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Sayf-Allah  (op)
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Dec 19, 2008, 12:42 PM
 
Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster View Post
Forget it man. marx is like a bad rash that won't go away. It's called Jewish guilt.
Completely uncalled for.

It has nothing to do with his religion or race.

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Dec 19, 2008, 02:35 PM
 
Originally Posted by vmarks View Post
However, I'd like to point out that equal-opportunity offensiveness is not some wonderfully clean thing which is welcome in polite discourse: it's still offense.
Well if you expect just a single peson on this board to take notice of that you guys might consider starting to enforce the rules regarding offensive behavior. People are offensive because they get away with it.
     
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Dec 19, 2008, 02:57 PM
 
How people comport themselves and what they get away with in the PWL is one main reason I rarely go in there and even more rarely post anything.

While we've gone around and around in Simon's thread about removing non-technical threads/posts/etc I think having a PWL (at least in its current form) or allowing political discussions detracts from this forum more then it may add an avenue to discuss one's political causes and/or concerns.
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Dec 19, 2008, 07:04 PM
 
Originally Posted by Maflynn View Post
comport
I had no idea that this was a real word.
     
Spheric Harlot
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Dec 19, 2008, 07:52 PM
 
kids these days...

     
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Dec 19, 2008, 09:23 PM
 
Originally Posted by Laminar View Post
Originally Posted by Maflynn View Post
comport
I had no idea that this was a real word.
"COMPORT": conduct oneself; behave. A pretty formal word, but a very elegant word.
Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot View Post
kids these days...

Cute. Very cute.

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Dec 19, 2008, 10:52 PM
 
Originally Posted by vmarks View Post
It's rare that I would post twice in such a thread as this. However, I'd like to point out that equal-opportunity offensiveness is not some wonderfully clean thing which is welcome in polite discourse: it's still offense.
One, I never said it didn’t. What I was responding to here, however, was the implication that Red Rocket had cited ‘Zionists’ and ‘right-wing theist militarists’ to be on ‘opposite sides’, when he had actually portrayed them as being on the ‘same side’.

Two, I wouldn’t call ‘nonsense’ offensive.
     
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Dec 20, 2008, 08:05 AM
 
Originally Posted by vmarks View Post
It's rare that I would post twice in such a thread as this. However, I'd like to point out that equal-opportunity offensiveness is not some wonderfully clean thing which is welcome in polite discourse: it's still offense.
Rubbish.

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane
Come to think of it, I can actually see doing so making the situation worse, once both sides think the have a "champion" to defend their nonsense.
Just picking up where TI left off.
     
 
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