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dubya is a great,intellegent,leader
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Admiral Trouser
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To be fair, he did go to Yale (If memory serves me well), passed ( no mean feat) and got his fair share of degrees. Never judge a book by its cover, and never judge a man by how well he speaks, or not in the case of Dubya.
A classic here, Bush on the French not giving there full support to the war: "The French don't seem to have a word for entrupenuer.(sp?)"
lol, I actualy think he's somewhat cunning. If only he could communicate it all to us....
AT
A classic here, Bush on the French not giving there full support to the war: "The French don't seem to have a word for entrupenuer.(sp?)"
lol, I actualy think he's somewhat cunning. If only he could communicate it all to us....
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Tss, someone once said "You can't please all of the people, all of the time"
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i heard bushs class privilige, his dad being head of the cia, belonging to a prestigous fraternity and also a secret society had no role in getting him into yale with a C average, and had no role getting him through.
uh oh
uh oh
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t s s said:lol,just wanted to post something that wouldn`t get pulled.....🙄
Refrain from personal insults. Debate ideas without ad hominem attacks. Then your posts won't be pulled.
Facts /opinions/plain old crap
tss, you've had 2 threads pulled, one of which I'd say was directly attributed to your own comments, and you've had 3 out of nearly 200 posts edited....really not much.
As Milagros suggests and has been previously stated, it's all about staying "in bounds". It's a learned skill, less difficult than skateboarding or golf, more so than pillow fighting and slinging mud. Personal attacks in which another member are specifically named are always on the edge, as are direct comments about other posts. Innuendo and subtle sarcasm are much more effective and generally safer, although harder to implement. I believe Drew70 had a thread going somewhere around 2 months ago on the subject of how to "almost" flame and get your point across. There's many members who are quite good at it, others that try to emulate them and just can't stay on the right side of the line. Here...let's look at this theoretical reply to august spies latest...post.
"Hey I've "heard" a lot of things...lol..but fortunately I don't believe everything I "hear" or else I wouldn't need to think and would just post it on the forum."
Obviously sarcastic, and although not directed by name at him, it's clear who is being spoken about or to in the paragraph. Is it over the line? Close, but not there. It subtly implies certain things about the original post, but doesn't spell out the conclusions overtly. Could it start a flame fest going? Also a close call...depends on how you read the intent. Therefore it would stay until further posts either made it non relevant or be edited out if flames spring up due to further commentary. Threads consist of posts "leaning" upon each other in that the previous one segues into the next, which is why editing at times becomes nearly impossible as it extends further and further into the "past"...at which point a thread is deleted. You can post a rather sarcastic opinion on world leaders because they're not forum members and it won't get pulled on that basis. What will happen is that someone will take offense to your calling someone they admire an idiot and that will lead to the eventual editing or deletion of posts and perhaps even the thread.....others chiming in with a "yeah" or "amen" or "you go girl" type comments clutter it even further and make the odds of editing go down and deletion go up. We may end up deleting this post and those that follow as well. *shrug*...it's a process. As you stated, this one was a rather wry bit of humor and hopefully will survive... Q
tss, you've had 2 threads pulled, one of which I'd say was directly attributed to your own comments, and you've had 3 out of nearly 200 posts edited....really not much.
As Milagros suggests and has been previously stated, it's all about staying "in bounds". It's a learned skill, less difficult than skateboarding or golf, more so than pillow fighting and slinging mud. Personal attacks in which another member are specifically named are always on the edge, as are direct comments about other posts. Innuendo and subtle sarcasm are much more effective and generally safer, although harder to implement. I believe Drew70 had a thread going somewhere around 2 months ago on the subject of how to "almost" flame and get your point across. There's many members who are quite good at it, others that try to emulate them and just can't stay on the right side of the line. Here...let's look at this theoretical reply to august spies latest...post.
"Hey I've "heard" a lot of things...lol..but fortunately I don't believe everything I "hear" or else I wouldn't need to think and would just post it on the forum."
Obviously sarcastic, and although not directed by name at him, it's clear who is being spoken about or to in the paragraph. Is it over the line? Close, but not there. It subtly implies certain things about the original post, but doesn't spell out the conclusions overtly. Could it start a flame fest going? Also a close call...depends on how you read the intent. Therefore it would stay until further posts either made it non relevant or be edited out if flames spring up due to further commentary. Threads consist of posts "leaning" upon each other in that the previous one segues into the next, which is why editing at times becomes nearly impossible as it extends further and further into the "past"...at which point a thread is deleted. You can post a rather sarcastic opinion on world leaders because they're not forum members and it won't get pulled on that basis. What will happen is that someone will take offense to your calling someone they admire an idiot and that will lead to the eventual editing or deletion of posts and perhaps even the thread.....others chiming in with a "yeah" or "amen" or "you go girl" type comments clutter it even further and make the odds of editing go down and deletion go up. We may end up deleting this post and those that follow as well. *shrug*...it's a process. As you stated, this one was a rather wry bit of humor and hopefully will survive... Q
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you claime this is a joke post.
however i would catagorize it as base flame bait.
please point out where the humor is? please point out the punch line?
to be a joke it should have those ingredients.
no, i'm affraid this is just another pathetic attempt to insult a good person, and thus to feel better about yourself.
steve
however i would catagorize it as base flame bait.
please point out where the humor is? please point out the punch line?
to be a joke it should have those ingredients.
no, i'm affraid this is just another pathetic attempt to insult a good person, and thus to feel better about yourself.
steve
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Brit humour is cold, cruel and calculating. But effective and intelligent, which is why so many get offended by it. Hell, why did you Americans sign up Anne Robinson and Simon Cowell?
Well all I know is we have had no more terrorist attacks; he is taking care of that for the future. The economy, which got screwed up in the 90's from day trading and a (what we now know to be true) b/s economy. You can't have an economy unless there is hard money behind it to support it and the 90's economy, like what the Japanese did and it screwed them up to, had a false economy as well. The fact is the economy is normalizing, but companies are holding off on hiring people until they pad their financial base, which will end up being a smart thing later on down the line, even if it isn't helping us now. And the biggest thing, he is smart enough to know he is not the smartest guy on the planet, and to surround him with experts who are. He is not putting up with and exposing the b/ we are not finding out our supposed allies are/where doing behind our backs. And the biggest thing, he is not shoving cigars up interns in the oval office while he is supposed to be holding on the phone briefings with heads of other countries.
Re: Facts /opinions/plain old crap
You mean I can't call you a "knucklehead", Q?
hmph!!
Cheers.😀
P.M.S. Moses, revving up for some disasterous threads...those with a weak constitution should leave town for a while.
qjakal said:
You mean I can't call you a "knucklehead", Q?
hmph!!
Cheers.😀
P.M.S. Moses, revving up for some disasterous threads...those with a weak constitution should leave town for a while.
