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"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?
Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing?
Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing?
Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God?"
-Epicurus
I don't think I need any more words after that. Of course this only works for monotheistic debates, but no argument is perfect.
An old man by a seashore
At the end of day
Gazes the horizon
With seawinds in his face
Tempest-tossed island
Seasons all the same
Anchorage unpainted
And a ship without a name
Sea without a shore for the banished one unheard
He lightens the beacon, light at the end of world
Showing the way lighting hope in their hearts
The ones on their travels homeward from afar
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind long ago
The albatross is flying
Making him daydream
The time before he became
One of the world`s unseen
Princess in the tower
Children in the fields
Life gave him it all:
An island of the universe
Now his love`s a memory
A ghost in the fog
He sets the sails one last time
Saying farewell to the world
Anchor to the water
Seabed far below
Grass still in his feet
And a smile beneath his brow
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind long ago
So long ago....
This is for long-forgotten
Light at the end of the world
Horizon crying
The tears he left behind so long ago
Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don't care, I'm still free
You can't take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain't comin' back
Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me
There's no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
But you can't take the sky from me...
The love that you bring
You bring me alone
The pain that you give
Gives me a home
Do you want to stay by my side
Do you want me to turn and hide
We are disappearing inside
Seeing pictures of our goodbyes
When we, we believe
That our love will survive
The pain that you bring
Brings me all alone
Do you love me
Do you hate me
Do you wanna believe me
Do you think that you don't need me
Do you wanna deceive me
I can't think that it's all over
Don't wanna forget
I can't live this disappointment down
That I wanna repress your
Goodbye, goodbye
The design we broke the mold
The dreams when you see
That goodbyes aren't for long
Please follow me
To the borders of destiny
I don't wanna break from your side
The falling ground screams goodbye
Please follow me
To the borders of destiny
I don't wanna break from your side
The falling ground screams goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
The design we broke the mold
The dreams when you see
That goodbyes aren't for long
Spongebob, always. Aquaman can talk to and summon fish, whoopty-damn-do. Spongebob is a sentient sea sponge that has all sorts of wacky misadventures in a hilariously named town and is pals with POSEIDON. Plus, he knows karate. I'll wager Aquaman doesn't.
This is absolutely true. The whole point of sports is not to give everyone a prize, it is to reward the winners and the winners alone. If a child gets a reward no matter what they do, how motivated will the child be about winning? Let me tell you: Not very. The participation trophy reminds me of communism. You work hard and win, and you get the same thing as the slacker who sat in the far edge of the field and played with the dandelions. Are we really willing to risk having our children grow up content with failing? Do we really want them to think "Oh, I just completely messed up my life. It's ok though, I'll still end up fine even if I don't do anything about it". I know I wouldn't. And what's more, children should not be mollycoddled their whole lives. I've never really been one for "character building", but I think it is important that children learn failure isn't acceptable in real life. In real life there will be no trophies for the people who sit and poke people on facebook all day. There will however be social security, but that's another debate entirely.
It is always about winning or losing. It is ridiculous to say otherwise. No one cares whether you played admirably or not, all that matters is victory. You never see a boss give a raise to a struggling employee because he is working hard, the boss gives that raise to whoever is doing the best in his workplace. Effort is meaningless when it comes to victory and failure.
If you're not in first place, you're in last place.
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