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twooffour

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#528466
Topic
How did you imagine The Star Wars Prequels before they came out?
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SteveE said:

In a way it's a shame we all have to grow up really. But then you watch films like The Matrix or any other film you fervently enjoyed in the past 10 years and you think "well if I enjoyed them, why didnt I enjoy the prequels" but thats maybe because it took you completely by suprise. 

Maybe I got your point wrong or something, but I think the Matrix is objectively an incomparably better film than the prequels.

A lot, a LOT of elements in that film appear cheesy, hamfisted or ridiculous when the "whoa" hype is gone, sure, but it's just AMAZING. I love it.

:D

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#527865
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Religion
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(An unrelated post about something I'd just thought of:)

The "problem" of the Trinity never really bothered me that much, to be honest.
A person could be said to be "split" in a way, whenever there is a change in attitude, personality or whatever the person happens to remember at the given moment.
Then there are actual multiple personality disorders, as well as lots of SF thought experiments about "hive minds" etc..


Simply never bothered me as that Great Mystery or Great Absurdity, as it does some.
But whatever.

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#527855
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The Atheism thread
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Ironically, I partially share this sentiment with those Fundies.
Don't worry about that Fundie, by the way - they usually claim that all atheists and doubters are children of Satan, so that was a pretty mild one in comparison.

I simply think that a lot of people who claim to be agnostics, may actually not realize how close their views are to weak atheism.
There seems to be this common misconception that atheism is "there is no God; full-stop" - so expressing uncertainty is called agnisticism.

Truth is, as soon as you concede that there is no reason to believe in any Gods, and no religion is more valid than the hundreds of others, and that their claims may only be true on a speculative basis... you've bridged the gap to atheism.
If you consider theistic viewpoints more plausible or relevant than that, then I guess you're agnostic...

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=af_agnostics

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#527842
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How many posts till this thread gets locked?
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This is getting more and more ludicrous.

No, sorry; my posts in the Religion thread were perfectly civil, and dare I say, respectful.
There was NO REASON AT ALL for you to lash out like this - your anger issues and hypersensitivity are to blame, nothing else.

You got irritated over a normal, reasonable discussion. I have nothing to reconsider there.

So go on, keep me on ignore so you won't have to read anything that challenges your arguments. I honestly don't give one - just spare me with this drama.

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#527777
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How many posts till this thread gets locked?
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Bingowings said:

If you say so.

But it is clearly an observable phenomenon that your posts frequently generate chocolate colared waves.

If people are so upset by what you type (regardless of what you think about it) it makes sense that they switch you off.

I will not because nine times out of ten I can filter out anything you post that might rub me up the wrong way.

Well, I absolutely don't care about people switching me off if they want to, maybe because that way I actually don't notice anything.
What I objected against were his silly accusations and complaints, not "switching off" (as he's obviously yet to do that).

For the record, yes, some of my other posts HAVE been gruffly in tone. I could at least understand why they would rub their target the wrong way.

But most clearly not in this case, as anyone reading my posts in the "religion" thread can see.

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#527764
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How many posts till this thread gets locked?
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Bingowings said:

I hate to come across as a stooge but it doesn't look like twooffour is ever going to self moderate what he posts so why don't you just ignore what he is posting if it annoys you so much?

The funny thing is, none of my posts in that thread actually was any rude, offensive, actively disrespectful, or anything of that sort.

The only true reason he's annoyed is because I challenged his arguments / beliefs.
Read the previous sentence a few more times unil the implications set in :)

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#527752
Topic
Religion
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CP3S said:

the wind said:

People age differently. The end.

Sure, but the girl in that picture was nowhere in the ballpark of 5 years old.

Regardless of the age of the girl in the earlier picture, she looks like she could be twelve, which makes you finding her hot a bit icky.

Well, she looked more like 16-18 to me, and from experience, she could very well be.

You know, it's only for so long until irrationally obsessing over others' supposed perversions starts looking suspicious (or at least ludicrous) by itself.
I'd suggest now as the moment for you to quit ;)

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#527746
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How many posts till this thread gets locked?
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Look, twooffour, "You started it" [one of his comebacks in the religion thread] is not exactly becoming of someone we assume is educated beyond third grade.



Zig tunes in. Addresses my comment. Then says "I'll ignore you based on my pledge".
The pledge was made in an earlier flamewar trainwreck. He brings it up. I respond. He started it. The end.


And how can you claim to be on some kind of higher moral ground when a slight comment is made about not wanting to respond to you, and then you feel the need to disproportionally retaliate with yet another long-winded explanation of how you are so logical and intelligent and too high above us to be so immature and emotional?



What the FUCK? Are you living in some parallel universe or something?

1. You make a bunch of argument on a topic. I adddress them.
2. You imply that I somehow bring hostility into a peaceful thread, which is why you'd prefer not to respond to me. Even though I actually haven't done anything of the sort.

So if addressing false accusations and on-topic arguments counts as "lecture/rant/retaliation about how intelligent one is", maybe you should stay out of internet discussions.


If the problem is not you but rather the rest of us, leave here and go sign up for Mensa.  I'm sure they would appreciate your superior intellect, and I promise you would not be terribly missed here.



All I do is post a few comments in your thread, and you have to start the "who is the problem, who is more intelligent" crap again? Why do you have to do this?







You simply cannot handle "the truth.  This is called cognitive dissonance.  I see NO reason to be civil with you when you are "dead wrong."  When one is intellectually superior and, uses IMPERVIOUS logic to PROVE you wrong, you simply cannot handle it.  It comes from, being delusional.



Alright, alright, pal, stop right there.

The problem here is transparently obvious: you perceive challenges and direct criticisms of religious ideas as offensive and aggressive. That's it, there's nothing more to that.

There wasn't a SINGLE SENTENCE in my posts on the "Religion" thread that were somehow aggressive or "uncivil" - but to you, the mere insinuation that a religious belief may *gasp* be based on delusion or cognitive dissonance or ignorance, already counts as offense.

If you think you're being wrongly accused of delusion, why not MAKE A COUNTER-ARGUMENT.
And if you can't be bothered to do that but would rather prefer to cry and complain about "uncivil" treatment... as I said, keep out of discussions if you're so hyper-sensitive.

 

 

As I said, you are an ignoramus, and if you cannot write a lengthy essay to prove me wrong, I remain "right," and back to you and stick like glue, so THERE.  In fact, as long as I'm the last one to comment, even if my comments are full of fallacious holes, I am still right by default.



Yes, that's how a debate is supposed to work. Thanks for summing up!

 

If you can't be bothered to "write a lengthy essay" to point out those "fallacious holes", then you're not prepared to partake in a discussion and should stay out of it.
And you really shouldn't be tossing EMPTY ACCUSATIONS about there being fallacious holes.

How obvious does that have to be?? Let's see those "fallacious holes". PLEASE. I'm waiting.


Actually, civil liberties have not been completely resolved.  There are still serious race and sex "related" disparities.  And by out of hand, I assuming you are implying that all Darks are looking for, "handouts".  Since you are uneducated, you are more prone to racism, so it's "obvious" that you would make such a blatantly BIGOTED stateMENT.



It's hard for me to even comprehend what you're saying here, but where did I accuse you of bigotry?




No. The simple truth is, you make a thread about religion, while being religious yourself, and get exaggeratedly offended by a guy making simple arguments. Don't try to make it into anything other than what it is.

Congratulations on falling into the "I'm religious. Any challenges to my beliefs will be perceived as intrusive; any criticisms of my beliefs will be perceived as harsh; any harsh criticisms as rudeness; and any rudeness as fascism and persecution" stereotype.

You start a dicussion thread. Instead of tolerating or addressing arguments made in this discussion thread, you prefer to whine and complain about arguments contrary to your views, and shift the blame on the others.
Instead of maintaining what you call a "civil on-topic discussion", you prefer to disregard the on-topic substance, and turn it into yet another childish pissing contest.
So who's the problem here, what do you think?

You behave like a 10 year old, and as a result you won't be taken seriously, and don't earn any respect.
Welcome to reality.