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Post by NineOneFour » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:28 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
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Gawdzilla wrote: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"?

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:29 pm

NineOneFour wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
NineOneFour wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote: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.
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Post by NineOneFour » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:31 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
NineOneFour wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
NineOneFour wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote: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.

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Post by Surendra Darathy » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:36 pm

NineOneFour wrote: 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".
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NineOneFour wrote: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.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:38 pm

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NineOneFour wrote: 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.
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Post by Surendra Darathy » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:42 pm

Gawdzilla wrote: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.
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Gawdzilla wrote: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.
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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.)
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Post by Surendra Darathy » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:46 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
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Gawdzilla wrote: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.
:biggrin:
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. :funny:
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Surendra Darathy wrote:No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge. :funny:
That hat is a multi-layered joke. :hehe:
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Post by Twoflower » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:52 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Surendra Darathy wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote: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.
:biggrin:
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.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:55 pm

Pluto2 wrote: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.
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Post by Surendra Darathy » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:55 pm

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Surendra Darathy wrote:No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge. :funny:
That hat is a multi-layered joke. :hehe:
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.
Pluto2 wrote:I didnt get any vaccinations until I went to uni.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Mar 27, 2010 7:58 pm

Surendra Darathy wrote:
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Surendra Darathy wrote:No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge. :funny:
That hat is a multi-layered joke. :hehe:
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.
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Post by Surendra Darathy » Sat Mar 27, 2010 8:05 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
Surendra Darathy wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote:
Surendra Darathy wrote:No. Having seen your latest avatar, I have no doubt that you are as sober as a judge. :funny:
That hat is a multi-layered joke. :hehe:
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.
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