Warbler

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Warbler said:

It is clear this is marketed to feminists. ugh.

I didn’t get that out of it.

I am not sure how you could miss it.

LordZerome1080 said:

Warbler said:

It is clear this is marketed to feminists. ugh.

What’s wrong with that? Are you anti-feminist?

I am not what you would call anti-feminist, but I am not a feminist either.

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

I’m not sure what to think of the vow of celibacy thing. Being rather socially clumsy, it wasn’t uncommon for me to go two or three years without so much as a date (and this was not by choice). But never once did that cause me to have the slightest notion of taking advantage of a kid. I’m not sure that people take advantage of kids because they are sex-starved… I think they just are attracted to kids. Or does it depend on the person?

I’ve never had a date and it doesn’t make me want to take advantage of children. Nothing would make me do that stuff to a kid.

It is clear this is marketed to feminists. ugh.

Mike O said:

Hey, gang. I know I haven’t checked in for a while, and I’m not sure who cares or is interested, hopefully some of you do, but there have been some better days lately. The crisis of faith isn’t solved, but my doctor put me on Abilify, and it’s been a total godsend, no pun intended. It’s really helped with a lot of the anxiety and endless obsessive behavior. I’m not back to where I want to be, and never will be, in my opinion. But I’m doing much better in some regards, and I’m very grateful for that. There are some new problems with advancing my life now which I may discuss in the future, but I’m back in therapy and excercising again. Now I just need to start putting in some serious effort. I haven’t been keeping up with this thread, but hopefully, I’ve brought some good news to it. I’m not not as well as I’d like to be, but in some respects, I am better. And that’s a very good thing.

Good to hear from you, I am glad things are better for you. Good luck with the therapy and exercise. It’s nice to hear some good news.

RicOlie_2 said:

I am quite prepared to commit to celibacy, and would very much not want to marry and be a priest (waaay too much work, and the stress of having to devote oneself to both a family and a parish would be unbelievable).

The Pastor of my church seems to manage ok with both a family and the church to take care of.

Mrebo said:

Warb, I only have a half-eaten bag of marshmallows with which I defend my stamp collection. Actually I don’t have a stamp collection. Nor a gun. And the marshmallow bag is now empty.

I could have sworn at one point you said you had a gun.

I recommend the Universal Horror classics Dracula, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein. I also like some of the early Hammer horror films.

Well I hope everything turns out for the best.

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

At first I wasn’t sure whether I thought the police brutality thread was appropriate. Then I got to thinking, what if someone started a thread chronicling “North Korean police brutality”. I doubt anyone here would object. Why then couldn’t we accept a discussion on police brutality elsewhere, such as here? So, I think the topic is fine.

1. It was the wording of the original title of the thread that I objected to. The original title was “American Police and their crimes against humanity”. What if a thread were created with the title “X and their crimes against humanity” (and replace X with any racial, religious, ethnic, or any other group you could think of)? Would that be acceptable?

2. Cases are being presented in that thread as if it is fact that they are cases of police brutality when it may just be opinion that there are.

oojason said:

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‘At every University of Iowa football game, at the end of the first quarter, everyone turns around and waves to the patients at the Children’s Hospital next to the stadium’…

More pics here - https://imgur.com/gallery/EHS3RWN
 

That is a nice thing they do.

What a fraud Serena Williams is.

“You may have thought that was coaching but I’m telling you it’s not. I don’t cheat to win. I’d rather lose.”

““You owe me an apology,” she told the referee. “I have never cheated in my life. I have a daughter and I stand for what’s right for her. I’ve never cheated, and you owe me an apology. You will never do another one of my matches.””

Then her coach admits that he was indeed trying to coach her. Don’t try to tell me that Williams didn’t know about it. A coach isn’t going to try to send signals to a player who isn’t looking for them and wouldn’t know what the signals meant (and the player wouldn’t be looking for them and wouldn’t know what they meant if they didn’t plan it ahead of time).

If male players get away with what she did, that needs to be fixed by punishing the male players that do the same thing, not by allowing Williams to get away with it.

ChainsawAsh said:

What? No, going for long (several hours long) walks is more or less a hobby of hers, and she’s gone over to that town a few times in recent months to do so. It just so happened that this time she lost her phone and the keys to the car she took to drive there. It’s not like she deliberately got rid of the phone and keys.

The only reason I freaked out so much was the fact that I got a text from her phone from a cop saying they found the phone but nothing about her, so I thought something might have happened to her. Apparently that wasn’t the case.

Still have to properly talk to her about it today and make sure that nothing actually happened beyond losing a few things and getting stuck in another town, though. Also not sure how/if/when she got back home, but she’s been active on Facebook since I heard from her last night. I’ll know more when I get home from work.

I am glad she is safe.

Is your car safe?

If I were I would act under the assumption that the keys fell into the wrong hands, better safe than sorry. Whatever keys were with your car keys, I would change those locks and see about getting the locks on your car changed(unless it is ridiculously expensive).

SilverWook said:

On a side note, has anyone had any signs of disc rot with your Criterion DVD’s? I have one that is very discolored at this point, but plays with no issues. Not sure if it’s dual layer or not.

I don’t think any of the Criterion movies I have on DVD or Blu Ray have had this problem, yet.

I have the following of the Criterion Collection:

King of Kings (silent version) DVD *

Seven Samurai DVD

Gojira(Godzilla) Blu Ray

The Last Emperor Blu Ray

Stagecoach Blu Ray

Paths of Glory Blu Ray

12 Angry Men Blu Ray

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Blu Ray

A Night to Remember Blu Ray

*I guess you could say it is mine, inherited from my father.

I wouldn’t punch a nazi unless in self defense or defense of others (or unless I really totally lost my temper with one), but I just might be conveniently looking the other way when someone does punch a nazi and would have to testify that I didn’t see it.

I suppose “A Chronicle of American Police Brutality” as title for the thread in question will have to do. I still won’t be posting in that thread, but I won’t object to the thread title anymore.

Mrebo said:

There are “plenty of examples” of bad acts arguably being justified by the result. Whether they were “necessary” is generally only arguable. And I wager engaging in violence to defeat “dangerous people” more likely made things worse most of the time. There are the times when not engaging in violence was tremendously effective, most notably as led by Gandhi and by MLK Jr, which weighs heavily against the idea that violence is “necessary.”

Sometimes violence is necessary, like in self defense. Also WWII, Hitler had to be stopped. Mrebo, don’t you have gun for self defense and defense for your home?

I’ve seen Birth of a Nation. It is just about the most racist movie in film history. It does glorify the KKK. The KKK are the heroes of the story. Every black character is played by a white guy in blackface. Just about every stereotype of black people can be found in it. It is also probably true that it is the first blockbuster in film history. It makes Song of the South look progressive.

I suppose. But why not just include multiple audio tracks and make everyone happy?

I hope that is what they would do, give people the choice.

Mrebo said:

Collipso: supporting violence against people who hold controversial/offensive/wrong views is wrong.

Nonetheless, I find it difficult to lose any sleep over the guy being fined just $1 for punching the neo-nazi.

Jeebus said:

This is hilarious.

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/645177784/jury-fines-man-1-for-punching-charlottesville-rally-organizer

SilverWook said:

Mods have lives, mostly. Contrary to popular belief, we don’t see every thread/post on here. Not to mention a mod just retired. That thread is now being discussed among the remaining staff, so keep your powder dry.

Very well. Thank you for at least discussing it. I will keep my powder dry.

Now I wish to address why I lost my temper and went off. While I agree there is no justification, there is explanation. I was pushed to the edge. I was falsely accused of opposing any protest that “ruffles peoples’ feathers”, and of worshiping the flag. I was falsely accused of putting order and etiquette ahead of justice. I was falsely accused of being nationalistic. Just about the worst was being falsely accused of using children of soldiers that made the ultimate sacrifice as a shield. (the only reason I posted those pics was to show how the flag isn’t just a piece of cloth, not to use them as a shield). I was very offended by that. I was falsely accused of not being a patriot and being unAmerican. These assumptions were all made by someone that barely knows me or anything about me. Anyone that wants to tell me that I don’t get grief for my position on the protests during the National Anthem, I will quote the posts from this debate. What was said, hurt, and it got to me. I had finally had enough of the rude insulting and disrespectful treatment and I lost my temper. Despite what that person thinks, I am not the terrible person he thinks I am.

Yes, I deserved my ban. But I am not the only one that crossed the line. I consider the above a rude and dirty and low and insulting way to debate(bully?), and I refuse to engage with that person again.

I see that the person in question has continued to cross the line with a very offensive thread title about cops. I refuse to post in that thread. If someone wants to create thread to talk about all the cop shootings and which are justified and which aren’t and to talk about the state of our policing and what is good and bad and what needs to be changed, that is fine. But to name the thread what it was named is wrong and offensive. I can only imagine how Ferris would react if he saw it. What about new members that might come along that happen to be cops? I am disappointed that Jay and the mods allowed it.

Thanks 😃