[Logic]

Because of all the blanket statements people make here I thought we should all play a game. Basically a game where we can't make any statements about other members, only ask them.

You ask the one above you about something regarding his opinion on a subject(up to 3 questions should do for every post), then he answers and asks you and the one above him up to three questions.

Anyone up for playing the game?

[dcolton]

Originally posted by Logic:
Because of all the blanket statements people make here I thought we should all play a game. Basically a game where we can't make any statements about other members, only ask them.

You ask the one above you about something regarding his opinion on a subject(up to 3 questions should do for every post), then he answers and asks you and the one above him up to three questions.

Anyone up for playing the game?

Lets play. Ou start withthe ?'s

[Tater Salad]

I've got a better idea: Yes or no questions only.
Example:
Tater Salad:
Do you support issue X, Y, & Z.

Logic:
X: Yes
Y: No.
Z: No.

No beating around the bush or question dodging, just yes or no. It seems more interesting than : Yes, but blah blah blah blah generality blah blah however blah blah blah.

If only Bush and Kerry would do that.

[Edit]: And if that system was chosen, then it can't be broad. Middle East terror is too big. Muslim terrorists is much more narrow. Education is too big. Vouchers isn't.

[doctorkeyser]

Originally posted by Logic:
Because of all the blanket statements people make here I thought we should all play a game. Basically a game where we can't make any statements about other members, only ask them.

You ask the one above you about something regarding his opinion on a subject(up to 3 questions should do for every post), then he answers and asks you and the one above him up to three questions.

Anyone up for playing the game?

How does it feel to be a lowlife terrorist scum who wants to kill my unborn children and wrap towels around your head?

Are you gay?

Are you upset that Jello Pudding Pops were discontinued in the late eighties?

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
I've got a better idea: Yes or no questions only.
Example:
Tater Salad:
Do you support issue X, Y, & Z.

Logic:
X: Yes
Y: No.
Z: No.

No beating around the bush or question dodging, just yes or no. It seems more interesting than : Yes, but blah blah blah blah generality blah blah however blah blah blah.

If only Bush and Kerry would do that.

[Edit]: And if that system was chosen, then it can't be broad. Middle East terror is too big. Muslim terrorists is much more narrow. Education is too big. Vouchers isn't.

Agree with the yes or no(as much as possible), but think we should keep the topic as broad as we want.

[Tater Salad]

Originally posted by doctorkeyser:
How does it feel to be a lowlife terrorist scum who wants to kill my unborn children and wrap towels around your head?

Are you gay?

Are you upset that Jello Pudding Pops were discontinued in the late eighties?

Ouch. That was more extreme that my comments in the other thread. Maybe they should stifle and ban you.

[Logic]

Originally posted by doctorkeyser:
How does it feel to be a lowlife terrorist scum who wants to kill my unborn children and wrap towels around your head?

Are you gay?

Are you upset that Jello Pudding Pops were discontinued in the late eighties?

No.

No.

Never tasted it so I can't really say!



1. Did you support the war in the Balkans?

2. Did you support the war in Afghanistan?

3. Did you support the war in Iraq?

^^ more serious

Dcolton can answer those as well.

[Tater Salad]

Then I'll start the questions:
Do you support school vouchers.
Do you support a flat tax (15% for all).
Do you support missile defense.

[dcolton]

I guess I will start:

General questions for anyone:

1. Do you think MacNN is biased?
2. Do you think someone should be banned for calling someone a ****in' moron?
3. Are you tired of discussing gays and terrorists?

[Tater Salad]

No (but not really sure, never payed that much attention)
Yes
Yes

Dcolton
Yes Yes Yes!
No.
Yes, in meaningless threads.

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Then I'll start the questions:
Do you support school vouchers.
Do you support a flat tax (15% for all).
Do you support missile defense.

1. Don't really know what it is so I can't answer.
2. Yes, but the percentage mostly depends on what system is in place.
3. If it is proven to work then yes.

a) Do you support the expansion of the EU?
b) Do you support the French-German proposal of an independent EU military?
c) Do you think that the US should keep troops where they are wanted and withdraw from where they are not wanted(US bases and not occupied countries etc)?

[Logic]

Originally posted by dcolton:
I guess I will start:

General questions for anyone:

1. Do you think MacNN is biased?
2. Do you think someone should be banned for calling someone a ****in' moron?
3. Are you tired of discussing gays and terrorists?

1. No. People from all sides are here.
2. No.
3. Yes and no.


a) Do you believe that terrorism is supported by Islam?
b) Do you believe the Palestinians have a right to their own nation?
c) Do you believe the Kurds have a right to their own nation?

[doctorkeyser]

2. Yes
2a. Possibly, why?
3. 4-6, depending
4. As much as possible
8. Christopher Balkan?
1. Yes.

1. If you were gay, would you be?
2. Terrorists are evil, yes, but are you one?
3. True?

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
No (but not really sure, never payed that much attention)
Yes
Yes

Are these answers to my questions?

If so:

1. Why(just short)?
2. Why(just short)?
3. Why(just short)?

[macvillage.net]

I guess I'll start answering, since everyone is just asking.

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Then I'll start the questions:
Do you support school vouchers.
Do you support a flat tax (15% for all).
Do you support missile defense.

1. Yes, provided it's extended to all private educational institutions, not just certain ones as decided by ______.

2. Can't really answer honestly, not enough info (state/fed?, ease into it, medicare situation, etc.) Lots involved. I'm both ways depending on other things.

3. Provided diplomatic methods are being used to their full extent (opposite of right now), yes, it's a worthwhile venture if for nothing else than to learn from the science developed. But to use it as an alternative to diplomacy like proposed... no.



I question if some of these can be answered, since most questions are rather complex:

"are drugs bad"?

Depends who you ask. A lukemia patient may say no. Someone who died from a heroine addict who went on a rampage with a gun may say yes.


I think more context would make this game a little more worthwhile.

[dcolton]

Originally posted by Logic:


1. Did you support the war in the Balkans?

2. Did you support the war in Afghanistan?

3. Did you support the war in Iraq?

^^ more serious

Dcolton can answer those as well.

Which war
yes
yes

Do you support school vouchers.
Do you support a flat tax (15% for all).
Do you support missile defense.

yes to all

a) Do you believe that terrorism is supported by Islam?
b) Do you believe the Palestinians have a right to their own nation?
c) Do you believe the Kurds have a right to their own nation?

a. Yes
b. No
c. No...but the Palestinians and the Kurds are more than welcome to take over California.

[macvillage.net]

I guess I'll start answering, since everyone is just asking.

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Then I'll start the questions:
Do you support school vouchers.
Do you support a flat tax (15% for all).
Do you support missile defense.

1. Yes, provided it's extended to all private educational institutions, not just certain ones as decided by ______.

2. Can't really answer honestly, not enough info (state/fed?, ease into it, medicare situation, etc.) Lots involved. I'm both ways depending on other things.

3. Provided diplomatic methods are being used to their full extent (opposite of right now), yes, it's a worthwhile venture if for nothing else than to learn from the science developed. But to use it as an alternative to diplomacy like proposed... no.



I question if some of these can be answered, since most questions are rather complex:

"are drugs bad"?

Depends who you ask. A lukemia patient may say no. Someone who died from a heroine addict who went on a rampage with a gun may say yes.


I think more context would make this game a little more worthwhile.

[dcolton]

I think we should ask the questions directly to an individual.

So Logic:

1. Is there anything short of 100% appeasement that will resolve (or satisfy your opinoin) the Palestinian/ Israel Conflict?

2. Do you think Israel has the right to protect herself from terrorists (freedom fighters if you choose to think that way).

3. Do you hate the US. (I want a reason with this one)

[Tater Salad]

Okay Logic, it's only yes or no. I won't ask for any of your explanations. This thread is to see where people stand.

Let me do some tax q's.

Do you believe government programs should be cut?
Do you think the military, national defense, should be cut?
Do you think its unfair for the top 50% to pay 96% of taxes?

BTW, that damn banner is pissing me off. it slows down my typing big time.

[Logic]

Originally posted by dcolton:
Which war

NATO intervention in the Balkans.

a. Yes
b. No
c. No...but the Palestinians and the Kurds are more than welcome to take over California.

a) Can you base that on the holy book of Islam, the Quran?
b) Why is that?
c) Why is that?

[Logic]

Originally posted by dcolton:
I think we should ask the questions directly to an individual.

Agree, it will become to confusing otherwise

So Logic:

1. Is there anything short of 100% appeasement that will resolve (or satisfy your opinoin) the Palestinian/ Israel Conflict?

2. Do you think Israel has the right to protect herself from terrorists (freedom fighters if you choose to think that way).

3. Do you hate the US. (I want a reason with this one)

1. Yes, the problem is that we will probably disagree on what 100% appeasement means.

2. Yes of course.

3. Absolutely not. Do I disagree with many of it's policies. Absolutely.

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Okay Logic, it's only yes or no. I won't ask for any of your explanations. This thread is to see where people stand.

Let me do some tax q's.

Do you believe government programs should be cut?
Do you think the military, national defense, should be cut?
Do you think its unfair for the top 50% to pay 96% of taxes?

BTW, that damn banner is pissing me off. it slows down my typing big time.

I will answer as it in general terms. You'd need to be more specific to get an accurate account.

1. Yes.
2. No.
3. Depends on how much of the total income they have. Flat tax percentage is the way to go.


a) What government programs do you want cut(if any)?
b) What government programs do you want increased(if any)?
c) Would you prefer a multi-cultural society or a single-culture?

[Tater Salad]

Damnit people, this is YES OR NO. Or it will turn into every other thread.
I've got another idea. Why don't we state our political standings:
From left to right
Nazi/National Socialist (Hitler)
Communist (Mao)
Socialist (Schroder)
Liberal (Howard Dean)
Liberal-Democrat (partisan) (Kerry)
Democrat (Lieberman)
Conservative Democrat (ala Zel Miller)
Moderate (McCain)
Liberal Republican (ala Pataki)
Republican
Conservative-Republican (Pat Toomy)
Conservative (Mike Savage)

If there is a party by your name, that means you're a party person. Sean Hannity is an example of a conservative-Republican, while Glenn Beck or Michael Savage are Conservative, which means no party affiliation. You could also say independent-conservative.

Is that a good idea?

[Tater Salad]

A. Medicare, welfare, medicade/ or privatize
B. Defense and military. Also funding for aerospace tech. Private is better though
C. Yes. We have one, but there is a majority always, like white Christian, which is ok.

[PacHead]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:

From left to right
Nazi/National Socialist (Hitler)
Communist (Mao)
Socialist (Schroder)
Liberal (Howard Dean)
Liberal-Democrat (partisan) (Kerry)
Democrat (Lieberman)
Conservative Democrat (ala Zel Miller)
Moderate (McCain)
Liberal Republican (ala Pataki)
Republican
Conservative-Republican (Pat Toomy)
Conservative (Mike Savage)

You forgot Michael Moore. I would place him inbetween Mao and Hitler.

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Damnit people, this is YES OR NO. Or it will turn into every other thread.
I've got another idea. Why don't we state our political standings:
From left to right
Nazi/National Socialist (Hitler)
Communist (Mao)
Socialist (Schroder)
Liberal (Howard Dean)
Liberal-Democrat (partisan) (Kerry)
Democrat (Lieberman)
Conservative Democrat (ala Zel Miller)
Moderate (McCain)
Liberal Republican (ala Pataki)
Republican
Conservative-Republican (Pat Toomy)
Conservative (Mike Savage)

If there is a party by your name, that means you're a party person. Sean Hannity is an example of a conservative-Republican, while Glenn Beck or Michael Savage are Conservative, which means no party affiliation. You could also say independent-conservative.

Is that a good idea?

We need more than a yes or no. Just as long as it is short.

And that won't work because all those terms mean different things in different countries.

Rather ask for specifics.

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
A. Medicare, welfare, medicade/ or privatize
B. Defense and military. Also funding for aerospace tech. Private is better though
C. Yes. We have one, but there is a majority always, like white Christian, which is ok.

1. Do you think people should have equal rights to equal quality in health care?
2. Do you want to privatise the military? Or just the military industry?
3. Do you think that the laws of each nation should reflect the majority of that nations religious beliefs?

[Tater Salad]

Like what?
If Hitler is king liberal and Michael Savage is the conservative, we can generally assume the rest right?

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Like what?
If Hitler is king liberal and Michael Savage is the conservative, we can generally assume the rest right?

Because on some issues I would be considered very to the left while on other very to the right. That means that not one single classification would do for me.

And learn to use the quote thingy so people know who you are replying to

[Tater Salad]

No. More money gets you best doctors.
No.
Yes. But that is complex. I don't like "You will pray to Jesus every day". But saying in God we trust is a part of our divine roots. We were and are a Judeo-Christian Country, with those values.

[Tater Salad]

Originally posted by Logic:
Because on some issues I would be considered very to the left while on other very to the right. That means that not one single classification would do for me.

And learn to use the quote thingy so people know who you are replying to

Overall, then you would be more in the middle I guess. I am very conservative, so I'd fall on conservative, even though I'm not 100% conservative. So guess where you'd be (like adding positive and negative together).

What about religion? Is that relative?

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
No. More money gets you best doctors.
No.
Yes. But that is complex. I don't like "You will pray to Jesus every day". But saying in God we trust is a part of our divine roots. We were and are a Judeo-Christian Country, with those values.

1. Do you believe people are born equal?
2. Do you not want to privatise the military industry?
3. So if the majority would change you would support the laws changing to reflect the new majority?



And please learn to use the quoting, it makes it easier to see what you are replying to

[angaq0k]

Originally posted by dcolton:
I guess I will start:

General questions for anyone:

1. Do you think MacNN is biased?
2. Do you think someone should be banned for calling someone a ****in' moron?
3. Are you tired of discussing gays and terrorists?

1 - Yes, but it does not bother me one bit because I think the moderators are very respectfu of everyone's opinion so far.

2 - No

3 - no and yes

[angaq0k]

Originally posted by Logic:
(...)
1. Did you support the war in the Balkans?

2. Did you support the war in Afghanistan?

3. Did you support the war in Iraq?

^^ more serious

Dcolton can answer those as well.

1 - No
2 - No
3 - No

[angaq0k]

Originally posted by Logic:
1. Do you believe people are born equal?
2. Do you not want to privatise the military industry?
3. So if the majority would change you would support the laws changing to reflect the new majority?
And please learn to use the quoting, it makes it easier to see what you are replying to

1 - No
2 - No
3 - it depends

[Tater Salad]

Yes. But your life changes that. Bums aren't equal to hardworking patriotic people.
No. Common Defense is provided by the Government, as said in the Constitution.
No. The references were to part of our history, not to current demographics.

All:

Do you believe Babykitten is an anti-semite.
Do you think mac users are alot more to the left than normal.
Do you think illegal immigrants should be deported.

Is angaq French? It sounds like a French sig, and Over There was a song about America bailing out France in WWI. I think it was written by George Cohan.

[angaq0k]

Originally posted by Logic:
1. Do you think people should have equal rights to equal quality in health care?
2. Do you want to privatise the military? Or just the military industry?
3. Do you think that the laws of each nation should reflect the majority of that nations religious beliefs?

1- yes
2 - no
3 - no, but why should I decide for somebody I know nothing of?

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Yes. But your life changes that. Bums aren't equal to hardworking patriotic people.
No. Common Defense is provided by the Government, as said in the Constitution.
No. The references were to part of our history, not to current demographics.

All:

Do you believe Babykitten is an anti-semite.
Do you think mac users are alot more to the left than normal.
Do you think illegal immigrants should be deported.

Is angaq French? It sounds like a French sig, and Over There was a song about America bailing out France in WWI. I think it was written by George Cohan.

1. I know she isn't.
2. Nope.
3. Yes and No. Depends on the situation.

4. Do you believe the children of lower class people should have the same chance of success as children of upper class people?
5. If 90% of the people in a country were atheists do you believe that the laws should reflect that or continue to represent the historical ties?

[Tater Salad]

Originally posted by Logic:
1. I know she isn't.
2. Nope.
3. Yes and No. Depends on the situation.

4. Do you believe the children of lower class people should have the same chance of success as children of upper class people?
5. If 90% of the people in a country were atheists do you believe that the laws should reflect that or continue to represent the historical ties?

That's waay to broad of a subject.
Keep historical ties. Its history, and you can't rewrite it, no matter what your public school teacher says. OR college professor.

I was tossing around an idea. Do you think there should be a weekly topic on this forum other than news? I was thinking that every Sunday I would start a thread on a specific issue, even if it wasn't in the news. Example: Gays in scouts. Tax cuts. State of Europe, etc.
Would that be a good idea?

I keep getting this page that says there are too many connections. Anyone else getting that?

[BRussell]

I'd like to ask Logic if he supports the killing of 70 Iraqis today, and if not, why the change?

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
That's waay to broad of a subject.
Keep historical ties. Its history, and you can't rewrite it, no matter what your public school teacher says. OR college professor.

I was tossing around an idea. Do you think there should be a weekly topic on this forum other than news? I was thinking that every Sunday I would start a thread on a specific issue, even if it wasn't in the news. Example: Gays in scouts. Tax cuts. State of Europe, etc.
Would that be a good idea?

I keep getting this page that says there are too many connections. Anyone else getting that?

I think it's ok if it gets broad as long as we can keep the answers as short as possible.

And yes, that would be a good idea.

and yes, I keep getting that error as well.

[Tater Salad]

For a second, I thought I was getting banned.

[Logic]

Originally posted by BRussell:
I'd like to ask Logic if he supports the killing of 70 Iraqis today, and if not, why the change?

Like I said before, I think both sides should try to minimise civilian casualties. But the target was legitimate and the civilian casualties are the result of the insurgency not having precision guided weapons and unfortunately that means they will often take civilians with them. But the traitors in the Iraqi security forces should not station themselves in civilian areas and civilians have been warned to stay away from the traitors position.

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
For a second, I thought I was getting banned.

If you were banned from the pol lounge you woudn't see it, and only see the lounge. Trust me, I've been there before

[Tater Salad]

It's happened before. It was wc3campaigns.com, when I used to do WC3 mods. The mods were bastards, and one even called himself a communist. Most of the forumers were foreign, and as a result, most were red as blood. I wasn't very popular, and they banned me. The aussie banned me. Of course, I still stayed on, making new accounts till they banned me. They didn't know how to ban IP addresses.

I'm not sure how you can say that was legit. 60 people won't see they're friends and family because some evil foreign terrorist decided to blow someone up. And how are those Iraqis traitors? Who are you talking about? The terrorists?

[lil'babykitten]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Do you believe Babykitten is an anti-semite.

[eklipse]

Originally posted by Logic:
Like I said before, I think both sides should try to minimise civilian casualties. But the target was legitimate and the civilian casualties are the result of the insurgency not having precision guided weapons and unfortunately that means they will often take civilians with them. But the traitors in the Iraqi security forces should not station themselves in civilian areas and civilians have been warned to stay away from the traitors position.

[Tater Salad]

Originally posted by lil'babykitten:

"Palestinians have a simple message to most Israelis and Zionists: 8.5 million Palestinians are going no where. The sooner the majority of Israelis and Zionists understand this simple message, the faster they shall wake up from their delusional coma"

That certainly qualifies. Zionist is a negative term for the Jews. And if the coma is killing terrorists, it's a good coma.
I'm sorry if that offends your counter-culture worldview, but that statement completely ignore the whole suicide bombers blowing up buses and murdering people in restaurants part. Oh well.
And if you're not an anti-semite, then you're at least an apologist for the terrorists.

[Logic]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
I'm not sure how you can say that was legit. 60 people won't see they're friends and family because some evil foreign terrorist decided to blow someone up. And how are those Iraqis traitors? Who are you talking about? The terrorists?

The relatives of around 10-15000 people won't see their relatives because of a foreign force invading their country. And you don't know if these were foreigners. They are traitors because they are working with/for the foreign occupying force. Quislings would be a word used for them in Scandinavia.

[eklipse]

Originally posted by Tater Salad:
Zionist is a negative term for the Jews.

No it isn't.