Debating 101

erm.. will update when i get the motiv.. materials to write

a mistake/flaw in the government's model doesn't translate into an advantage of the opposition party. it simply decreases their speaks, that's all. a flaw can only be counted as opposition's winning if they successfully pinpointed and detected the flaw.
now, ask me why.
if i am the government and i say that we should invade, let's say, cambodia, because they have lots of nukes and is in possession of a mass destruction device, and the opposition says nothing about my obviously ridiculously false statement (which implies that they actually buy my statement), who's the stupid one over here?


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explaining peer pressure
peer pressure should be a very common term in delivering arguments. in debates concerning about legislation vs criminalization concerning sensitive issues (abortion, drugs, child labour, tiger parenting, gambling, prostitution, etc), the ones supporting the banning tend to use peer pressure as their argument.
but how to explain?
peer pressure is just as simple as me being in a classroom where everybody else has tattoos and smokes and worships justin bieber and then i'm coerced into joining the fray, isn't it?
well, if you wanna score 70 in your speaks, then by all means go ahead and say it. oh, but please, if you have other arguments/points, deliver them first. analysis of peer pressure is a VERY WEAK one because the tendency of everybody when listening to the term "peer pressure" is "i already know what you gonna say, bub. just say something else."

well, that is, if what you're saying is soo common and doesn't surprise the audience whatsoever. anyway, here's how i explain peer pressure.

1. survivability instincts of not only humans, but ALL animals require us to adapt to our surroundings. remember darwin vs lamarck? (i dunno about your society, but in my community, the moment i say that term, darwin vs lamarck, everybody knows what i'm talking about. err... google it. darwin+lamarck+giraffe. images)
Biston betularia f. typica, the white-bodied peppered moth. WHITE. anyway, they used to be white prior to the industrial evolution. when factories bloomed, air pollution happened and the white ones become more visible to their predators. as more and more moths adapted and changed their bodies into black, they "blend" with the air pollution, making it more difficult (for the birds) to hunt. and leaving the (still) white ones vulnerable.

BUT, OI, THAT'S ADAPTING TO THE SITUATION. NOT TO THE PEERS.
well, interestingly enough, adaptation also occurs in more developed species as well as in a well developed environment. ask the marketing people (or pubdiv, or brokers). sri mulyani once said that everybody who is involved in economy must be able to detect the trend and follow the trend. USD and EUR graph is still at 5, but is walking upwards? time to buy, man. you don't buy them now, you'll lose yourself since you didn't "adapt" to the trend. oh nose, now they are at 44, what to do now?
OR. friendster and myspace. please do shove a corn up my ass if any of you are still mingling over there. what happened while 10 years ago we were still using them? a massive exodus from friendster to facebook. as more and more people move, we are subconsciously convinced to move along as well.

subconscious mind? yes. picture a scenario where you stopped at a traffic light. the red countdown timer (im not sure if this is the correct term) is still at its 90s, and then you start dawdling and daydreaming. just when you are thinking of what to have for dinner, suddenly cars in front of you and left and right to you started moving. you will subconsciously release the clutch and press the accelerate. LIGHT IS STILL RED, MAN. but you were daydreaming. so the subconscious took the better of you. because you don't want to be the only one left behind.

tell you what- in the lost world: jurassic park, the member of the rescue team who went to pee got left by his group, got lost, and got ultimately digested by compsognathi

well, another one. last one for today.

balada kopertis coming soon, err... maybe.

anyway, "jibai la di ho liaw la, pang liaw la di.. suak2 khi liaw.. moso' lu uan cuan be rela mo'?"

"hey man, come on, let it go, do you really have to feel so bad when you lose?"

although i succeeded in persuading him to calm down,
shame i can't practice what i preach =(


even thinking about what could have been and what should have been. WHEN EATING.
i was not even enjoying the delicious in front of me. i wasn't feeling. at all. i was thinking.

had to remind myself for so many damn times to "don't think. feel."

oh well, world cup starting soon. now where's my popcorn?

im still a newb at this- motivation

i would like to cook a dish so delicious that it's impossible to feel sad when eating it
i would like to compose a music so nice that it's impossible to feel sad when listening to it
i would like to write a comedy so funny it's impossible to feel sad when digesting it
i would like to invent a puzzle so difficult it's impossible to feel sad when solving it
i would like to breed a pet so cute that it's impossible to feel sad when cuddling it
i would like to plant a flower so fragrant that it's impossible to feel sad when smelling it
i would like to produce a film so captivating that it's impossible to feel sad when watching it
i would like to create a game so interesting that it's impossible to feel sad when playing it
i would like to make a bed so comfortable that it's impossible to feel sad when lying on it
i would like to initiate a friendship so warm that it's impossible to feel sad when you're within it
i would like to conjure a love so strong that it's impossible to feel sad when you receive it
i would like to appreciate one's presence so well that it's impossible to feel sad when you're it
and i would like to establish a world so wonderful that it's impossible to feel sad when you live in it
and i would like to be a person so great that it's impossible to feel sad when you remember my name

you know why?
because i have ever been sad before
because i have ever experienced that (sadness)
and because i know how painful it was
for i am now an enemy of sadness
for i have vowed that i would bring happiness


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and just like god, you have to be perfect, like him.
but then again even the best needle is not sharp at both ends.
we struggle to achieve perfection by believing that practice makes perfect, and yet they say that nobody is perfect.
well, you see, it just means that there will always be room for improvement.
the moment you reach perfection, what available improvement is there for you?
it is the duty of us human beings to constantly improve ourselves, and yet at the same time, never reach perfection.
for that is the way of life.
i'm enjoying this game anyway; how about you?

 
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~kurotsuchi mayuri, bleach
~chinese proverb
~with a little editing

you can't grow up less you have been broken first

ah, this one intriguing comic (if you'd like a discussion, head over to http://imgur.com/user/Kubera/favorites/nO7vNhv and check out the comments section)

now i have ever been infatuated before (err... with a girl, yeah, wasn't aware of my being a bi back then). now i say infatuated, because i understand love- now. well, back then, little did i realize that even boys could even have that kind of heart racing sensation whenever i was close to her. she wasn't even- well, ok, she was exceptionally pretty, but i didn't have even the slightest desire to copulate with her. she had my admiration, and not my lust.

pretty weird feeling, huh? whilst girls kept on blaming guys that all we ever think about is sex, and yet (ok that's to some extent true- i do have that desire at times when i see a hot chick) i didn't have the lust.

back then i was not actually totally ignorant. or oblivious. or whatnot. i had my own standards. i also understood reality (that quote of mine "bukannya ga mau pacaran, melainkan sadar pendapatan"). but that feeling. kinda screwed up all my judgment. oh, and one more thing, i don't have that butterfly flying in your stomach feeling. do describe it to me, for those of you who have ever experienced it. i'm curious)

anyway, that was what i felt. of course my feeling made me break all the rules i had previously set. i started asking for her notes, then help with my homework, then her phone number. it had gotten to the point where we were exchanging messages, facebook pokes, smileys, and yeah, whatever, until..

<SHE> is in a relationship with <HIM>

well, ouch. so this is what it feels like, i thought. heartbroken? err... yeah, kinda. and maybe what they say about "boys don't cry" is actually true because i can testify for it. although at this point, i still haven't had that concept of "o sheet she's taken, gotta find another one now. shame. she's so good though" yet.

now although the frustration faded seconds after i saw her facebook status changed (yes, it really was THAT fast) the subsequent events kinda.. "shaped" me.

rereading old chats, seeing her name and photo in the "recent updates/stories", even going as far as stalking her boyfriend's account, well...

but that's not everything. months later, ...

<SHE> is now single

why was i happy? eh, no, wait, this is not happiness, actually. is this.. suspici

you are a fucking idiot

ntar baru gue permak deh



di dota, pintu masuk markas lawan ada 3. dari top lane, mid lane, dan dari bot lane. kalau lawan pakai techies dan mid lane itu dikerumuni bom banyak2, itu artinya pertahanan mereka sudah mendekati sempurna. sebagai tim yang ada otak, selayaknyalah tinggalkan mid lane dan coba ngepush dari bot lane atau dari top lane.

now what did that little shit jk fucking do?
serangan ham kepada prabowo itu sudah SERINGKALI dilakukan lho nyet, you could have expected that seseorang itu kalau diserang dengan serangan YANG SAMA terus-menerus itu bukannya ambruk, melainkan malah jadi makin tahan, tolol.
ditambah lagi juga sudah ada banyak pernyataan dari sumber-sumber dan media massa yang berbeda-beda kalau isu ham itu sebenarnya sudah tidak valid lagi dilancarkan terhadap prabowo. black campaign, bukan negative campaign.

serang koalisinya, bodoh. koalisi mereka itu sangat susah lho untuk dipertahankan. bagaimana caranya coba mereka bisa menjelaskan cara menyelenggarakan pemerintahan yang bersih sementara fpi, pks, bakrie, tifatul, suryadharma ali, fadli zon dan badut-badut lainnya itu berkeliaran di koalisi mereka?

kalau sudah tahu lawanmu terus menggunakan batu (dan hanya bisa menggunakan batu dan akan terus menggunakannya), dan kamu tetap terus menggunakan gunting dan bukannya menggunakan kertas,



YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT.
jusuf kalla -the best idiot of the century.