outpatient
Joined: 07 Jul 2005
Posts: 475
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quotation marks look so ugly when they're used as scare quotes. apostrophes are much classier. I've always wondered whether that's an official rule or just a matter of taste |
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Z-0
Joined: 28 Sep 2004
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Location: Sydney |
firefly wrote:
So what's your point then?
pretty much what flossin said. |
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Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:18 pm |
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mortalthoughts
LAME KID
Joined: 12 Dec 2002
Posts: 11603
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firefly wrote:
I'm sorry if it made you feel that way. I really wasn't trying to offend people.
I read your thread about your Grandpa. I'm really sorry to hear about that. I lost my Grandpa to the same disease and now my Grandma has it too.
Truce?
were all good man, its just that this topic is kind of personal to me ive had 4 of my 6 uncles that were drafted into Vietnam and more then a handful of friends that are/have been in the service.
I do agree with the article but i feel that its in poor taste to post it on the day that was set aside in remembrance of people who felt the need to stand up for our country, whether the war itself is right or wrong is irrelevant. imo |
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Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:27 pm |
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Raoul DeGroot
Joined: 30 Apr 2009
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Well why isn't there a day for suicide bombers?
I realize that's inflammatory to say. But explain how the logic is somehow different? ..If right and wrong is irrelevant. |
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Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:51 pm |
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breakreep
homophobic yet curious
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Posts: 6627
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More to the point I think, why would it be in poor taste to post an article you think is cogent and correct one day than, say, another day? Seems like the article would be equally tasty no matter what day you read it on. |
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Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:34 pm |
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firefly
Joined: 27 Sep 2002
Posts: 3989
Location: Montreal |
breakreep wrote:
More to the point I think, why would it be in poor taste to post an article you think is cogent and correct one day than, say, another day? Seems like the article would be equally tasty no matter what day you read it on.
It's all about imaginary days and imaginary lines which are sometimes more real to people then facts and real things.
It's funny how the same government that created this day are the same ones that tricked the vets and who are now not adequately taking care of them. |
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Fri Nov 12, 2010 5:40 pm |
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mortalthoughts
LAME KID
Joined: 12 Dec 2002
Posts: 11603
Location: MI |
breakreep wrote:
More to the point I think, why would it be in poor taste to post an article you think is cogent and correct one day than, say, another day? Seems like the article would be equally tasty no matter what day you read it on.
its a good article i agree with it
ok. now that thats out of the way.
how about a little human decency? just because we dont agree with them supporting the machine or whatever doesnt mean they need to be shit on
how is not bringing anything new to the table a cop out?
people get called out for it here on this forum all the time
maybe if people respected people on a more were all human lets be real about the way we are and why and a lot more stuff would accomplished on all levels
one day out of the year suck it up wether you agree with it or not just be a little bit more of a decent human and bite your tounge man |
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:52 pm |
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Charlie Foxtrot
Joined: 23 Jan 2008
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Holidays are open to interpretation.
Christmas can be about:
A) The birth of Jesus Christ
B) Commercialism
C) Charity and goodwill towards others
Veteran's Day can be about:
A) Honor, pride, glory and other mythical concepts that are in no way reflected in actual war
B) Jingoism, which is often related to/based in A)
C) Reflecting on the sacrifices of Veterans who have fought Just Wars (what wars, if any, have been just is open to debate)
D) Reflecting on the tragedy inherent in all wars, the pointless suffering, the fact that wars should never happen at all
E) Reflecting on our relationships with veterans we know/have known
The Veteran's Day some people are criticizing is not necessarily my Veteran's Day. |
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:37 pm |
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PoetryBox
Joined: 14 Feb 2007
Posts: 452
Location: brampton, ON |
Garfield has something to say about this topic...
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 1:54 pm |
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crash
Joined: 07 Aug 2003
Posts: 5441
Location: the chocolate city with a marshmallow center and a graham cracker crust of corruption |
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Charlie Foxtrot wrote:
Holidays are open to interpretation.
Christmas can be about:
A) The birth of Jesus Christ
B) Commercialism
C) Charity and goodwill towards others
Veteran's Day can be about:
A) Honor, pride, glory and other mythical concepts that are in no way reflected in actual war
B) Jingoism, which is often related to/based in A)
C) Reflecting on the sacrifices of Veterans who have fought Just Wars (what wars, if any, have been just is open to debate)
D) Reflecting on the tragedy inherent in all wars, the pointless suffering, the fact that wars should never happen at all
E) Reflecting on our relationships with veterans we know/have known
The Veteran's Day some people are criticizing is not necessarily my Veteran's Day.
well said.
firefly, i wouldn't say i'm offended by you posting this article (it is a great speech after all) - but i'm left wondering why you felt compelled to chose veterans' day. do you think it'd have an impact that it wouldn't have on another day?
i don't think you're accomplishing anything other than preaching to the choir and rubbing everyone else the wrong way. it's in poor taste. |
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:38 pm |
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mortalthoughts
LAME KID
Joined: 12 Dec 2002
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Location: MI |
Isn't that what I've been saying all along? |
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:42 pm |
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Raoul DeGroot
Joined: 30 Apr 2009
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Location: Son Quest |
Why isnt this just like the killjoys who post antiimperialism stuff on thanksgiving?
I think that's an appropriate counterbalancey thing to do, even though I like Thanksgiving and my particular interpretation of it.
Yknow, I recognize that it's not crazy to bing that issue up on that day. Regardless of how remedial you dudes seem to think it is- there's clearly a wide gap in how exactly we all consider and justify these days. |
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 2:58 pm |
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Raoul DeGroot
Joined: 30 Apr 2009
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Location: Son Quest |
Moderate lefties are always so worried about preaching to the choir. So self conscious, tsk. |
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:01 pm |
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Dr Sagacious
Joined: 01 Mar 2009
Posts: 1842
Location: Redford |
firefly wrote:
It's all about imaginary days and imaginary lines which are sometimes more real to people then facts and real things.
You don't celebrate anything? You haven't a tradition? Your life sounds like a bowl of mixed negative nuts.
"But, I see the lies that they give us!"
Still fucking boring, homie. |
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Mon Nov 15, 2010 3:02 pm |
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crash
Joined: 07 Aug 2003
Posts: 5441
Location: the chocolate city with a marshmallow center and a graham cracker crust of corruption |
Raoul DeGroot wrote:
Why isnt this just like the killjoys who post antiimperialism stuff on thanksgiving?
I think that's an appropriate counterbalancey thing to do, even though I like Thanksgiving and my particular interpretation of it.
Yknow, I recognize that it's not crazy to bing that issue up on that day. Regardless of how remedial you dudes seem to think it is- there's clearly a wide gap in how exactly we all consider and justify these days.
thanksgiving and columbus day aren't particularly emotional holidays. i don't think the kill joys are offending anyone as much as annoying.
what firefly is doing is more comparable to, say, posting up an article about the armenian genocide on turkish independence day. |
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