Hand wringing about Jill leaving. - Page 9

lookout123 · 05-09-2011, 12:56 PM

I'll side with him on almost all of that. UT, Limey, F3, BigV, and Griff are absolutely weak minded fools. Hell, I've seen each one of them if not completely change their opinion, then at least consider the other side's argument. That's totally weak minded. Aliantha though??? Hell, she's never once changed her opinion. That's strength right there.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 12:56 PM

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If you really believe someone is shitting in the corner of the sandbox, do you really want to play in that corner?

I get your point, but focusing on Merc seems kind of pointless to me. Sure he's an ass but really he's not alone and if he's quieted then some of the other asses will still make the politics forum unliveable. In the end I feel reasonable political discussion is done and dusted, not just in the cellar but in society.

I don't really think this is all about Merc. I know some do, but that's really not my take on it at all.

Maybe you're right about this just being the way political discussion now works more generally.

Just to be absolutely clear: all I have done is express my frustration with a recurring problem as I percieve it. I am not, nor have I ever, suggesting that this be dealt with by increasing moderation or getting out the ban hammer.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by lookout123

I'll side with him on almost all of that. UT, Limey, F3, BigV, and Griff are absolutely weak minded fools. Hell, I've seen each one of them if not completely change their opinion, then at least consider the other side's argument. That's totally weak minded. Aliantha though??? Hell, she's never once changed her opinion. That's strength right there.

*chuckles*

I see what ya did thar.

lookout123 · 05-09-2011, 12:57 PM

commie.

Flint · 05-09-2011, 01:04 PM

Dana, I find it extremely disingenuous that you continue to accuse me of "refusing to engage" an issue, when I've made myself perfectly clear.

Here, just as in real life, as soon as someone begins down the path of whining and complaining about things, wanting God or the government to swoop in and solve all their problems for them, instead of making an attempt to practice some self-reliance and personal responsibility, this registers for me as a blank spot in my brain that literally doesn't exist. I'll say it again: Don't know. Don't care. Leave me out of it.

Bonus Content, "How Self-Policing Works": When you post asinine bullcrap, I ignore you!

Pico and ME · 05-09-2011, 01:06 PM

Flint this whole thing got stirred up because of your post to Jill. It pissed off a lot of people and they spoke up about it. Deal with it.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 01:10 PM

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commie.

Fat Cat!

Flint · 05-09-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Flint this whole thing got stirred up because of your post to Jill. It pissed off a lot of people and they spoke up about it. Deal with it.

That's fine. But don't expect me to deal with it in a context of something that I neither know nor care about. Leave me out of your foolish, weak-minded, childish nonsense and don't expect me to fall for the old "I'm leaving" routine. If you're leaving, leave.

Pico and ME · 05-09-2011, 01:16 PM

As far as I can tell nobody is expecting that. But it is pretty petty of you to call people weak-minded, foolish, and childish just because they expect discourse to be a little more civil than in what you exhibited in that post to Jill. And of course what Merc does. That isn't what I call a good example of adult conversation.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

That's fine. Don't expect me to deal with it in a context of something that I neither know nor care about. Leave me out of your foolish, weak-minded, childish nonsense and don't expect me to fall for the old "I'm leaving" routine.

As far as I can tell, nobody has dragged you into this thread, nor have they forced you to participate in the discussion.

You don't care about it why are you still here? Leave us alone to discuss our foolish, weakminded childish nonsense in peace.

Flint · 05-09-2011, 01:18 PM

To paraphrase a flippant comment (as a joke of course): you started it.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Dana, I find it extremely disingenuous that you continue to accuse me of "refusing to engage" an issue, when I've made myself perfectly clear.

Here, just as in real life, as soon as someone begins down the path of whining and complaining about things, wanting God or the government to swoop in and solve all their problems for them, instead of making an attempt to practice some self-reliance and personal responsibility, this registers for me as a blank spot in my brain that literally doesn't exist. I'll say it again: Don't know. Don't care. Leave me out of it.

Bonus Content, "How Self-Policing Works": When you post asinine bullcrap, I ignore you!

Nobody is asking anybody else to deal with this for them. You may have made yourself perfectly clear but you're making yourself clear on a tangential point.

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

To paraphrase a flippant comment (as a joke of course): you started it.

Did I really?

Flint · 05-09-2011, 01:24 PM

Did I not do the flippant comment thing correctly?

DanaC · 05-09-2011, 01:25 PM

Oh you did it splendidly. I was responding in kind.

05-09-2011, 12:56 PM	#121
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I'll side with him on almost all of that. UT, Limey, F3, BigV, and Griff are absolutely weak minded fools. Hell, I've seen each one of them if not completely change their opinion, then at least consider the other side's argument. That's totally weak minded. Aliantha though??? Hell, she's never once changed her opinion. That's strength right there. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-09-2011, 12:57 PM	#124
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	commie. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

05-09-2011, 01:04 PM	#125
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Dana, I find it extremely disingenuous that you continue to accuse me of "refusing to engage" an issue, when I've made myself perfectly clear. Here, just as in real life, as soon as someone begins down the path of whining and complaining about things, wanting God or the government to swoop in and solve all their problems for them, instead of making an attempt to practice some self-reliance and personal responsibility, this registers for me as a blank spot in my brain that literally doesn't exist. I'll say it again: Don't know. Don't care. Leave me out of it. Bonus Content, "How Self-Policing Works": When you post asinine bullcrap, I ignore you! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-09-2011, 01:18 PM	#131
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	To paraphrase a flippant comment (as a joke of course): you started it. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-09-2011, 01:24 PM	#134
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Did I not do the flippant comment thing correctly? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-09-2011, 01:06 PM	#126
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Flint this whole thing got stirred up because of your post to Jill. It pissed off a lot of people and they spoke up about it. Deal with it.

05-09-2011, 01:16 PM	#129
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	As far as I can tell nobody is expecting that. But it is pretty petty of you to call people weak-minded, foolish, and childish just because they expect discourse to be a little more civil than in what you exhibited in that post to Jill. And of course what Merc does. That isn't what I call a good example of adult conversation.

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