I believe we're all ultimately after the same basic things in life, and most people's behavior can be explained that way. I believe if you're willing to hurt animals, it's only a matter of time til you're hurting people. I believe we'd all be just a little better off giving people the benefit of the doubt more often.
I believe that the only person you can truly rely on, who will be with you every minute of every day of your life, is you - so you'd better live a life that will allow you to like and respect yourself. I believe that watching people repeatedly make poor decisions in their life makes me acutely uncomfortable. I believe that when you die, its lights out. Game over. End of story. Nothing follows. I believe that I have the right to not believe. I believe that every president since, and including, Gerald Ford, should be brought up on charges of treason for not developing alternative energy, and as a result, put us in a position where piss-ant, backwards 12th century countries dictate our foreign policy and domestic agenda, resulting, among other tragedies, in the deaths of thousands of our sons and daughters.
I believe in coyotes. I believe in time as an abstract. I believe people should know the difference between what they want and what they need. I believe in examples. Change is what I believe in.
I believe we are living in a unique low point of violence in history: <a class="postlink" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576583203589408180.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 08180.html</a> I believe the US and the West in general are not in decline: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/0312/p09s02-coop.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opi ... -coop.html</a> I believe that the strategy behind such polarizing political movements can be called "divide and conquer": <a class="postlink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization_(politics" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarization_(politics</a>) I believe that China is not, nor will not be for a long time, a real threat to the US, and anything to the contrary is saber-rattling or justifying an enormous, global military presence. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/14/content_451423.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/do ... 451423.htm</a> I believe the biggest problem people have in the US (and West in general) is that they are so rarely satisfied with their lives, and that satisfaction lasts for a very short amount of time. The biggest problem we have has always been ourselves, and changing to a comfortable, rewarding life will not happen for most people. <a class="postlink" href="http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us-united-states/lif-lifestyle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.nationmaster.com/country/us- ... -lifestyle</a> And as for the rest of it, go slurp a shark shit: Spoiler NSFCMC
I believe what messes people up is out of control ego and/or unrelsolved insecurities. I believe Western Culture has been subverted and has become juveline. I believe that noone is in "control" but that there are those that are able to exert influence and all you really need these days is influence. I believe that you can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. I belive that politics has become showbusiness for ugly people and power hungry psychopaths.
I believe that power corrupts. I believe that as things currently stand the United States will face a severe crisis, either financially (or otherwise) by or on 2020 and will be ruined and this will probably have something to do with China. I believe that you get the leaders and politicians that you deserve and then expecting them to make things better is a fools errand.
I believe that God, the Mayans, and the global economay don't give a rat's fuck about the Gegorian calendar.
I believe that insulating a kid from failure, pain, and all of the other negative experiences people learn from, is shortsighted and cruel. Furthermore, propping kids up with false self esteem, is the ultimate disservice. I believe that football was a lot more fun to watch when touchdowns were hard to get, and defense was not constantly being hamstrung with every new batch of rules. I believe that the "University" of Kansas is a festering hole of sin and evil, where most of the worlds ills are spawned. I believe that I should be working on a paper right now. I believe that "I find that offensive" is a bullshit justification for censorship, and attacking personal liberty. I believe that if you are not offended at least once a day, you probably don't live in a society with freedom of speech. I believe that if you if you attack religion with with same fervor as people preach, you are just as fucking annoying as the bible thumpers you claim to be better than. I believe that even if there is an entity or race with enough power or technology to be called god, he/she/it is indifferent to us at best. However, if your belief in a deity helps you get through the day to day fuckery that is life, more power to you. I'm glad you found something that helps. I prefer beer, but whatever. I believe some shockingly attractive women post on this board, making TiB the exception that tests the rule of ugly women on the internet. I believe my children are lucky they are cute, otherwise I would have done them in long ago. I believe Magic the Gathering is a much better game than people give it credit for. I believe there would be a whole lot less of people's jackassery if folks were still genuinely worried about catching a good old fashioned ass whooping. I believe that college athletes should be paid. Not stupid sums of money, but a negotiable amount not to exceed maybe 10 grand a year. Also they should be allowed to get whatever endorsement deal they can. I believe the B.C.S. is quite possibly the stupidest way anyone has ever thought to pick a champion in any sport ever. I believe I would kind of like to get a sunburn at some point in my life just to see what all the fuss is about. I believe that America's system of democracy stopped giving a shit about the majority of the population a long time ago. I believe that this rambling piece of nonsense was getting to long quite a few points back so I'll stop now.
I believe we should get rid of Western-style toilets, and everyone should squat. Imagine how nice everyone's legs and butts would look. I believe our holes in the ground should be made of marble, to distinguish from those dirty heathens in the East.
Odd because I saw nary an ASS when I was in China. Even squatting like some animal to shit hasn't trumped poor ass genetics.
I believe that the old slogan needs to come back. It was succinct and perfectly encapsulated the board. This shit sounds like something a 12 year old wrote in an attempt to seem cool and edgy. Oh man, 2 sided rubber cocks and whores, that is just so fucking hilarious, right cool peeps?