A storm is coming

[kirk]

Alex Kirk to the rescue.

I'm having a custom Superman costume made, which will be worn while moderating these boards.

[stealthlol]

Alex Kirk to the rescue.

I'm having a custom Superman costume made, which will be worn while moderating these boards.

And by that, you mean you already own it and have been wearing it for quite some time...right?

[kirk]

And by that, you mean you already own it and have been wearing it for quite some time...right?

[AlopeX]

Alex Kirk to the rescue.

I'm having a custom Superman costume made, which will be worn while moderating these boards.

And by that, you mean you already own it and have been wearing it for quite some time...right?

he just has these... he's branching out now.

[unpro]

thank you for being reasonable kirk.

im not angry he was banned, im upset because you somehow think having him neg banned for having a different opinion than your friend who doesnt do anything to refute his opinion with factual evidence of his own - is the correct thing to do. everything Reh has posted i believe(i would have to go back through it all) has a basis in fact. nothing moosh or img have countered with have anything outside of opinion except the naval terminology and information on the fleet linked in that video.

i find it rather pathetic someone of your age isnt capable of reading a few paragraphs before damning a person or at least comming up with a reasonable retort to his argument.

[kirk]

I just can't stand the, "if you're not in the Army, you can't talk." I'm not in the NBA, either, am I allowed to say Lebron is a pretty good basketball player?

ThatsRight can be difficult to speak with, but honestly looking through his posts on this thread, he's conducted himself pretty reasonably until people started attacking him. I like moosh, he's a cool bro who likes to chill and I like to chill so naturally I like him for his chilling, but he didn't really refute anything that ThatsRight was saying. He wasn't refuting the main talking points with any sort of evidence, that is. Nor did img, obviously.

People disagree with him because his opinion goes against the status quo or what we've been taught in the public education system, but that doesn't mean he's worthy of being condemned or banned. That's not how intellectual discussions occur. He's brought forth his evidence, now refute it with counter-evidence. Or neg train him, in which case I'll just unban him again and your time will have been wasted!

[stealthlol]

thank you for being reasonable kirk.

im not angry he was banned, im upset because you somehow think having him neg banned for having a different opinion

He wasn't banned because he had different opinions. I negged him because he tried to make personal, plain and simple. I only got him to like -700 or 800, too. Not sure who hit the final thumbs down to ban him.

[ThatsRight]

Repeatedly stating that what someone has to say isn't important enough to read, saying it's useless, and saying it's nothing but a conspiracy (which implicitly is saying I'm "nuts"), despite hard evidence isn't disrespectful and personal? Mhhhm.

Anyways, thanks to Kirk, Stile, and Unpro for being reasonable.

Edit: and my reputation went from plus 150 today to over negative 1000, until it came back to -500. So, it wasn't a 100 point swing.

I just can't stand the, "if you're not in the Army, you can't talk." I'm not in the NBA, either, am I allowed to say Lebron is a pretty good basketball player?

It's horrible logic.

The military has become much like religion was at one time. Speaking out against it in ANY WAY is immediately shot down for "lack of support and patriotism". Heresy. Any action or amount of funding cannot be questioned. Stadiums have fly overs of roaring crowds. Kids are taught history a certain way at birth so they know nothing different and literally go every day of their youth pledging to the flag.

Even when the reality of it's that if someone broke it down and took all emotion out of it and called these actions "country X" people would look at the behavior and be embarrassed and disgusted by it.

I don't hate America, but many of the governments actions are IMPOSSIBLE to defend. If you actually loved the country as much as some of you claim, one would demand an end to it, rather than shouting down the people who actually speak out against the atrocities.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASUAEZdb-dw&t=6m52s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y_-50vkzNU&t=8m10s

[unpro]

i still find it weird im defending you.

[stealthlol]

Edit: and my reputation went from plus 150 today to over negative 1000, until it came back to -500. So, it wasn't a 100 point swing.

You were at -100, more or less, when I opened this thread. As I said, I put you down into the -700's or -800's. I think linus felt bad and brought you back to the -500's.