SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Pastimes
THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
An SI Board Since February 2002
Posts SubjectMarks Bans
21057 16 0
Emcee:  Peter Dierks Type:  Moderated
Previous 100 | Next 100 | View Recent | Post Message
Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):
ReplyMessage PreviewFromRecsPosted
10733<i> It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warniLazarus_Long-4/25/2002
10732No, I was making general posts. Sorry for the confusion.....Neocon-4/25/2002
10731You're preaching to the choir.Lazarus_Long-4/25/2002
10730That's the best justification of the word I've heard. A few more like thTom Clarke-4/25/2002
10729The following brief list of quotations from Talmudic literature clarify the attiNeocon-4/25/2002
10728<i>I think we can become impatient with silly ideas but still be tolerant.Lane3-4/25/2002
10727This has something to do with me? Do you have me confused with Evile ?Lazarus_Long-4/25/2002
10726CLAIM "We beg Thee, O Lord, inflict Thy wrath on the nations not believingNeocon-4/25/2002
10725I think we can become impatient with silly ideas but still be tolerant...Tom Clarke-4/25/2002
10724This reminds me of the question of whether one can be both a tolerant person andLane3-4/25/2002
10723Thank you for stating your views on this, Marie. :-)Poet-4/25/2002
10722Marie-- Being an occasional imbiber myself, I know the feeling of posting thingRambi-4/25/2002
10721I guess it's a wash....Tom Clarke-4/25/2002
10720A fraction of the populace embraces them and another fraction heaps opprobrium Tom Clarke-4/25/2002
10719Poet, my post to Rambi was not a response to anything she might have said to J.Cmaried.-4/25/2002
10718Big Brother is eWatching You! seattletimes.nwsource.comLazarus_Long-4/25/2002
10717<i>I do regret the sense of otherness that the creation of the word has caLane3-4/25/2002
10716You mean the distinction between those who respect and embrace homosexuals and tPoet-4/25/2002
10715Rambi...I addressed my post to you specifically last night (and not the substancmaried.-4/25/2002
10714I do regret the sense of otherness that the creation of the word has caused....Tom Clarke-4/25/2002
10713Yeah you're right. Again.Tom Clarke-4/25/2002
10712Good point, Solon.Poet-4/25/2002
10711I'm no academic and I've heard the word used for years. There's notPoet-4/25/2002
10710<i><b>ISRAEL TO CREATE "PEACE THROUGH BLOODSHED" </b>thames_sider-4/25/2002
10709Good one. You crack me up!!Lane3-4/25/2002
10708Really. All it means is to "stand under". But people seem to have inSolon-4/25/2002
10707<i>so many people seem to confuse understanding with excusing </i> ILane3-4/25/2002
10706"Understanding", if deployed in a way that makes the actions appear moNeocon-4/25/2002
10705Understanding and excuse are not the same thing I understand (for example) why tepicure-4/25/2002
10704Are you as understanding of how the Holocaust might account for various of the aNeocon-4/25/2002
10703How could I know whether you would or would not? You use words the way you want epicure-4/25/2002
10702LOL! That is one of my favourite books of all time, Rambi! Do you remember HumSolon-4/25/2002
10701Well I figured that. Do you think I would seriously use a word like personhoodTom Clarke-4/25/2002
10700You assume too much about the state of mind of the border guards, and whether thNeocon-4/25/2002
10699I am appalled, of course. It does not change the tenor of my remarks on the subjNeocon-4/25/2002
10698I earlier said that as long as we could trust it to abide by democratic norms, INeocon-4/25/2002
10697I'm strutting around this morning, feeling kinda cocky. "I'm bad, Rambi-4/25/2002
10696Actually it was a joke I always get into trouble with those when I leave the repepicure-4/25/2002
10695Is it your personhood that feels validated?Tom Clarke-4/25/2002
10694It will prove to be a fad because it is a dumbass word. It's just academic jTom Clarke-4/25/2002
10693Paleos are thriving, but there aren't any inside the beltway. There are onlyTom Clarke-4/25/2002
10692You're always like that.<G> High time you got told...;-)Solon-4/25/2002
10691<i>Government doesn't get marginalized </i> You argue from two TigerPaw-4/25/2002
10690Those were funny.<g> Good way to start the day!Solon-4/25/2002
10689Some people seem to be upset that there should be a word that derscribes these bSolon-4/25/2002
10688I have to admit I was nonplussed to learn, in one short post, that I was way oveRambi-4/25/2002
10687<i>Nobody seems to be talking about the step that to me is most essential:Lane3-4/25/2002
10686Here's a paragraph from Richard Hahn's market site on the state of the sPoet-4/25/2002
10685The Pope paid lip service to your point a few days ago by saying that child abusPoet-4/25/2002
10684What I notice here, with some astonishment, is that the worst punishment under dDayuhan-4/25/2002
10683I can understand why you feel that way. This is such an appalling situation. IPoet-4/25/2002
10682After what I heard about this new policy which seems to be far short of the annoBald Eagle-4/25/2002
10681It looks as though the Cardinals are massaging the zero-tolerance policy on sex Poet-4/25/2002
10680A little levity: <B>Your Daily Moment Of Zen</B> 1. Do not walk bePoet-4/25/2002
10679I don't know how marie could answer you, Rambi. Maybe she was hurt that youPoet-4/25/2002
10678I think you're going far afield on this one, Tim. I made the statement daysPoet-4/25/2002
10677<i>"Not True Private sector bankruptcy levels are down all across CanSolon-4/25/2002
10676<i>"Solon I've been all over my argument in my other posts I don&Solon-4/25/2002
10675<i>"However the public sector employees can be quite competent and veSolon-4/25/2002
10674You missed the point of that last bit totally but not surprisinglyepicure-4/25/2002
10673One doesn't really know. Sometimes loathing tells more about the loather thaE-4/25/2002
10672<i>As to your theory that bankruptcies improve performance--not true. The average joe-4/25/2002
10671<i> How can government be reasonably expected to promote morality if peoplTimF-4/25/2002
10670<i> but from the point of view of a person who has a live-and-let-live attTimF-4/25/2002
10669Solon I've been all over my argument in my other posts I don' care to reTimF-4/25/2002
10668<i> IF it is ok to bash homosexuality, surely it is ok to bash people who TimF-4/25/2002
10667The public sector does have a larger percentage of professional and skilled laboTimF-4/24/2002
10666<i>I don't see how you can call a particular opinion about morality irDayuhan-4/24/2002
10665<i>"One does so like to look pretty when being unceremoniously mounteSolon-4/24/2002
10664<i> Believing in such ideas is not necessarily irrational. Expecting GoverTimF-4/24/2002
10663<i>"That's why I think it was classic homophobia</i>" Solon-4/24/2002
10662Yes. For the heteros to drag them to their caves by. One does so like to look prE-4/24/2002
10661My personal experience was with people who believed that all plants and animals Solon-4/24/2002
10660That's why I think it was classic homophobia. They would not have said it waE-4/24/2002
10659I'm sure those didn't hurt a bit. And even cave women would have apprecDayuhan-4/24/2002
10658I'm not sure I understand your post to me. My responses are way over the linRambi-4/24/2002
10657Yes at a private company poor use of resources can go on for a long time before TimF-4/24/2002
10656You mean it wasn't because of their interior decoration and entertainment skE-4/24/2002
10655I think there is some logic to what you say, but from the point of view of a perE-4/24/2002
10654<i>It won't be the first time I've been called a Communist.</i&Dayuhan-4/24/2002
10653Of course in those days the term "maiden aunt" was probably a bit likeDayuhan-4/24/2002
10652<i>I tell my kids not to judge people who are nice people but just happen maried.-4/24/2002
10651Perhaps, but maiden aunts can perform that function as well, although perhaps noLane3-4/24/2002
10650T<i>hat opinion seems to me to come perilously close to being downright unJ. C. Dithers-4/24/2002
10649These are plausible reasons why homosexuals in that age were not greeted with wrDayuhan-4/24/2002
10648<i>Normally words with the word phobia in them mean a strong irrational evSolon-4/24/2002
10647<i>I'm struggling to think of a way in which the world is better off tE-4/24/2002
10646<i> Most counterintuitive regulations are the result of specific laws ofteTimF-4/24/2002
10645<i>I am sure there was weeping. That has little to do with here and now, wDayuhan-4/24/2002
10644<i> They spoke of the homosexual person as a tribal gift--a gift to teach TimF-4/24/2002
10643I tell my kids not to judge people who are nice people but just happen to be difepicure-4/24/2002
10642<i>If they were too lenient with the soldiers involved in Kafr Qassem, I aDayuhan-4/24/2002
10641The account published in his memoirs is much more graphic than the official docuDayuhan-4/24/2002
10640O.K. I'm out of the closet...literally! I spent the day trying on clothes tomaried.-4/24/2002
10639IF it is ok to bash homosexuality, surely it is ok to bash people who bash homosepicure-4/24/2002
10638<i> Three Bush decisions, all contradicting long-standing Bush positions, TimF-4/24/2002
10637The public sector is weighted more in the direction of professional and skilled Solon-4/24/2002
10636<i>if a NATO member were to be subject to a Communist coup, I think we wouDayuhan-4/24/2002
10635<i>I don't have enough hubris to think that believing in religious, orDayuhan-4/24/2002
10634<i> A recent post (don't remember whose) cited a survey that found thaTimF-4/24/2002
Previous 100 | Next 100 | View Recent | Post Message
Go to reply# or date (mm/dd/yy):