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Bumper sticker. . .(shudder)

Freethinker said:
7 days according to the announcement. Seems like it's already been longer than that. My blood pressure is almost down to normal.:)
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Well, he should be able to come back tomorrow. Take your medication.

My feeling though is that we should never give anyone the power to raise our blood pressure. Just laugh. It is so funny to see him get tangled in the web of contratdictions he weaves and then use some non-sequitur or pat phrase to cut off that line of conversation. That's my opinion.:p
 
Tricky said:
It is so funny to see him get tangled in the web of contratdictions he weaves and then use some non-sequitur or pat phrase to cut off that line of conversation. That's my opinion.:p
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That's the part that fires me up. Huntster could present a good argument, but won't. It wouldn't bother me a bit to see him refute something I posted. It's the fact that he won't address legitimate refutations of his own statements that is frustrating. There's much to learn from an intelligent person with whom you disagree, and you can both gain if if you don't succeed in changing anyone's mind.
 
Freethinker said:
That's the part that fires me up. Huntster could present a good argument, but won't. It wouldn't bother me a bit to see him refute something I posted. It's the fact that he won't address legitimate refutations of his own statements that is frustrating. There's much to learn from an intelligent person with whom you disagree, and you can both gain if if you don't succeed in changing anyone's mind.
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This is cute: "Let's talk about him behind his back." :p Free, that's not up to your usually high standards. Resist the Dark Side, Free. :)

bluess to PaulJackHoff said:
So, you are comparing Darth Rotor to President Bush, and therefore Darth is an idiot.

Got it.

I don't agree that Darth is an idiot. I think he presents his view of his faith with intelligence. Of course, his use of full sentences may be disguising his inner idiocy, in which case I'm easily deluded by paragraph construction.
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Differentiating between idiocy and madness can be difficult.

*brushes shoulders*

Get 'em offa me!!!!! :eek:

I'm perfectly OK. :) Where were we?

DR
 
Darth Rotor said:
This is cute: "Let's talk about him behind his back." :p Free, that's not up to your usually high standards. Resist the Dark Side, Free. :)
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Actually, it's not behind his back. He can read the forums, he just can't reply. Perhaps when he returns tomorrow, he can let us have it with both barrels. Maybe he's evern been writing posts into text files to paste in when he is freed from his chains.

On the other hand, he may be fed up with this place for busting him on such a measely little violation. For this, I couldn't blame him. I've seen stuff go unpunished many times worse than what he did, at least in principle. I mean, synonyms of the word are fine, but it's almost like Carlin's old "Seven words you can never say on TV". Certain combinations are taboo.

A rooster is often called a cock.
A lollypop is often called a sucker.
Don't you dare talk about lollypops for roosters.
 
And all I was doing was trying to help ease the pain of his absence and you were all horrible to me - it wouldn't have happened on a Christian website where everybody is always loving and wonderful.
 
Tricky said:
I mean, synonyms of the word are fine, but it's almost like Carlin's old "Seven words you can never say on TV". Certain combinations are taboo.

A rooster is often called a cock.
A lollypop is often called a sucker.
Don't you dare talk about lollypops for roosters.
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Very good point, you nice man, you.

I see someone copped a warning and had a post changed for using P1$$ instead of piss a couple of days ago. Now, I see "pissed off" as a couplet everywhere and I've used it lots here myself, so I'd figured that one was ok.

(Now, I'll probably cop one myself)

I have had a warning for using ess aitch 1 tee, while everyone uses ◊◊◊◊ or ***** and has no problem. What's the f(rule8)ing story? Surely f%%king profanity is profanity and EVERY type of euphemism for the real word is just the same as using the word itself.

I get why the rules exist, I just doubt their effectiveness. It's not a children's site and I think anyone over the age 13 is going to know all seven of Carlin's words and not turn to stone seeing them. Every other forum I attend, from Ship of Fools - christian, to Stormfront, allows profanity. You'd think if the christians can do it, we all could.

In the meantime, my sig is the best place to see which is allowable - they are officially approved.
 
Mr Clingford said:
And all I was doing was trying to help ease the pain of his absence and you were all horrible to me - it wouldn't have happened on a Christian website where everybody is always loving and wonderful.
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Very good point - personal abuse sure isn't tolerated there!

Cor, some of the stuff I've copped in there makes JREF "Flame War" look like morning tea at the kindergarten. Even the host called me something rhyming with "hunt"!

:bgrin:
 
Tricky said:
Perzackly.

I'm reasonably good with accents and I tell this hilarious joke about a Brit, and Irishman and a Scotsman drinking beer, but I take care never to tell it among any real Brits, Irishmen or Scotsmen. For some reason, they don't find it funny.
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Back when I had certain aspirations I put a huge amount of effort into learning dialects and became remarkably facile. Unfortunately, I never had a single part that called for any kind of accent.
 
So you guys really miss being miss-quoted and made out to have said things you never meant?

Paul

:) :) :)
 
billydkid said:
Too bad, that is one of my favorite swear words. I do have question about it though - suppose someone actually is a rooster lollipop, is it still swearing to call them one?
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Brings to mind one of my favorite jokes:

I've played a lot of cards in my time, but nobody ever says, "There goes Tricky. He's a cardplayer."

And I've broken quite a few hearts in my time, but nobody ever says, "There goes Tricky. He's a heartbreaker."

But you s**k just one c**K...
 
Mr Clingford said:
And all I was doing was trying to help ease the pain of his absence and you were all horrible to me - it wouldn't have happened on a Christian website where everybody is always loving and wonderful.
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I'm sorry, Mr. Clingford, but you'll never be the man that Huntster is. At least not unless you start wearing ladies underwear. (You knew that he was a closet lumberjack, right?)
 
Darth Rotor said:
This is cute: "Let's talk about him behind his back." :p Free, that's not up to your usually high standards. Resist the Dark Side, Free. :)
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Not meant to be behind his back at all. I've told him the same thing in posts directly to him before. I stated exactly what I think. I believe he thinks attacks on religion are personal attacks on him, which isn't that unexpected, so his "peevishness" isn't too off-the-wall. In spite of what some might think, I look forward to his return.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2208409&postcount=12

and

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2211119&postcount=25

Doing so in PMs or email would be a different story, as would bashing him or arguing with him in absentia. I would assume he is either reading here and formulating his reply, or he's PO'd and through with us.
 
Darth Rotor:
Originally Posted by bluess to PaulJackHoff
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And that seems to be below your standards as well. I mean, the guy's an idiot, but isn't that a little crude?
 
Glen.Nogami said:
Darth Rotor:


And that seems to be below your standards as well. I mean, the guy's an idiot, but isn't that a little crude?
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This being the third or fourth iteration of that riposte, perhaps. I was short on time. More cleverness in the future, when the muse strikes. :)

DR
 
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