Misguided Souls - Page 4

Athenian · 02-15-2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by plthijinx

so if the Egyptians wanted Mubarek to step down and you say that Suleiman is crazy....i'm a bit confused here, so you're saying Suleiman will be worse? then why ask mubarek to step down? seems like the lesser of two evils....going by what you said that is.....

Well played sir.

Big Sarge · 02-16-2011, 02:06 PM

Uday - the difference between the right and left is easy to discern. Close your eyes and think of everything good in the world. That's the right. Now picture something so hideous that it frightens young Republicans in their sleep. Thats the evil left wing

Spexxvet · 02-16-2011, 02:26 PM

I think Big Sarge is UG and Merc's child.

Big Sarge · 02-16-2011, 04:14 PM

I'm just the keeper of the light. LOL

Pete Zicato · 02-16-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Uday - the difference between the right and left is easy to discern. Close your eyes and think of everything good in the world. That's the right. Now picture something so hideous that it frightens young Republicans in their sleep. Thats the evil left wing

Um. Wow. *shakes head*

Pico and ME · 02-16-2011, 05:18 PM

Whats the term for something when its is so far fetched that it could almost be satire but isn't? I'm having a hard time taking Big Sarge seriously here.

Nirvana · 02-16-2011, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Whats the term for something when its is so far fetched that it could almost be satire but isn't? I'm having a hard time taking Big Sarge seriously here.

Hyperbole?

ZenGum · 02-16-2011, 05:59 PM

I think it is Poe's law.

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poe's_Law

Poe's Law: Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake it for the genuine article.

Poe's Corollary: It is impossible for an act of Fundamentalism to be made that someone won't mistake for a parody.

Poe's paradox: In any fundamentalist group where Poe's Law applies, a paradox exists where any new person (or idea) sufficiently fundamentalist to be accepted by the group is likely to be so ridiculous that they risk being rejected as a parodist (or parody).

Big Sarge · 02-16-2011, 06:21 PM

Another way to look at it is the left is possessed by demonic (or should we say democratic) forces.

Uday · 02-16-2011, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Uday - the difference between the right and left is easy to discern. Close your eyes and think of everything good in the world. That's the right. Now picture something so hideous that it frightens young Republicans in their sleep. Thats the evil left wing

In my country, people talk like this. Mostly the more extreme Muslims, when they talk about any one else.

Uday · 02-16-2011, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by plthijinx

so if the Egyptians wanted Mubarek to step down and you say that Suleiman is crazy....i'm a bit confused here, so you're saying Suleiman will be worse? then why ask mubarek to step down? seems like the lesser of two evils....going by what you said that is.....

I think most people were not expecting Suleiman to be president after Mubarek. There was no vice president before uprising. Is maybe more like when Augustus chose Tiberius to be the next emperor, so nobody would assassinate him. Mubarek appoints Suleiman to be vice president, so people will keep Mubarek.

It didn't work, and now maybe my country will have to do all this again.

tw · 02-16-2011, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Uday

Is maybe more like when Augustus chose Tiberius to be the next emperor, so nobody would assassinate him.

Appreciate a problem that every leader has. He lives in an ethersphere. Everyone he meets wants something. Suddenly a leader no longer meets simple honest people on a street. Everyone has an agenda. History suggests that ten years of leadership results in corruption. Happens when one lives high in that ethersphere for too long.

Probably the only exception to that rule was King Hussein of Jordan. Who tried to start democracy in Jordan after over ten years of leadership. That example is rare. And that is why so many nations put term limits on their leaders. In the US, the president can only serve eight years. In Italy, view what Silvio Berlusconi has done without regret. Worry about too much Putin in Russia.

How can any leader see a 90% approval vote and think that was an honest plebicite? Clearly Mubarak had to know the elections were rigged. Either he was so subverted by the ethersphere. Or he truly believed he was the god for Egypt. Either way, Suleiman demonstrates a kind of people that end up around a leader who has been there too long. Ronald Reagan had his Oliver North and that corruption.

François Mitterrand did so much good for France in his early days. Living too long and isolated in the ethersphere is why Mitterand eventually became one of France's more corrupt Presidents. To summarize: Power corrupts.

Sundae · 02-17-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Whats the term for something when its is so far fetched that it could almost be satire but isn't? I'm having a hard time taking Big Sarge seriously here.

Sarge might be right wing, but remember he spent plenty of time in the desert. His sense of humour is correspondingly dry.

Big Sarge · 02-17-2011, 02:32 PM

Alright ya'll, I confess. I've just been joking in this thread.

Sundae · 02-17-2011, 03:26 PM

A dry sense of humour is much sought after in these parts. And by these parts I'm talking geographically. My parts welcome something a bit more moist...

02-16-2011, 02:06 PM	#47
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Uday - the difference between the right and left is easy to discern. Close your eyes and think of everything good in the world. That's the right. Now picture something so hideous that it frightens young Republicans in their sleep. Thats the evil left wing __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

02-16-2011, 02:26 PM	#48
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I think Big Sarge is UG and Merc's child. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

02-16-2011, 04:14 PM	#49
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I'm just the keeper of the light. LOL __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

02-16-2011, 05:59 PM	#53
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I think it is Poe's law. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Poe's_Law Poe's Law: Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake it for the genuine article. Poe's Corollary: It is impossible for an act of Fundamentalism to be made that someone won't mistake for a parody. Poe's paradox: In any fundamentalist group where Poe's Law applies, a paradox exists where any new person (or idea) sufficiently fundamentalist to be accepted by the group is likely to be so ridiculous that they risk being rejected as a parodist (or parody). __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-16-2011, 06:21 PM	#54
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Another way to look at it is the left is possessed by demonic (or should we say democratic) forces. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

02-16-2011, 05:18 PM	#51
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Whats the term for something when its is so far fetched that it could almost be satire but isn't? I'm having a hard time taking Big Sarge seriously here.

02-17-2011, 02:32 PM	#59
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Alright ya'll, I confess. I've just been joking in this thread. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

02-17-2011, 03:26 PM	#60
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	A dry sense of humour is much sought after in these parts. And by these parts I'm talking geographically. My parts welcome something a bit more moist...

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