Posts by Sam F
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No no! Do not engage Sam F!
Suits me. I think I might have reached the limits of my curiosity on this...
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Or rather 'the average American/taxpayer'.
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Please define 'the general population'.
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There are a handful of posters on PA who regularly show up to further their agendas without any intention of engaging in honest, open-minded debate on the subject at hand... I propose simply ignoring any posts these egotistical dickwads cough up and get on with the business at hand. We can't, and shouldn't really, ban them, but if we fail to engage or acknowledge them they're likely to wander off to some rancid corner of the net where they're amongst their own kind.
I'd generally agree but for two factors:
- in this case the debate hasn't strayed unworkably far from its origins, and
- others can find the argument instructive, even if some of the antagonists choose not to keep good faith.I got a bit carried away above, and apologise, but others are making good points which are worthwhile to read, whatever Chuck's reaction or nonreaction to them.
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A brief history of Gb2 (NSFW). TBR.cc is Ian Wishart's The Briefing Room, a blog and emergent Christian conservative hivemind.
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Some people believe you should not respond to such things. I believe you fight fire with fire.
So in other words, you saw something done that you thought was wrong and despicable, and decided to respond by taking a great big dump on your own patch of moral high ground?
Why is it okay to talk about Christine Rankin’s private life but not the private lives of Labour political appointees?
There's been quite energetic debate here on this, if you actually read more than you needed to push your own political barrow. But you're quite happy to stick with a mythical single entity called
The Left
Ah, that's right. Because anybody who objects to your gay-bashing is just a tentacle of one big red octopus, and they would never speak out against muckraking in general, right?
Gb2TBR. Please.
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And then this cool reset button so you're all good again and can get another boner from doing something naughty again.
I believe the workaround for that is that if you don't confess something bad you did, or if you confess it without any intention of avoiding doing it again, it doesn't count.
George Carlin had a good line on shifting rules: "They let you eat steak on Fridays now, but you just know there are guys still in Hell on a meat rap."
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"HOMOSEXUALITY - Buy One, Get One Free! Today Only!"
Isn't this where the toaster ovens come in?
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Men hugging men is OK, providing there cheeks don't touch:)
There is a different criterion floating around the internet which I won't mention here. Suffice to say it also includes Newton's cradles and games of billiards.