"Unfortunately, since language is so powerful in molding minds, we lose a lot when a language dies."
Like what? I've seen you and several others say this, then wave their hands about and move on as though the case were made and decided.
WTF is this "a lot" that we are supposedly losing?
"We lose profound knowledge about a culture and the way it sees the world."
NO, we don't. We lose a tool that those people used to describe the world, but you're making the absolutely ungrounded assumption that the toll they're using is somehow necessary, or better, than other tool that they will have available.
What kind of world do you live in where knowledge is dependent on the tool used to transfer it?
Again, you, like all the other have waved your hands, insisted diversity was desirable without an iota of supporting evidence, then acted as though the matter is closed.
To be fair, it doesn't sound as culturally important as you're making it sound either.
I have yet to hear a single argument that isn't based on some vague "losing diversity" idea, with people assuming that diversity is definitely good in regards to language.
I suppose if you stopped playing your part I'd have no reason t play mine.
Go away!
"from the man with an even higher rate of unmodded posts than i, a true compliment"
Evidence in black and white that you're an imbecile. You'd have to be pretty fucking stupid to think that moderation has anything at all to do with post content.
So again, thanks for confirming you're an idiot, I knew it but now it's in print forever.
"Thompson, a Miami-based attorney, has been a high-profile crusader against video games and their alleged negative influence on children for some time now, but gained new notoriety in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings earlier this month for being quick to point fingers at gaming as a root cause of the massacre. He alleged in the court complaint that the commentary from Kotaku readers began to emerge "within mere minutes" of an appearance he made on the Fox News Channel"
That took two seconds to search for.
Anyhting else you want me to show you you're wrong about?
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"Holy crap dude. You're an idiot. Or 12. Or both."
All of the above, and right too.
So what does that say about you and the other loser who got manhandled by a 12 year old idiot?
By the way, nice of you to man up and put your name to that post. It's exactly what I'd expect from you after I crushed your stupid points about this and proved you're a liar.
"Red herring. Straw man. False comparison. Poisoning the well."
I don't understand why you'd summarize your posts since I've already read them.
As to what you said, it is both wrong and idiotic. I would expect that from one such as you, based on your pseudo-intellectual attempts to denounce me.
I guess that's what is to be expected from your kind when you get out debated.
Like I did to you, and him, and all the other people who think being stupid and lying is a substitute for facta and reason.
As an aside, I've never seen you post anything worth reading, ever. Nice of you to keep the streak going.
You know, I wrote out a well crafted reply exposing why you're wrong, but I left out an important point that I was eager to share.
You're a fucking idiot. Your reasoning on this matter is moronic, and calling my post absolute bullshit only reinforces how much of an imbecile you are.
"It's a fact that the only people that still take Jack Thompson seriously have no influence to do anything. "
I think the people who put him on TV would disagree (and be right).
"Jack Thompson is not a realistic threat."
I think the robots who get their information from TV would disagree.
You can claim whatever you like, as soon as his sorry ass shows up on TV, he's a realistic threat.
Ad saying "nuh uh" like you have is just putting your head in the sand.
"The sooner we ignore Jack Thompson as we should"
Which was my entire point, which you seem to have failed to comprehend. He is not being ignored by mass media so until that changes, he must be rebutted.
And again, saying "nuh uh" is both wrong and foolish.
"The guy is mentally ill, is not in any way a policymaker and the only reason why he keeps getting attention here and from the gam3r media is that they think it's amusing to kick around a mentally incompetent person."
No, the reason he gets attention is because he's trying to infringe on our rights and has enough power to be dangerous.
If he was some nut screaming on a street corner, we'd ignore him, but he shows up on MSNBC, so he needs to be rebutted.
"Now, contrast this with New York City-- the fact that there's no rail connection between the airports and downtown comes across as pretty ghetto and low-rent."
That's wrong.
"JFK is connected to New York's subway and commuter rail system by the AirTrain. AirTrain stops at all terminals, car rental lots, and two subway stations."
"Obviously the kind that realises that just because they may be wrong about one thing, doesn't mean that everything else they say is wrong because of it."
Well, since I didn't make that claim, that makes you an idiot also.
"How are you meant to discuss the topics at hand if everyone just said "you are completely wrong" and provided little to no evidence why."
Well, since I didn't do THAT either, that makes you an idiot^2.
Also, I couldn't care less about your opinion, and why you have time to waste commenting on my comment of a troll mod is beyond me, but thanks for the opportunity to tell someone off, that made my morning.
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"Unfortunately, since language is so powerful in molding minds, we lose a lot when a language dies."
Like what? I've seen you and several others say this, then wave their hands about and move on as though the case were made and decided.
WTF is this "a lot" that we are supposedly losing?
"We lose profound knowledge about a culture and the way it sees the world."
NO, we don't. We lose a tool that those people used to describe the world, but you're making the absolutely ungrounded assumption that the toll they're using is somehow necessary, or better, than other tool that they will have available.
What kind of world do you live in where knowledge is dependent on the tool used to transfer it?
Again, you, like all the other have waved your hands, insisted diversity was desirable without an iota of supporting evidence, then acted as though the matter is closed.
That never happened.
"That joke was neither ignorant nor racist."
Isn't that what all the ignorant racists say?
"Lots of information is recorded in the dying ones"
So what? The information still exists, it's only the language that described it that is disappearing.
The information doesn't disappear.
To be fair, it doesn't sound as culturally important as you're making it sound either.
I have yet to hear a single argument that isn't based on some vague "losing diversity" idea, with people assuming that diversity is definitely good in regards to language.
And you seem to want to be wrong and moronic.
I suppose if you stopped playing your part I'd have no reason t play mine.
Go away!
"from the man with an even higher rate of unmodded posts than i, a true compliment"
Evidence in black and white that you're an imbecile. You'd have to be pretty fucking stupid to think that moderation has anything at all to do with post content.
So again, thanks for confirming you're an idiot, I knew it but now it's in print forever.
How fucking stupid are you that you keep posting replies I still don't bother reading?
I mean, I enjoy dressing your idiot ass down, so this is recreation, but what kind of loser has the time to take such an ass whipping?
Oh, your particular kind of loser does.
Lick my nutsack you fucking loser, I love watching you waste modpoints on me.
Just not the kind most people think.
If people are falling asleep at work, and not getting enough sleep, they need to do a better job with their sleep hygiene.
Laziness in dealing with one's health issues is still laziness.
How fucking stupid are you that you keep posting replies I don't bother reading?
God why are you such an imbecile?
You claim he's not on Fox news, I show you're lying, and then you change your claims and avoid admitting I proved you were a liar.
You're pretty fucking pathetic.
"Also, I couldn't care less about your opinion"
I still don't think you read that part before you wasted your time composing yet another reply I'll never read.
"I haven't seen him on FOX News (which I watch several hours a day)"
Then you're lying or you don't watch as much as you claim.
http://www.news.com/8300-10784_3-7-0.html?keyword=jack+thompson
"Thompson, a Miami-based attorney, has been a high-profile crusader against video games and their alleged negative influence on children for some time now, but gained new notoriety in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings earlier this month for being quick to point fingers at gaming as a root cause of the massacre. He alleged in the court complaint that the commentary from Kotaku readers began to emerge "within mere minutes" of an appearance he made on the Fox News Channel"
That took two seconds to search for.
Anyhting else you want me to show you you're wrong about?
"Holy crap dude. You're an idiot. Or 12. Or both."
All of the above, and right too.
So what does that say about you and the other loser who got manhandled by a 12 year old idiot?
By the way, nice of you to man up and put your name to that post. It's exactly what I'd expect from you after I crushed your stupid points about this and proved you're a liar.
"Red herring.
Straw man.
False comparison.
Poisoning the well."
I don't understand why you'd summarize your posts since I've already read them.
As to what you said, it is both wrong and idiotic. I would expect that from one such as you, based on your pseudo-intellectual attempts to denounce me.
I guess that's what is to be expected from your kind when you get out debated.
Like I did to you, and him, and all the other people who think being stupid and lying is a substitute for facta and reason.
As an aside, I've never seen you post anything worth reading, ever. Nice of you to keep the streak going.
You know, I wrote out a well crafted reply exposing why you're wrong, but I left out an important point that I was eager to share.
You're a fucking idiot. Your reasoning on this matter is moronic, and calling my post absolute bullshit only reinforces how much of an imbecile you are.
There, now just combine the two posts.
"It's a fact that the only people that still take Jack Thompson seriously have no influence to do anything. "
I think the people who put him on TV would disagree (and be right).
"Jack Thompson is not a realistic threat."
I think the robots who get their information from TV would disagree.
You can claim whatever you like, as soon as his sorry ass shows up on TV, he's a realistic threat.
Ad saying "nuh uh" like you have is just putting your head in the sand.
"The sooner we ignore Jack Thompson as we should"
Which was my entire point, which you seem to have failed to comprehend. He is not being ignored by mass media so until that changes, he must be rebutted.
And again, saying "nuh uh" is both wrong and foolish.
"Face it: The U.S. is broke."
And yet we can find money for the war.
Face it, you're an idiot. And so is the retard who modded me down
"but you're not willing to finance a constant presence in space"
Fixed that for you.
This has nothing to do with ability and everything to do with desire.
"The guy is mentally ill, is not in any way a policymaker and the only reason why he keeps getting attention here and from the gam3r media is that they think it's amusing to kick around a mentally incompetent person."
No, the reason he gets attention is because he's trying to infringe on our rights and has enough power to be dangerous.
If he was some nut screaming on a street corner, we'd ignore him, but he shows up on MSNBC, so he needs to be rebutted.
"Also, I couldn't care less about your opinion"
I still don't think you read that part before you wasted your time composing another reply I'll never read.
"So you consider Jamaica in Queens "Downtown"?"
No, I consider access to the subway access to downtown.
And that's because, well, it is.
"Now, contrast this with New York City-- the fact that there's no rail connection between the airports and downtown comes across as pretty ghetto and low-rent."
That's wrong.
"JFK is connected to New York's subway and commuter rail system by the AirTrain. AirTrain stops at all terminals, car rental lots, and two subway stations."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_International_Airport#Rail
Yet another person taking shots at Americans while getting the facts wrong.
"Also, I couldn't care less about your opinion"
I don't think you read that part before you wasted your time composing a reply I'll never read.
"Obviously the kind that realises that just because they may be wrong about one thing, doesn't mean that everything else they say is wrong because of it."
Well, since I didn't make that claim, that makes you an idiot also.
"How are you meant to discuss the topics at hand if everyone just said "you are completely wrong" and provided little to no evidence why."
Well, since I didn't do THAT either, that makes you an idiot^2.
Also, I couldn't care less about your opinion, and why you have time to waste commenting on my comment of a troll mod is beyond me, but thanks for the opportunity to tell someone off, that made my morning.