Can't we all just get along? - Page 2

monster · 07-18-2008, 12:03 AM

there are, but they don't want to, so that's cool

spudcon · 07-18-2008, 12:27 AM

I guess cancer it is. It sucks. I have to go for another biopsy monday. Ouch!

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 01:15 AM

Cancer keeps a lot of people employed.

smoothmoniker · 07-18-2008, 12:02 PM

I'm anti baby-torture. Anyone else with me?

glatt · 07-18-2008, 12:03 PM

I hate mosquitoes. There are plenty of other bugs for bats and fish to eat, so I would support an eradication of every mosquito on the planet. Who's with me?

Sundae · 07-18-2008, 12:08 PM

With Smoothmoniker
Against Glatt - if there's one thing we should have learned in the 20th century it's that messing with ecology will have unforeseen effects. Ask the Australians [cough, Cane Toad, cough]

SteveDallas · 07-18-2008, 12:25 PM

Define "baby." At what age does the torture become OK?

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 12:32 PM

If they cry when you torture them, then they're just a big baby.

Sundae · 07-18-2008, 12:45 PM

I would classify any child under a year as a baby.
Despite the fact that they may already be toddling by the time they are a year old, that's my cut-off point.

I'm pretty much anti-torture across the board, as I think it appeals to the bestial in man and rarely if ever yields valuable information. But I don't expect to get universal agreement in that.

lookout123 · 07-18-2008, 01:05 PM

define torture. is it ok to spank? swat? waterboard?

Undertoad · 07-18-2008, 01:06 PM

Babies are best to torture because they won't retain memories of it. They may be traumatized somehow but they won't have to ruminate about why.

HungLikeJesus · 07-18-2008, 01:10 PM

To me tickling is torture, but I don't think you'd get everyone to agree to ban it.

TheMercenary · 07-18-2008, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classicman

Its a dolphin.

Yes, but what is it's speed on a treadmill when taking off from a floating start?

lookout123 · 07-18-2008, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

To me tickling is torture, but I don't think you'd get everyone to agree to ban it.

are you kidding? that's the only type of torture the French support.

smoothmoniker · 07-18-2008, 02:51 PM

A few definitions, to help clarify:

Baby = zero to 12 months
Torture = to inflict pain for the purpose of inflicting pain (we're not talking doctor's shots or parental discipline here)

Now can we get consensus?

07-18-2008, 12:03 AM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	there are, but they don't want to, so that's cool __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

07-18-2008, 12:27 AM	#17
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I guess cancer it is. It sucks. I have to go for another biopsy monday. Ouch! __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

07-18-2008, 01:15 AM	#18
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Cancer keeps a lot of people employed. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-18-2008, 12:02 PM	#19
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	I'm anti baby-torture. Anyone else with me? __________________ to live and die in LA

07-18-2008, 12:32 PM	#23
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	If they cry when you torture them, then they're just a big baby. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-18-2008, 12:03 PM	#20
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I hate mosquitoes. There are plenty of other bugs for bats and fish to eat, so I would support an eradication of every mosquito on the planet. Who's with me?

07-18-2008, 12:08 PM	#21
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	With Smoothmoniker Against Glatt - if there's one thing we should have learned in the 20th century it's that messing with ecology will have unforeseen effects. Ask the Australians [cough, Cane Toad, cough]

07-18-2008, 12:25 PM	#22
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Define "baby." At what age does the torture become OK?

07-18-2008, 12:45 PM	#24
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I would classify any child under a year as a baby. Despite the fact that they may already be toddling by the time they are a year old, that's my cut-off point. I'm pretty much anti-torture across the board, as I think it appeals to the bestial in man and rarely if ever yields valuable information. But I don't expect to get universal agreement in that.

07-18-2008, 01:05 PM	#25
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	define torture. is it ok to spank? swat? waterboard? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-18-2008, 01:06 PM	#26
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Babies are best to torture because they won't retain memories of it. They may be traumatized somehow but they won't have to ruminate about why.

07-18-2008, 01:10 PM	#27
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	To me tickling is torture, but I don't think you'd get everyone to agree to ban it. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-18-2008, 02:51 PM	#30
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	A few definitions, to help clarify: Baby = zero to 12 months Torture = to inflict pain for the purpose of inflicting pain (we're not talking doctor's shots or parental discipline here) Now can we get consensus? __________________ to live and die in LA

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