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OH. MY. GAWD!!!!! Last night's show was THEE best concert I HAVE EVER BEEN TO!!! The guys were absolutely fantastic and they perform SO WELL on stage! I got so many pictures and a few videos on the digital camera, but I haven't looked at them yet, because *OH JOY* - I'm sick and I can't hear out of my left ear and had to leave super early from my boyfriend's this morning so my mom could take me to the dr's. GAH! But I got some Coldplay Confetti!! Little gold strips of confetti that I grabbed up before I left - JOY! Ha, and I cried when they played "God Put A Smile On Your Face" :)

I don't even care that she might be cracked-out on stage, all I know is that I get to see my top favorite musicians on the same night and my cheeks will hurt insanely tomorrow.

BTW, where's everyone sitting? I'll be in Section 118, Row F with my boyfriend. OMG you guys, I'm so freaking excited!!! :D :D

*praying* thanks so much for the info!

Anyone that has been to see Coldplay at the Palace could definitely be of help on this one... I was just curious as to if the Palace allows cameras (camcorders, digital, etc.) to the shows. I'm so excited for the show and I really want to take pictures, except I don't want to get out there to find out I can't use it and possibly get it taken away. :cry:

Ah I see... interesting and thank you for letting me in on this!

Is this Big Brother thing actually for real? I mean, I saw the pictures on the B-B thread when I logged on, but are they literally, actually going to pick people to go live in a house? :confused:

Ah, I'm so sorry shallum!! The flags look so similar to me, and I had a feeling I might have been wrong. Again, I apologize! :/

haha ah well

H - Hannibal

ClearAsCrystal, I'm happy for you that you know the cycle of birth, from sex to sperm and egg contact to the trimester terms, and so on and so forth and that yes, after the sperm reaches the egg in 10 days after entering, that is theoretically and scientifically when "life" begins.

Shallum, you'd be surprised how differently it is looked at here ("its not like abortion is the easy and quick option") - In some communities here in America, if a girl who is quite promiscuous and has gotten pregnant a few times, is likely to go through an abortion several times. (And no, I'm not pulling this out of my ass because my younger sister, who is 13, is in middle school and I hear stories about these atrocities all the time.) I don't know about New Zealand and their ways of going about teaching contraceptives, but here in public schools, it is forbidden/a taboo to talk about using condoms by teachers, and so most students who come upon the opportunity to have sex with a boyfriend/girlfriend/"friend-with-benefits", are completely in the dark with no knowledge about condoms or birth-control and the chances of pregnancy is higher. The teachers can teach abstinence all day, but like they say, "curiosity killed the cat."

lol Probably And congrats on your thread lasting a few hours and going on for a week :lol:

Yeah, my 13 yr old sister and 6 yr old brother, I consider my actual siblings. My father however, I hadn't seen him in 15 years because I live in one state and he in another, and he simply chose not to see us, but rather make up lame excuses to not see us. My parents divorced when I was 2 and I just grew up without him (out of sight, out of mind). I actually could care less about my father, considering how much of an insensitive assbag he can be towards me.

Makes perfect sense. Your mother was old enough and definitely had the experience as a woman with motherhood, so there was no reason as to why she should have given up the child. So this kinda sounds a bit immoral, but I'm the oldest of 4 kids, and my brother and I are the only biological siblings, and my younger sister and youngest brother are my half-siblings and they are half-siblings. Now, I hope THAT makes sense ;) lol

Yes, lucky for both of us. I'm also grateful that I've never been in the situation of getting raped and having to choose life or termination, but I've been in the presence of that information by my mom. When my mom was 15, she had an abortion after she got impregnated by her 17 yr old boyfriend at the time, and I think of it now as the child that would have been when she was 15, very well could have been me, and 7 years later after my mom got married to my biological father, she had me. (If that makes sense: Child terminated when she was 15, could be me now)) Also, a couple of years later, my mom got pregnant again with my brother, who is 19 now; my father wanted my mom to get an abortion because he didn't want the baby, but my mom did, which brings me to my reasoning about my position of abortion. My mom wasn't raped, she was married rightfully/legally with my brother being conceived in wedlock, but was still told to terminate because MY father didn't want it.

Sadly, it is true and it's sad that so many people and coutries are narrowminded and don't think of the person's rights, but instantly just go for the rights of a child that can't even think for itself or talk for that matter.

This is what I think this is how the law should state: (Take it or leave it, just my opinion ;) ) 1) Any female under 17 must have parental consent and guidance from a counselor. If the female was impregnated by her boyfriend at the time, I think he should have a say in it as well, and if he's underage, his parents should be in on the discussion as well. This could cause alot of conflict as well regarding the bf's parents. 2) If a female is of age (18+), it should be her choice, as long as she seeks the proper guidance to incourage/discourage her choice.

Amen, maiu.

And how can you bond as a mother-to-be, with a ball of cells?

I think I'd be a decent parent, as no one is born a parent or with parental capabilities. But why would I birth a child with defects, diseases or AIDS/HIV, and then turn around and give it up for adoption?

My computer must be really slow, or you people type fast. From ClearAsCrystal: "Because you can't just naturally assume that it will have defects" Why would you want to take that chance of knowing after 9 months of carrying, that when that head pops out and they do tests, it comes out knowing the kid has AIDS. Then what? Let it live and suffer, but hey, atleast it gets to live. And by the way, I'm a Catholic, and I'd still get one if I was forced/chose to.

I agree, life is the most difficult thing for any human being to go through. To mrcool011, I'd be heartbroken to the fullest extent, and I didn't mean that I would just forget about and move on. Gracious no. I'm so emotional, I truthfully wouldn't know how to deal with it 10 yrs from now. I do have a question: How do you rate/judge yourself as a "good-enough parent" to be able to get through that? It brings me back to my last point of being bi-polar or some other mentally ill state-of-mind; there are chances that you may never be able to overcome that. I really hope I'm not coming off as a bitch, I just want people to see that there's more to just assuming that if you keep it, its all going to be "honky-dory" and life will be oh-so-peachy afterwards.

If I got raped and I had an abortion, 10 years from now, when I'm married and I have had my first child with my husband (all theoretical right now), I'm not going to be regretting it and thinking of random 'what-ifs' regarding an unfair action.

Negative? Well, that's your opinion. And duh that you can't prevent rape. Who the hell goes out and asks to get raped. Not a damn woman would unless you're completely mental and asking for attention in the most horrific circumstances. I wouldn't know what to say if I did choose to keep it and later on, my child would have asked about his/her father. And as far as me being real and telling how it is, what if you were bi-polar or extremely clinically depressed and you got raped. Chances are, this could put you into an emotional comatose and you *possibly* could take your own life and the child's as well or lose the baby because of such a high, intense amount of distress. Its all easy, said and done to sit here and say how you think things should be and what all anyone would do, but you can sugarcoat the truth and turn your back on reality. All I know is that abortion is right and wrong. Right if you got raped by some assbag, wrong if this is your 5th pregnancy and you still are out having wild and unprotected sex.