Uh, yeah, what he said.
Cough, cough, Ch-STRAW MAN-ough, cough.
Straw man: An argument in which the presenter creates an image of its opponent that is half true, or entirly false, so that it is easily seen as flawed. Its primary motivations are: Agree with me beacue the alternative is wrong. Its moral is: with us or against us. Its function: establish the upper hand regardless of the reality at hand.
Example: Liberals are communists, Republicans are nazi's
Its funny how people actually belive both of these straw men, as niether have anything to do with reality.
intellectual sacks of shit
like the Nazi's blamed the Jews, like Nero blamed the Christians, like Milosevic blamed the Muslims, adnausem-it was incredible that Iran recently agreed to accept help from everyone except Israel in the wake of the Bam earthquake-I hope the assholes ruining that place and their evil influence and intentions are soon...1 2 3 4 etc
Nah, I'm not a greeter. I'm really still a lawyer. But the rest was true.
Actually, I think that Christians are fine, so long as they're not bothering to try and convert me. Christian principles are actually great. Peace love joy and equality... I'll bite. Just don't try to make me buy into an idea that I cannot feel. I cannot believe that human mind's can limit or expand the idea of a God. So my belief isn't going to affect the existence or absence of God. If I believe...great! If not, well I'm not molesting children or killing mailmen so leave me be.
Actually, I think that Christians are fine, so long as they're not bothering to try and convert me. Christian principles are actually great. Peace love joy and equality... I'll bite. Just don't try to make me buy into an idea that I cannot feel. I cannot believe that human mind's can limit or expand the idea of a God. So my belief isn't going to affect the existence or absence of God. If I believe...great! If not, well I'm not molesting children or killing mailmen so leave me be.
Jesus only knows that she tries too hard. She's only trying to keep the sky from falling.
-Everlast
-Everlast
If it was an Iranian climbing forum we'd be bitching about climbing in those big skirt things they wear. But I guarantee you we'd all be VERY anonymous if we were bitching about Islam over there. Despite all this country's problems (like the Christian Coalition) we're still incredibly privileged to have the right to bitch about anyone or anything in any way we see fit. If you talked publicly about Islam in Iran the way I talked about the 700 Club above you'd probably have a bunch of large rocks laid on your chest... one at a time until you were crushed.
So, bless America, and let's see if we can't actually elect a President this year.
So, bless America, and let's see if we can't actually elect a President this year.
[size=75]You are as bad as Alan, and even he hits the mark sometimes. -charlie
"Not all conservatives are stupid, but most stupid people are conservative." - John Stuart Mill[/size]
"Not all conservatives are stupid, but most stupid people are conservative." - John Stuart Mill[/size]