Max is a Shadowblade, a supernatural--and supernaturally competent--warrior bound to protect her witch Giselle. As a Shadowblade, Max doesn't age. She is better, faster, stronger than any ordinary human being. And she hates it. Giselle betrayed her trust to make Max what she is, and though she is magically compelled to protect Giselle and follow orders, Max works against her witch in every way she can. Continue reading Bitter Night
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Gorgon has a huge point here. You are simply writing off the sperm and egg when both are need to create zygote. Furthermore, only certain sperm have the correct proteins needed to fertilize an egg as well as only some eggs are viable for fertilization. By your logic we should find these certain eggs and sperm inside each human and make sure they are not wasted because it is these components that add up to a potential human life.
My point was that the individuality of a person is determined by DNA. That DNA is first seen in the zygote formed by the egg and the sperm. That is why I believe a fetus is a person, but an egg or a sperm, individually, is not.
The idea behind my statement was that a fetus is not a human as we perceive humans, people try to humanize them because they know it will someday become a human. The decision to abort isn't usually made on behalf of the fetus, it is usually made on behalf of the mother. Every sperm in the future could be a person, should we make a law against masturbation or safe-sex practices which kill sperm? Every egg has the ability to become a human, why aren't we arresting women for murder once a month?
It is not until the egg and the sperm have joined that the individuality of the person is determined. A sperm is half a potential person; an egg is half a potential person; the two joined together make a potential person.
In all healthy relationships, whether they be friendships, romantic relations, cordial relations, business relations, family relations, even arch-nemesis, there comes a very special time. That is the time of performing ritualistic mayan human sacrifices on the other person's lawn/porch until they call the police.
However, depending on the situation, you will want to go about it differently. If you are romantically interested, you should do it at dawn with a peasant's family, first scalping and then pulling out the heart. This is the symbolize the Gods blessing the beginning of a strong relationship in which the mind is pulled away from actions and instead the heart becomes the major player.
For a rekindling friendship, you should take a foreign warrior and throw him off a cliff (your friend's roof will do) at about 2:43 am (the Mayans, as most native South American people, had a very keen interest in time and dating). You may want to invest in a satellite clock to make sure you have the time right. You also may want to throw several foreign warriors off at once, to make sure one dies within the one minute time frame. Otherwise you have to do it again the next day. This is the represent the expulsion of negative feelings by means of forgiveness in the darkest part of your friendship. Note: if the sun does not rise the next day, it signifies that the relationship is doomed and the Gods have frowned up you. You should probably kill the other person to appease them, thus bringing the sun back again.
If you haven't tried this yet, it's clear you don't understand women.
make me want to dip them into a tub of sulfuric acid. 
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Linday Lohan WILL star in a Mistborn Movie.
To tell you the truth though, the whole thing about the liquid metal lake went over my head when I read WoA. Just wasn't obvious enough I guess. By the end of WoA, everything was moving fast enough that even the connection between what Vin and Elend find and what Fedik found wasn't clear for me.
Why was it that Vin could release Ruin?
