Watching Foreign Correspondent episode on oil fracking in Texas suburbs, how it can contaminate water supplies and affect health, among other environmental concerns...So apparently Dick Cheney worked for the oil giant Halliburton, which invented fracking. Guess what? Under the Bush Administration, oil fracking became exempt from the Safe Water Act. Meaning that oil pipes can be permitted to be built right next to water supplies.
Unbelievable. Why oh why America did you vote for them? Posted over a year ago

I'll give the right one thing. It's not about contraception. But it's not about religious freedom, either. It's about people refusing to pay for something which they either don't agree with, or just don't want to pay for. You pay taxes, don't you? That stuff goes all over the place, and is bound to fund SOMETHING you don't like. Oh... wait, I forgot. We're talking about the church. I'm sorry, you're not used to giving alms, just taking them. Well... get used to it. Posted over a year ago

So, if you're pro-life, I totally get it. You see it as protecting the rights of an unborn child, that makes sense, I may not always agree, but I get it. So can one of my friends who's pro-life explain to me exactly how this new Virginia Bill with the invasive vaginal probe supposed to protect the rights of that child? I mean, other than terrifying rape victims out of getting an abortion. Posted over a year ago

What annoys me about people who are anti-immigration, is that most races (somewhere down the line) are immigrants. The white Americans came from England, the Aussi's also came from England, the black Americans came from Africa or the Carribeans...And apparantly in the beginning we were ALL African. Yet so many say immigrations bad. Only citizen's of Africa are actually NOT immigrants. Posted over a year ago

God damn being in the stupid Australian time zone- most of you are sleeping soundly in your beds when I log on, lol, so I post a comment... and wait... and wait... and wait...
Excuse me- I was working on my English essay (it's about prejudice- help, anyone?) and I felt a sudden urge to rant xD Posted over a year ago

Mini debate question- Should prisoners/convicted criminals get compensation for injury? Posted over a year ago

I have two picks. One is about bullying, one is about hitting your child. For the bullying, someone thinks it's right, but won't speak up. Same for hitting a child, someone thinks it's okay...
It's not a real debate if we don't hear your side... :/ I mean, there's some ways it is, but not really... Posted over a year ago

link My blog about political theories and my fictional country, Rensi. Feel free to read and comment. Posted over a year ago

Well, merry christmas y'all! Posted over a year ago

Please see my link about SOPA. Its very important needs some debating. Posted over a year ago

Hey, debaters! If you're a human rights fan, an icon/art fan, or both (or even if you're not!) please head on over to the HUMAN RIGHTS SPOT and vote for your favorite icon in TWO contests WITHIN THE NEXT 22 HOURS. Also, MAKE YOUR OWN HR ICON in THIS WEEK'S CONTEST which is still going on RIGHT NOW. What are you WAITING for? Go! link Posted over a year ago

Please vote in the Fanpop Human Rights Icon Contests. Contest 1: World AIDS Day. VOTE HERE: link Posted over a year ago

Republican Presidential Candidate Newt Grengrich on Palestinians "These people are terrorists. They teach terrorism in their schools" and "They are an invented people"...... :/ Posted over a year ago

Don't forget to participate in the Human Rights Icon Contest! www.fanpop.com/spots/human-rights/forum/post/158356/title/icon-contest-human-rights-awareness-month-2011 Posted over a year ago

It's World AIDS Day today - WEAR RED. Also, check out the HUMAN RIGHTS SPOT for more information about what you can do to help fight AIDS. And don't forget to participate in Fanpop's annual Human Rights Awareness Month this December by participating in our ICON CONTEST. The first theme is World AIDS Day and the deadline is next Wednesday, so get crackin'! link Posted over a year ago

The mayor has enforced mandatory clean-up operations at Zuccotti park. Officers were instructed to remove squaters from the park, where protesters were residing, today. I hope this does not mean the end of 'Occupy Wall Street.' We need an organized civil disobedient movement now more than ever. We need 'OWS' protesters to be resilient, despite the uptick in resistance from officers. If not for them, who will speak up for US...because our local representatives certainly haven't been doing it.
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The audiences at the Republican debate conventions are one side short of a pentagon. They'll applaud military service yet boo when a gay military officer ask questions about 'don't ask, don't tell.' They'll applaud Herman Cain's 'Princess Nancy' dig at Pelosi yet boo down a reporter who asks Michelle Bachman to clarify the "she's her husband servant' statement. I don't know what to make of it. Are these people crazy or are they paid lobbyists? Their reactions were beyond bizarre! Posted over a year ago

palestine's journey for recognition of national status won't be flat road... Posted over a year ago

My mom really wants me to join the Speech and Debate team at school, but when I went to a meeting, I didn't feel comfortable at all. I don't want to be a part of it anymore. I wish my mom would get off my back because I don't want to go. But online, I think it would be better for me, and it's more comfortable for me.

I know no one cares probably, but I just feel that I need to get this off my chest badly. :) Posted over a year ago

"When hearing something unusual, do not preemptively reject it, for that would be folly. Indeed, horrible things may be true, and familiar and praised things may prove to be lies. Truth is truth unto itself, not because people say it is." - Ibn al-Nafis. Posted over a year ago

Just asking, are there massive amounts of trolls here? Or people who DO troll? Posted over a year ago

time to implement the reporting option "just plain stupid!" Posted over a year ago

Yay- Die-hard fan!

Why do i all of a sudden feel like breaking out into song with confetti everywhere? Posted over a year ago

Eminem, imfamous for his homophobic lyrics, has been campaigning for gay marriage......Interesting.....This was BEFORE he released yet another homophobic song.

Rock on Eminem! Posted over a year ago

Did you know that using cannibis has been known to effect fetility? Posted over a year ago

New York Legalizes same-sex marriages :

link Posted over a year ago

Do you know the difference between an illegal immigrant, a legal immigrant, and an American citizen? I'm not asking you to define these for me, I'm just curious if you KNOW what makes a naturalized citizen, for example, different from a legal immigrant. Posted over a year ago

I swear we need to educate kids more about diversity and acceptant.

Yesterday a friend of mine got called a n***er......She's white. and she got called one by a african-english person! Posted over a year ago

After reading "The Convention on the Rights of the Child", a student of mine (bound to be a future lawyer) wants to know - does our policy of sending students who are disrupting the class out to sit in the hallway interfere with a child's right to an education? :D Oh I love my kids. Posted over a year ago

have you ever wondered weather online debate is actually pointless, and we're all wasting our valuable, fleeting time on this earth to debate random topics on fan-pop when we could be thinking about things like how to make the perfect sushi recipe, planting your own garden or going a ice-cream palour with some adorable, wheezing basset hounds? Posted over a year ago

Should teachers be trained for handling bullying situations? Some schools, they aren't. 8th graders at my school are taller then the majority of the teachers and the teachers are too afraid to help. :/
Just saying, I think it's wrong and they should be trained to handle this... Posted over a year ago

A "friend" of mine told me that women are no different from the rest of the animals god created with the sole purpose of serving us,men.

I was speechless. Posted over a year ago

another thing i found out after 2 seconds of online research is that i could be classed as racist for posting the comment below this wall post. Once again, i'm intruiged. Posted over a year ago

did a little digging on the internet...interesting...acording to many, it is predudice to question or have any form of constructive critism to any religion..but questioning a country, law or political party is fine. as long as though partys aren't religious.....interesting. Posted over a year ago

Good news everyone! we're not dead! :) Posted over a year ago

A question surrounding the abortion topic- ok, so if apprantly a fetus is a living thing from the moment of conception---- doesn't that mean we should ban contreaception because that would make the sperm a living thing and we would be killing the sperm by not letting it reach the womb? Posted over a year ago

Hey Guys, in the scale of 1 - 10 how biased is this topic??? ITS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THAN NEVER TO LOVE??? we had to oppose and we sounded PATHETIC - like two girls who got dumped hard and now thinks love sucks. it was pathetic and biased!!!!!!!! tell me what you guys think Posted over a year ago

HEY GUYS, WE GOT INTO FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH TO - 'bri - marie', 'pandawinx', 'misanthrope86' and 'harold' for all the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you guys so much :) Posted over a year ago

Aw, where did the math question go? Posted over a year ago

Should Performance Enhancing Drugs be legalized for sports? tell me what you guys think. Posted over a year ago

let's pretend we all believe in heaven for a second--- if you abort a fetus, does it go to heaven? Posted over a year ago

Well... Osama's dead. Yey! Posted over a year ago

I don't understand why Homosexuality is a sin, surely if there is a god he/she/it would be more worried about what us humans are doing to the planet; wars, deforestation, fur clothing etc etc than who we fall in love with. Posted over a year ago

OK, a lot of people on here are assuming atheism is a religion on this spot, so I'll just be the one to disagree: 1. Atheists have no holy books. 2. Atheists have no place of worship. 3. Atheists have no profit or god.
So, if you think about it logically: atheism isn't a religion. Posted over a year ago

I'm just going to bite the bullet and ask it now: Cinders, did you make this spot? Posted over a year ago

Who actually made this spot? Posted over a year ago

Beware my red medal of doom. FEAR IT. Posted over a year ago

Am i the only one who thinks it odd when people say they are all for gay rights but not for gay marriage/surrogacy/adoption. Posted over a year ago

"These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland … They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan Posted over a year ago

Police and firefighters are exempt from this new WI law (as they should be). But it does make me think, about the types of jobs (especially public sector jobs) that we value, as a society, and the types of jobs that we don't. For example, public health workers are not exempt. So... think about that. Posted over a year ago

A question which has been puzzling me for a while now- apparently Jesus scarified his life on earth for us--- But, isn't eternal life on heaven supposedly better than life on earth? And, i do believe he managed to resurrect himself two days later? I've been told: "But he went through all that pain to sacrifice himself!" But, he's a god, isn't he? couldn't he just choose not to feel pain? If he can turn wine into water, heal the blind, then why not numb pain? Posted over a year ago

In most states, parents have a lot of rights. Corporal punishment (which includes whipping by belt) and aversive intervention (using "unpleasant stimuli" to deter certain behaviors) remain legal for parents. (Thank you, Issues of Abuse course, for this information). Teachers and other adults do not have this same right if it's not their own child. So here's MY question - do we give parents too much freedom when it comes to raising their children? Posted over a year ago

Anyone here reckon there a feminist?
Prove it! join the feminism spot: link Posted over a year ago

A question for all you debaters out there!
Is there an opinion you don't think you can ever see the opposite side of? A opinion you don't reckon your ever going to change?
-pandawinx. Posted over a year ago

yey!!!!!!!!!!!!! got a 50/ 50 of law fac!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY Posted over a year ago

Question for all you debaters out there!
Be honest, have you ever once been pretty radical about a controversial topic and then changed your mind? If so what was it, and what made you change your mind?
-Pandawinx. Posted over a year ago

Something to think about: Anyone find it ironic that pro-choice is known as pro-choice when the embyro doesn't have a choice, and pro-life is called pro-life when some women who don't have the right to a abortion die giving birth? O.O For once, i'm not actually sure where i stand on this debate anymore.
-Pandawinx. Posted over a year ago

Republicans are trying to redefine rape. They want to change it so that it's only rape if 'physical harm' has been done to the woman. I've always thought that these people were crazy, but this has just crossed the line for me. Posted over a year ago

This is a very very random debate! Waffles or Pancakes? lol. I myself like Waffles better. What about you? I want to hear (or read on this page) your minds! Posted over a year ago

Don't you think it's a bit ironic that the country was ruined by two people named Dick and Bush?
I have a sick mind. XD Posted over a year ago

Can anyone give me a good debate for middle school bullying and how adults could help im doing a letter to and anti bullying group and I dont have enough stuff to back up my statement
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Sanity or Fear? Posted over a year ago

I want everyone who cares about anything to comment to this Posted over a year ago

The so-called "facebook campaigns" against breast cancer (IE Where do you like your handbag/What color is your bra) - Are these helping the cause, hurting the cause, or making no difference at all? Posted over a year ago

This spot is dead,that's not right. Posted over a year ago

my debate" answer " suddenly got removed..wow Posted over a year ago

I would suggest a debate over the changes to Fanpop recently... But it's one which I'm already tired of hearing about. Posted over a year ago