Phaedrus

Not a LOLcat, but impressive nevertheless.

Would you recommend deep-throating bacon?

Since we're having a Scottish theme, a Scottish band. Capercaillie - Coisich, a Ruin

Why would you want bacon-proof clothes? Can't you just embrace the bacon?

Alyson Hannigan

Everything that's wrong with music today... The Onion nails it. Okay, I'll stop being a grumpy old fart now :)

Congratulations, Isabella! Thoroughly deserved...

Congratulations, Berlin - always interesting to see what you have to say!

Congratulations, Emily. I'm sure stranded suitcases everywhere will be glad to know that they now have a patron goddess :)

Wow... that's an impressive record, RG! Keep 'em coming :)

Awesome job, Cato! Keep 'em coming!

Did anybody bring bacon?

FWIW, I think GoDaddy have some pretty good deals on at the moment - they've pissed off the entire Internet by supporting SOPA and lost a few big corporate clients as a result, so they're desperately trying to recover the ground they've lost...

Play nice, please. If we could try and keep the trash-talking to a minimum...?

An excellent debate! I disagree with this, I'm afraid (and with Scribbles' similar argument). Designating something as a basic human right does *not* oblige the government - or anyone else - to provide it. Saying that you have a right to sex doesn't mean that I have to have sex with you, or that the state should provide someone to do so, any more than your right to free speech obliges me to listen to you or the government to provide someone to do that. However, I think designating sex (or anything else) as a basic human right *does* oblige the government, and indeed the rest of society, to not do anything to deprive you of it. You can argue that we have a fundamental right to food; that doesn't mean the government has to provide me with meals, but it does mean it can't legitimately prevent me from feeding myself. But I *would* go ahead and make that argument. The question of whether sex is a basic human right *does* have a bearing on what the law relating to sex, and the provision thereof in exchange for money, should be. If it's a basic human right then it's absolutely not OK for the government to pass laws that prevent people from getting it. Of course, all this hinges on whether we're going to define sex as a basic human right. I'd be inclined to say yes; maybe not up there with things like food and shelter and other necessities that you'll die from the lack of, but certainly up there with those things that make life bearable.

Happy Birthday!

Noooo, nononononono. The cape is the acid test of superheroism. If you can't handle your cape properly (or sort it out when you fail to), you're obviously not a proper superhero :)

Was this thread ever about anything?

Even better, in some reports 'girlfriend' was replaced with the more accurate 'fiancee' :)