U.S. passes "historic" healthcare bill

[NineOneFour]

Nineonefour, stop with the ad homs.

Gawdzilla, perhaps you could direct me to where I used an ad hom, please.

The word "Stupid" in the post above mine. Play nice or go home.

Can I call his argument "stupid"?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Nineonefour, stop with the ad homs.

Gawdzilla, perhaps you could direct me to where I used an ad hom, please.

The word "Stupid" in the post above mine. Play nice or go home.

Can I call his argument "stupid"?

It's okay to challenge ideas. It's not okay to attack people. I've found that adults don't have a problem with this concept.

[NineOneFour]

Nineonefour, stop with the ad homs.

Gawdzilla, perhaps you could direct me to where I used an ad hom, please.

The word "Stupid" in the post above mine. Play nice or go home.

Can I call his argument "stupid"?

It's okay to challenge ideas. It's not okay to attack people. I've found that adults don't have a problem with this concept.

Fair enough.

Claiming that an article posted nearly a year ago has any relationship to current legislation isn't stupid. But it isn't a very useful argument.

[Surendra Darathy]

Claiming that an article posted nearly a year ago has any relationship to current legislation isn't stupid. But it isn't a very useful argument.

Well, then that's what you should have said in the post that simply said, "Stupid". You're on the right track, 914, but the spirit of the forum rule is "be impeccable".

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Fair enough.

Claiming that an article posted nearly a year ago has any relationship to current legislation isn't stupid. But it isn't a very useful argument.

Excellently stated. Talk about the ideas, don't bother with the person who presents them.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Claiming that an article posted nearly a year ago has any relationship to current legislation isn't stupid. But it isn't a very useful argument.

Well, then that's what you should have said in the post that simply said, "Stupid". You're on the right track, 914, but the forum rule is "be impeccable".

It's really easy. Assume you and the other person are both heavily armed and on a hair trigger. Bloodshed will result at any excuse. So be precise in your language and consider how to say something about the idea without involving the person that said it. This is the "Samurai Rule" if you've never heard of it before.

[Surendra Darathy]

Bloodshed will result at any excuse.

The world is overpopulated, Gawdzilla, if you will be kind enough to extend the metaphor, and endangered species are not endangered in any relative sense, including humans. An internet forum is The Boy In The Bubble.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Bloodshed will result at any excuse.

The world is overpopulated, Gawdzilla, if you will be kind enough to extend the metaphor, and endangered species are not endangered in any relative sense, including humans.

Actually I encourage people NOT to get vaccinations. We do have too many people and not getting them is one way for people to help reduce the population. (And if you think I'm kidding you don't know me.)

[Surendra Darathy]

Bloodshed will result at any excuse.

The world is overpopulated, Gawdzilla, if you will be kind enough to extend the metaphor, and endangered species are not endangered in any relative sense, including humans.

Actually I encourage people NOT to get vaccinations. We do have too many people and not getting them is one way for people to help reduce the population. (And if you think I'm kidding you don't know me.)

I take you seriously. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge.

That hat is a multi-layered joke.

[Twoflower]

Bloodshed will result at any excuse.

The world is overpopulated, Gawdzilla, if you will be kind enough to extend the metaphor, and endangered species are not endangered in any relative sense, including humans.

Actually I encourage people NOT to get vaccinations. We do have too many people and not getting them is one way for people to help reduce the population. (And if you think I'm kidding you don't know me.)

I didnt get any vaccinations until I went to uni.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I didnt get any vaccinations until I went to uni.

My mother was one of those "childhood diseases are inevitable and you might as well get them over." I nearly died when I was three from that line of thought.

[Surendra Darathy]

No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge.

That hat is a multi-layered joke.

It's when that kind of hat has a really lo-ong bill on it that I begin to worry. I can't read the inscription. It's either something about a "Big Dog" or something about "GI Joe". Seeing somebody wear camo in plain sight is also somewhat disturbing to me.

Maybe that's one of the jokes.

I didnt get any vaccinations until I went to uni.

Hint: The rest of us call them "lectures".

[Gawdzilla Sama]

No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge.

That hat is a multi-layered joke.

It's when that kind of hat has a really lo-ong bill on it that I begin to worry. I can't read the inscription. It's either something about a "Big Dog" or something about "GI Joe". Seeing somebody wear camo in plain sight is also somewhat disturbing to me.

Maybe that's one of the jokes.

It's a Larry the Cable Guy hat, "Git'n-R-Done". Some of us know what's funny about that.

[Surendra Darathy]

No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge.

That hat is a multi-layered joke.

It's when that kind of hat has a really lo-ong bill on it that I begin to worry. I can't read the inscription. It's either something about a "Big Dog" or something about "GI Joe". Seeing somebody wear camo in plain sight is also somewhat disturbing to me.

Maybe that's one of the jokes.

It's a Larry the Cable Guy hat, "Git'n-R-Done". Some of us know what's funny about that.

Ah. I sees it now. Very coaxial.