State of The Asstard - Page 3

Ibby · 01-29-2007, 07:49 PM

Lets say you're walking one day and you step in a hornet's nest. But rather than sting you, somehow the hornets politely ask you to leave, repeatedly. Then they sting you a few times so you get the picture. But since they asked you to do so, you would lose face by actually moving your foot, so you stay. Well, finally, they get fed up and a massive cloud of them rises and starts stinging the FUCK outta you. Should you honestly blame the hornets?

What you don't ever seem to be able to grasp, UG, is that we can't fight terrorism. We can't. We can prosecute those that perpetrate acts of terrorism, in a just and legal fashion, but to fight the ideal, the institution, the very concept of terrorism? The only way to do that is to IGNORE it, to not let it TERRORIZE us, to rise above it and keep the moral highground. Trying to crush terrorism beneath combat boots and tank treads only increases the problem, exponentially. To 'win', as you put it, we need to educate, help, and otherwise improve the state of those who would terrorize us, we need to give them nothing to terrorize us about, and we need to above all feel no terror at their attempts. If they have us running scared, like they do, running scared straight towards them, they have won.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-02-2007, 12:11 AM

Why oh why must you all think with only two digits of your respective IQ and believe I cannot tell one sort of Muslim from another? Why? Why? Why? Why?

Oh for some real intelligent discourse!

Aliantha · 02-02-2007, 12:22 AM

Try mensa.com UG. They'll give you a run for your money.

Unlike all the mental midgets here.

02-02-2007, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Try mensa.com UG. They'll give you a run for your money.

Unlike all the mental midgets here.

Went to a couple of meetings, did not enjoy it, nor was I challenged.
Came across as a silly puzzle/trivia club.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-02-2007, 11:38 PM

Mensa does need to be handled right -- my very bright mother-in-law, rest her soul, tried a few Mensa meetings herself and found them mainly exchanging recipes. Very disappointed, she was. Clearly there are better ways to run Mensa chapters than that -- continuing education or something.

Aliantha · 02-03-2007, 06:46 PM

Perhaps you should offer your higher intellect to mensa and tell them how they should run their organisation UG. I'm sure they'd be very impressed with your input.

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-06-2007, 04:30 PM

Now there's a notion. And I can offer recipes, too!

Aliantha · 02-06-2007, 06:47 PM

You're my hero UG.

Kitsune · 02-06-2007, 07:58 PM

Urbane Guerrilla · 02-10-2007, 04:13 AM

01-29-2007, 07:49 PM	#1
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Lets say you're walking one day and you step in a hornet's nest. But rather than sting you, somehow the hornets politely ask you to leave, repeatedly. Then they sting you a few times so you get the picture. But since they asked you to do so, you would lose face by actually moving your foot, so you stay. Well, finally, they get fed up and a massive cloud of them rises and starts stinging the FUCK outta you. Should you honestly blame the hornets? What you don't ever seem to be able to grasp, UG, is that we can't fight terrorism. We can't. We can prosecute those that perpetrate acts of terrorism, in a just and legal fashion, but to fight the ideal, the institution, the very concept of terrorism? The only way to do that is to IGNORE it, to not let it TERRORIZE us, to rise above it and keep the moral highground. Trying to crush terrorism beneath combat boots and tank treads only increases the problem, exponentially. To 'win', as you put it, we need to educate, help, and otherwise improve the state of those who would terrorize us, we need to give them nothing to terrorize us about, and we need to above all feel no terror at their attempts. If they have us running scared, like they do, running scared straight towards them, they have won. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

02-02-2007, 12:11 AM	#2
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Why oh why must you all think with only two digits of your respective IQ and believe I cannot tell one sort of Muslim from another? Why? Why? Why? Why? Oh for some real intelligent discourse! __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-02-2007, 12:22 AM	#3
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Try mensa.com UG. They'll give you a run for your money. Unlike all the mental midgets here. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-02-2007, 11:38 PM	#5
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Mensa does need to be handled right -- my very bright mother-in-law, rest her soul, tried a few Mensa meetings herself and found them mainly exchanging recipes. Very disappointed, she was. Clearly there are better ways to run Mensa chapters than that -- continuing education or something. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-03-2007, 06:46 PM	#6
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Perhaps you should offer your higher intellect to mensa and tell them how they should run their organisation UG. I'm sure they'd be very impressed with your input. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-06-2007, 04:30 PM	#7
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Now there's a notion. And I can offer recipes, too! __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

02-06-2007, 06:47 PM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	You're my hero UG. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-06-2007, 07:58 PM	#9
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031

02-10-2007, 04:13 AM	#10
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	<uploads Pepto-Bismol (tm) to poor Kitsune> __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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