I see what the problem is, you can't read worth a fuck.
"This Mr. Coward accepts your apology"
Look again dumbass, there isn't an "apology", there's a statement made to look like an apology so your stupid ass will shut up and stop bothering him because you objected to something you weren't smart enough to read correctly. Like the "apology" that isn't there, moron.
"If only more/. threads ended so harmoniously.:)"
You mean with me calling you a fucking idiot? Yes, I wish that happened more often too, you fucking idiot.
Yes, these Jane Does sound like they feel entitled to ignore the first amendment.
FYP.
Threats with no credibility aren't a good enough excuse to trample on one of the most important rights we have. NO, shut the fuck up, save your stupid excuses, they all fail.
"Conveniently, Apple includes stickers in the Mac OS retail package, so you can stick an Apple label on whatever computer you want! : )"
Well, inconveniently for your moronic attempt at pedantry, that would not be an "Apple labeled" computer, that would be a computer with an Apple sticker on it.
You don't get to define "labeled" any way you want just because you're too stupid to understand that there is a legal definition that makes your argument worthless.
"Now who said anything about martial arts being a first option? Your statement is the FIRST statement saying anything about martial arts being a first option"
And? The point needed making, and nowhere did he claim someone else tried to say it was a first option, so why are you whining about it?
Or are you just too stupid to realize a debate is occurring here, and occasionally points that were not made IN THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE will be raised?
"Simply because buyers can find other things to listen to doesn't mean this isn't a monopoly"
Actually, moron, that's exactly what it means.
"Your argument amounts to "no one really wants this market anyway so why don't we let one company have the entire thing, you won't even notice, you can still buy iPods!"
No, idiot, you're just bad at thinking. His argument is "Audio entertainment is the market, and there are many other options". The fact that you're too stupid to see it changes nothing.
"I know, i'm the guilty party here, but this wasn't a conscious decision."
Yes it was.
"I did not come to the realization at some young[er] age that I could either embrace a technologically rich existence, or not."
You're 21 you fucking tool, that IS some younger age blah blah blah.
God damn, you stupid whiny fuck, put the phone away and live. Or alternately, keep blaming the fact that you're a loser on something other than your own loser decisions and keep on living as a loser.
"I completely blame this trend on the availability of information."
Of course you do, but no one cares because, just like an addict who blames the drug, we don't have much respect for douchebag losers who blame inanimate objects (or in your case, data) for the sum of choices you make.
Blame whoever you like twat, YOU are responsible. And yes, my language is harsh, but I don't suffer whiny losers like you very well, especially when they don't accept responsibility for their situation and claim impotence in changing it.
"I was under the impression that according to Godwin's law the discussion should end."
You were wrong, and yet you seemed so convinced you were right. That thing called "fact checking" could have helped you avoid making an ass of yourself.
"I guess that is just how many have interpreted it"
You were wrong, and yet you seemed so convinced you were right. That thing called "fact checking" could have helped you avoid making an ass of yourself.
"I think the fact that the world still talks about "the war," is an indication that we're still processing it's implications and discussions about it should be encouraged."
Then you should learn the difference between a discussion of the war and stupid comparisons to Nazis and Hitler. When you do, you won't have any more threads like this one where you make yourself look like a fucking idiot.
I'm not picking up dog shit. It's idiots like you who decided the appropriate place for dog shit was in a bag being toted around the city instead of on the fucking ground.
I don't handle shit. EVER. You don't like it? Great, but I don't care what the fuck you like.
It's not often you see someone so stupid that they think what might have been an accidental incident that resulted in the sinking of a ship is equivalent to a deliberate invasion with ground forces that come rolling through the streets.
Stop trying so hard, you sound like a fucking idiot.
You could be the stupidest person who has ever posted here.
"I'm supposed to care this makes it hard for some undercover to bust teenage pot smokers?"
Obviously you do, since it's you that said "undercover" would be busting. It's really funny to me that you're serious but your post reads like the worst kind of troll.
Kill yourself, and please don't breed before you do.
"you missed the Middle Ages when the Catholic Church wielded nearly the same power over Europe and launched 3 Holy Wars (Crusades) to free Jerusalem (even though they killed as many jews as arabs in the process)."
We all did, the Middle Ages ended 0ver 500 years ago. It says a lot about the weakness of your argument that the example you use comes from a time when none of what you discuss was unusual at all.
As to the Inquisition, well, how long ago was that? Right.
I really can't pretend to care about what you think if you're biased and deluded enough to see equivalence between things that occurred centuries ago and what Islam is doing today. It's exactly that kind of stupid equivocation that has allowed Islam to become the evil stain on humanity that it is.
But, because we're discussing Islam, and neither one of us has done it, the obligatory " But Islam is a religion of peace!"
"Why don't you post from your real account and prove me wrong?"
Done.
You're wrong.
And a fucking idiot besides. It was fun, however, making you chase me around and watching you insist I was Dave Schroeder, the whole time using the same idiotic justifications to support the "facts" you were so sure of.
Just so you know, using those same justifications on your other points makes you look just as stupid.
So, you're wrong. Are you done looking like a moron, or would you like to continue?
"And you don't have to use government sponsored healthcare."
[citation needed]
HINT: Yes, actually, under several of the policies YOU DO. On this point YOU ARE WRONG. And make absolutely no mistake, if government gets involved, you will be under their thumb, even if it is just as a result of government intrusion into a private industry and the inevitable imbalances that creates.
"If you skip HMO's"
Perhaps you should consider the possibility that there are options between nothing and an HMO.
If someone is going to claim I missed the point, then fail to make said point in their post, they failed. If they make a point which is totally mooted by an obvious problem in their logic, they fail.
There was no flamebait in that post, and you're a terrible moderator, and frankly, a coward.
"Thats not an economic relationship it's a bullying militaristic threat."
The fact that you can't see these as two ends of the same spectrum shows exactly why you're sitting at zero. The only thing obvious in your statement is your naivety.
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"They lie in their requirements, and I catch them out. Nothing happens. I can't even complain."
It looks like you're full of shit, as you seem to be complaining RIGHT FUCKING NOW.
I see what the problem is, you can't read worth a fuck.
"This Mr. Coward accepts your apology"
Look again dumbass, there isn't an "apology", there's a statement made to look like an apology so your stupid ass will shut up and stop bothering him because you objected to something you weren't smart enough to read correctly. Like the "apology" that isn't there, moron.
"If only more /. threads ended so harmoniously. :)"
You mean with me calling you a fucking idiot? Yes, I wish that happened more often too, you fucking idiot.
You != smart
FYP.
Threats with no credibility aren't a good enough excuse to trample on one of the most important rights we have. NO, shut the fuck up, save your stupid excuses, they all fail.
"Conveniently, Apple includes stickers in the Mac OS retail package, so you can stick an Apple label on whatever computer you want! : )"
Well, inconveniently for your moronic attempt at pedantry, that would not be an "Apple labeled" computer, that would be a computer with an Apple sticker on it.
You don't get to define "labeled" any way you want just because you're too stupid to understand that there is a legal definition that makes your argument worthless.
"Now who said anything about martial arts being a first option? Your statement is the FIRST statement saying anything about martial arts being a first option"
And? The point needed making, and nowhere did he claim someone else tried to say it was a first option, so why are you whining about it?
Or are you just too stupid to realize a debate is occurring here, and occasionally points that were not made IN THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE will be raised?
"Simply because buyers can find other things to listen to doesn't mean this isn't a monopoly"
Actually, moron, that's exactly what it means.
"Your argument amounts to "no one really wants this market anyway so why don't we let one company have the entire thing, you won't even notice, you can still buy iPods!"
No, idiot, you're just bad at thinking. His argument is "Audio entertainment is the market, and there are many other options". The fact that you're too stupid to see it changes nothing.
"I know, i'm the guilty party here, but this wasn't a conscious decision."
Yes it was.
"I did not come to the realization at some young[er] age that I could either embrace a technologically rich existence, or not."
You're 21 you fucking tool, that IS some younger age blah blah blah.
God damn, you stupid whiny fuck, put the phone away and live. Or alternately, keep blaming the fact that you're a loser on something other than your own loser decisions and keep on living as a loser.
"I completely blame this trend on the availability of information."
Of course you do, but no one cares because, just like an addict who blames the drug, we don't have much respect for douchebag losers who blame inanimate objects (or in your case, data) for the sum of choices you make.
Blame whoever you like twat, YOU are responsible. And yes, my language is harsh, but I don't suffer whiny losers like you very well, especially when they don't accept responsibility for their situation and claim impotence in changing it.
"They're just more informed, but through disinformation they're badly misinformed."
So why do you keep posting if you know you have a problem?
Good parents get the job done. Crap parents make excuses and pretend they're good reasons for being crap parents.
You just made excuses. Catch the hint.
A contract has value for the company. if you choose not to use one, they're entitled to make that up somewhere else.
You seem surprised that the phone companies aren't kowtowing to you just because you feel entitled to something.
"I was under the impression that according to Godwin's law the discussion should end."
You were wrong, and yet you seemed so convinced you were right. That thing called "fact checking" could have helped you avoid making an ass of yourself.
"I guess that is just how many have interpreted it"
You were wrong, and yet you seemed so convinced you were right. That thing called "fact checking" could have helped you avoid making an ass of yourself.
"I think the fact that the world still talks about "the war," is an indication that we're still processing it's implications and discussions about it should be encouraged."
Then you should learn the difference between a discussion of the war and stupid comparisons to Nazis and Hitler. When you do, you won't have any more threads like this one where you make yourself look like a fucking idiot.
"Only by the site persisting can people become educated as to its significance and then realize its worth."
http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bletchley_park'
Holy shit, I've been educated as to its significance and yet, I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE.
It's a place where a job was done, get the fuck over yourself.
I'm not picking up dog shit. It's idiots like you who decided the appropriate place for dog shit was in a bag being toted around the city instead of on the fucking ground.
I don't handle shit. EVER. You don't like it? Great, but I don't care what the fuck you like.
It's not often you see someone so stupid that they think what might have been an accidental incident that resulted in the sinking of a ship is equivalent to a deliberate invasion with ground forces that come rolling through the streets.
Stop trying so hard, you sound like a fucking idiot.
You could be the stupidest person who has ever posted here.
"I'm supposed to care this makes it hard for some undercover to bust teenage pot smokers?"
Obviously you do, since it's you that said "undercover" would be busting. It's really funny to me that you're serious but your post reads like the worst kind of troll.
Kill yourself, and please don't breed before you do.
"you missed the Middle Ages when the Catholic Church wielded nearly the same power over Europe and launched 3 Holy Wars (Crusades) to free Jerusalem (even though they killed as many jews as arabs in the process)."
We all did, the Middle Ages ended 0ver 500 years ago. It says a lot about the weakness of your argument that the example you use comes from a time when none of what you discuss was unusual at all.
As to the Inquisition, well, how long ago was that? Right.
I really can't pretend to care about what you think if you're biased and deluded enough to see equivalence between things that occurred centuries ago and what Islam is doing today. It's exactly that kind of stupid equivocation that has allowed Islam to become the evil stain on humanity that it is.
But, because we're discussing Islam, and neither one of us has done it, the obligatory " But Islam is a religion of peace!"
Methinks Muhammad doth protest too much.
"Why don't you post from your real account and prove me wrong?"
Done.
You're wrong.
And a fucking idiot besides. It was fun, however, making you chase me around and watching you insist I was Dave Schroeder, the whole time using the same idiotic justifications to support the "facts" you were so sure of.
Just so you know, using those same justifications on your other points makes you look just as stupid.
So, you're wrong. Are you done looking like a moron, or would you like to continue?
I didn't say
"instead of bitching about them and accomplishing nothing "
I said
"seek out solutions to our problems, instead of bitching about them and accomplishing nothing"
By MY logic, you should seek out solutions to your problems instead of making up spurious complaints and doing nothing.
You cherrypicking of my words is incredibly disingenuous and pathetic, and speaks to your willingness to lie in order to make your point.
"And you don't have to use government sponsored healthcare."
[citation needed]
HINT: Yes, actually, under several of the policies YOU DO. On this point YOU ARE WRONG. And make absolutely no mistake, if government gets involved, you will be under their thumb, even if it is just as a result of government intrusion into a private industry and the inevitable imbalances that creates.
"If you skip HMO's"
Perhaps you should consider the possibility that there are options between nothing and an HMO.
"Congratulations on finding a PPO."
FYP.
"Congratulations on using a medical savings account"
FYP. Again.
"We are not all willing to actually seek out solutions to our problems, instead of bitching about them and accomplishing nothing"
FYP. AGAIN.
"Why are we allowing HMOs and insurance companies to make healthcare choices?"
I'm not. I choose not to use one.
And your "points" evaporate into nothingness.
If someone is going to claim I missed the point, then fail to make said point in their post, they failed. If they make a point which is totally mooted by an obvious problem in their logic, they fail.
There was no flamebait in that post, and you're a terrible moderator, and frankly, a coward.
"Thats not an economic relationship it's a bullying militaristic threat."
The fact that you can't see these as two ends of the same spectrum shows exactly why you're sitting at zero. The only thing obvious in your statement is your naivety.
"It is that you can get involved, but just don't be a bunch of dicks."
And who gets to decide when dickery has occurred?
The Israelis? The Arabs? Ask them both and get back to me when they decide.
The Taiwanese? The Mainland Chinese? Ask them both and get back to me when there's a consensus.
And hopefully, you realize now why your point fails.