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So we can feel a sense of accomplishment the next time we destroy it; it's no fun smashing pre-broken glass. Also, working infrastructure would reduce the number of unfavourable comparisons made between Gaza and the Jewish ghettos of the Nazi regime or earlier. [I am not going to make any...

Of course God exists - I am God.

I cheated on my first eye test by accidentally memorising the chart as I walked past it on the way in to the office at school. Got my first glasses 5 years later, both -1.00. Unfortunately I didn't bother wearing them so my left eye deteriorated. Since then I've taken to wearing my glasses 90+%...

Cost the bank of mom & dad a couple of hundred dollars. I usually wear them if I'm going to be outside in daylight for more than 20 minutes, so that's once a week/fortnight unless I'm dragged on a holiday. Or if I leave my normal glasses somewhere - it was kind of amusing seeing teachers'...

Even the judge said it.

Yup, this is only a short term plan. For success, that is necessary - no civilisation long tolerates what they consider to be an invader. The idea is just to bring to political situation into friendlier territory, by improving the humanitarian situation and attempting to establish a small amount...

The questions are such that they could be used to estimate average iqs or differentiate between average and extreme. However, due to score inflation and some issues relating to range of questions asked, etc, it does not even do that and is certainly no substitute for a professional evaluation...

And I know that I would have kicked myself had I wasted money on one. I got 100th percentile (224) without prep schools, and my UAI isn't superduperawesome. From memory the ACT (american alternative to SATs, not area surrounding Canberra) has a science section and a comprehension section...

Re: Should Australia grow it's population to 100 million? I'm not going to comment on morality here. Mass extinctions occur periodically throughout history when an event triggers massive changes to habitats. We are now that event. Other organisms will develop to fill the niches created by...

Can't be fucked with reading the thread so I'll just tip my proposal into the morass. Proposal: Israel could begin to end the conflict (not just this episode of it) by making a moral grandstand - halting all attacks regardless of their targets, flooding Gaza with aid, and claiming the move as...

Goats and dogs have a special enmity? It sounds like Kuwaiti airport security may even be ruder than that of the U.S. .

The Tickle test, while moderately amusing, could only ever be valid for persons of averarge or near-average intelligence (possibly 70/80 - 120/130), and that would rely on the removal of score inflation.

Legislate that magenta ought to be the official colour used for marking work; no-one can be upset with a comment/mark written in magenta. Edit: The pen issue seems completely ridiculous but it is based on solid scientific evidence, and similar policies have worked in other...

I believe that Australia should become a republic with a President whose duties involve representing Australia internationally - reducing the need for the Prime Minister to travel - and rallying the community in times of crisis. They should be legally required to be non-partisan, and should have...

I use DrGrip pens for exams. Lame name but they do increase my writing speed without destroying my handwriting style. Outside exams I use a fountain pen, or occasionally a quill.

Is this in the right thread?

I got extra time to write. I needed it and have used some or all of it in each exam. It didn't give me any advantage over other students but it did give me a fair chance to show my achievement in each course. 2700wrms: I'm not going to be a drain on the taxpayer in the future - I'm going to...

I've done fantasy stories for most of my creative writing pieces since the SC and the worst I've ever gotten is 10/15. There's nothing wrong with the genre if it doesn't interfere with your natural writing style or your ability to demonstrate understanding of the key concept. High detail can...

Sounds rather clinical. I focused on the quote in my answer rather than the general effects of dispossession. So I wrote about the irreparable damage done to the Dreaming through the seperation of elders and their successors in the Stolen Generations, and the enforced seperation from...

What an excellent grasp of grammar you demonstrate! I believe that "Make me, you pleb." would have suited your current character better.