
I thought it would be fun to see the wacky things we are all doing this summer! I am working at a casino in Richmond (in the restaurant) and its been a pretty fun summer.

I actually really love jobs like this....low level, busy, in really unique settings that I am not normally exposed to. It makes me question my educational track.....]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2389/how-many-classes-do-you-take Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:50:56 +0000 JayDub 2389@/forum/discussions
However I find this quite the opposite since I have been doing five and six classes a semester and I have no problems balancing going to class, studying and homework, snowboarding, rowing, a social life and working out.]]> http://www.talksfu.ca/forum/discussion/2500/last-three-google-searches Sat, 01 Sep 2007 13:03:06 +0000 Kevin M. 2500@/forum/discussions