thank god i wasn't alone about..... wait, incoming msg

Hey, I don't think that is a fair comment.

In fact, I really appreciated that shiny attempted to take a conversation that was devolving into a two person confrontation out of the comment stream. That is new for shiny, and I think he should be applauded for the attempt rather than ridiculed.

I say good on shiny.



>> ^Deano:

>> ^VoodooV:
@shinyblurry
I don't think you even read my post, which is another reason someone might feel compelled to downvote you. What's you're doing now is the equivalent of covering your ears and going LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALAA"
I'd be willing to argue at this point that religion has VERY little to do with why people downvote you.
shiny's got the five D's down pat: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge!

He's getting his arse kicked again in a public forum and would rather it not go any further ("msg me with a topic ").

>> ^VoodooV:

@shinyblurry
I don't think you even read my post, which is another reason someone might feel compelled to downvote you. What's you're doing now is the equivalent of covering your ears and going LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALAA"
I'd be willing to argue at this point that religion has VERY little to do with why people downvote you.
shiny's got the five D's down pat: dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge!


He's getting his arse kicked again in a public forum and would rather it not go any further ("msg me with a topic ").

As I said, if you want to msg me, we can discuss this further. I've posted many reasons why I said what I did, if you don't want to accept them at face value that's your choice.

>> ^VoodooV:

unless you can read minds or they specifically state "I downvote because I hate religion" you can't judge intent that way.
But you're missing the point. It matters not what topic you discuss, if you commit a logical fallacy, people won't respect you and guess what, they're more likely to downvote you here.
understanding and avoiding logical fallacies is like...debate and discourse 101.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy
Funny thing is, the article on fallacies is one of the few things that both Wikipedia and Conservapedia agree on, both articles appear accurate. Of course, Conservapedia's examples are radically different
What I see you (and bobknight) do a lot is commit the "appeal to belief" fallacy.
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-belief.html
you can believe whatever you want to believe, but when you pass your belief off as fact in the public arena without anything to back it up, you lose any credibility you may have earned.
>> ^shinyblurry:
I gave proof in the thread, most notably the 18 discarded posts I have. I'm not going to debate religion with you here. If you want to debate me, then msg me and pick a topic.
>> ^VoodooV:
see here we go with more fallacies.
"People downvote for ideological reasons (they hate religion)"
This is an untrue statement. Unless you've developed some mind reading abilities that I'm not aware of, you simply cannot know why people downvote.
You forget the most simple reason of all: Religion has zero basis in fact and/or reason, therefore it has zero grounds to be treated with any authority. especially in matters of public government."
If you're going to claim they just do it because of hate, you better: 1) back that up with actual evidence and arguments. and 2) ask yourself the very simple question: "If they do hate religion, do they have a good reason why?"
I'd be willing to bet the kids molested by priests can think of a view VERY GOOD reasons's why.

unless you can read minds or they specifically state "I downvote because I hate religion" you can't judge intent that way.

But you're missing the point. It matters not what topic you discuss, if you commit a logical fallacy, people won't respect you and guess what, they're more likely to downvote you here.

understanding and avoiding logical fallacies is like...debate and discourse 101.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy

Funny thing is, the article on fallacies is one of the few things that both Wikipedia and Conservapedia agree on, both articles appear accurate. Of course, Conservapedia's examples are radically different

What I see you (and bobknight) do a lot is commit the "appeal to belief" fallacy.

http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-belief.html

you can believe whatever you want to believe, but when you pass your belief off as fact in the public arena without anything to back it up, you lose any credibility you may have earned.

>> ^shinyblurry:

I gave proof in the thread, most notably the 18 discarded posts I have. I'm not going to debate religion with you here. If you want to debate me, then msg me and pick a topic.
>> ^VoodooV:
see here we go with more fallacies.
"People downvote for ideological reasons (they hate religion)"
This is an untrue statement. Unless you've developed some mind reading abilities that I'm not aware of, you simply cannot know why people downvote.
You forget the most simple reason of all: Religion has zero basis in fact and/or reason, therefore it has zero grounds to be treated with any authority. especially in matters of public government."
If you're going to claim they just do it because of hate, you better: 1) back that up with actual evidence and arguments. and 2) ask yourself the very simple question: "If they do hate religion, do they have a good reason why?"
I'd be willing to bet the kids molested by priests can think of a view VERY GOOD reasons's why.

I gave proof in the thread, most notably the 18 discarded posts I have. I'm not going to debate religion with you here. If you want to debate me, then msg me and pick a topic.

>> ^VoodooV:

see here we go with more fallacies.
"People downvote for ideological reasons (they hate religion)"
This is an untrue statement. Unless you've developed some mind reading abilities that I'm not aware of, you simply cannot know why people downvote.
You forget the most simple reason of all: Religion has zero basis in fact and/or reason, therefore it has zero grounds to be treated with any authority. especially in matters of public government."
If you're going to claim they just do it because of hate, you better: 1) back that up with actual evidence and arguments. and 2) ask yourself the very simple question: "If they do hate religion, do they have a good reason why?"
I'd be willing to bet the kids molested by priests can think of a view VERY GOOD reasons's why.

MSG, don't forget that Doritos has MSG.. mmmm

(useless comment) i'm going for the galaxy, my wife has the ipad2 which I don't favor too much. Ipad mannerisms drive me nuts. I have the galaxy phone right now, I talk to it all the time for dialing, finding businesses, writing text msgs etc. I am not sure about the 10" or the next 7.7" OLED model. Samsung has evidently wrapped the android interface in their own thing as well. It is more like a wrapper than an Apple prison though.

Could be more IRC-ish

/msg <user> <message> would work

Hell, rewriting the chat to be more like or ever setting up an IRC server.

I'm blankfist, statist.

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
Did you de-friend me on FB? What's all this about? I'm getting msgs from ppl telling me you're mad at me?

I DID realize just over the past 24 hours that M----D----- was not blankfist as previously thought, but come on I cant be expected to keep track of all of all these user names. Sorry if I sent any misdirected flak your way. Let me know what's what so I can clear up what I meant to say to who.

I do remember a comment about putting a bullet in your head after you said something to the effect of "Who cares about one less dead person in the world" but that was rhetorical of course.

I'll msg him now, idk why he would be though :-/

What's all this about? why didnt he just msg me?
In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
Dude...QM is mad at you for some reason

Double down!

In reply to this comment by JiggaJonson:
someone private msg me when this is no longer promoted and I'll double down

someone private msg me when this is no longer promoted and I'll double down

>> ^NordlichReiter:

It's a shame that this sort of heroism is needed, in such wasteful wars.


a shame? i bet that couch yer sittin on is comfortable. a shame? spoken like a true keyboard patriot. a shame? say what you will about the vietnam conflict, but acts carried out by men like MSG Benavidez show what embodies the human spirit: courage, vigilance, tenacity, intestinal fortitude, selfless service, and integrity in the face of crippling fear and certain death.

what's really shameful is that you would hold an act of personal sacrifice such as this in contempt so that you may add relevance to your political commentary

Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag. (show it anyway)

I learned to love mayonaise on pizza in Japan. jaga-mayo (potato mayo) pizza was my favorite. Japanese mayonaise is a completely different beast than the western "salad cream" style stuff. I think it's the MSG that makes it taste so good - and high fat content.