Can't we all just get along?

spudcon • Jul 17, 2008 9:41 pm
I'd be interested in everyones thoughts about beliefs we have in common. And I'm not talking about guys liking tits, I mean, do we all agree that government has become too big? I'm sure there are more common agreements.
SteveDallas • Jul 17, 2008 9:50 pm
I doubt you'll find any.
skysidhe • Jul 17, 2008 10:34 pm
Yes,This administration has alot of things to account for. If congress or some government entity will actually hold them acountable.
Clodfobble • Jul 17, 2008 11:12 pm
spudcon wrote:
I mean, do we all agree that government has become too big?


It doesn't matter, because even if you could get everyone to agree on that, no one could ever agree on which parts are the crucial parts and which parts need to go. Every part is necessary to somebody.
monster • Jul 17, 2008 11:21 pm
Here are my suggestions for starting points:

Cancer is a bad thing.
Britney Spears should be left alone -for our good rather than hers.
We're not sorry about ur finger.
classicman • Jul 17, 2008 11:23 pm
Its a dolphin.
spudcon • Jul 17, 2008 11:29 pm
See, that wasn't so hard, I'm not sorry about ur finger either.
Clodfobble • Jul 17, 2008 11:30 pm
I hate to admit it, but I inherently have pity for ur finger. I can't help it, the empathy just pours out of me, unbidden.
spudcon • Jul 17, 2008 11:41 pm
Oh thank you Clod, but now we have to find something else to agree about. Dolphins?
xoxoxoBruce • Jul 17, 2008 11:52 pm
Everyone wants, mo money. :D
monster • Jul 17, 2008 11:56 pm
we did that already and found that they don't... (lj was pissed)
monster • Jul 17, 2008 11:57 pm
cancer and Britney options are still open
monster • Jul 17, 2008 11:57 pm
(shark)
spudcon • Jul 17, 2008 11:59 pm
Brittany is out, because there are still 2 guys in the world who haven't seen her kootchie.
jinx • Jul 18, 2008 12:01 am
Oh please. There are not.
monster • Jul 18, 2008 12:03 am
there are, but they don't want to, so that's cool
spudcon • Jul 18, 2008 12:27 am
I guess cancer it is. It sucks. I have to go for another biopsy monday. Ouch!
HungLikeJesus • Jul 18, 2008 1:15 am
Cancer keeps a lot of people employed.
smoothmoniker • Jul 18, 2008 12:02 pm
I'm anti baby-torture. Anyone else with me?
glatt • Jul 18, 2008 12:03 pm
I hate mosquitoes. There are plenty of other bugs for bats and fish to eat, so I would support an eradication of every mosquito on the planet. Who's with me?
Sundae • Jul 18, 2008 12:08 pm
With Smoothmoniker
Against Glatt - if there's one thing we should have learned in the 20th century it's that messing with ecology will have unforeseen effects. Ask the Australians [cough, Cane Toad, cough]
SteveDallas • Jul 18, 2008 12:25 pm
Define "baby." At what age does the torture become OK?
HungLikeJesus • Jul 18, 2008 12:32 pm
If they cry when you torture them, then they're just a big baby.
Sundae • Jul 18, 2008 12:45 pm
I would classify any child under a year as a baby.
Despite the fact that they may already be toddling by the time they are a year old, that's my cut-off point.

I'm pretty much anti-torture across the board, as I think it appeals to the bestial in man and rarely if ever yields valuable information. But I don't expect to get universal agreement in that.
lookout123 • Jul 18, 2008 1:05 pm
define torture. is it ok to spank? swat? waterboard?
Undertoad • Jul 18, 2008 1:06 pm
Babies are best to torture because they won't retain memories of it. They may be traumatized somehow but they won't have to ruminate about why.
HungLikeJesus • Jul 18, 2008 1:10 pm
To me tickling is torture, but I don't think you'd get everyone to agree to ban it.
TheMercenary • Jul 18, 2008 1:55 pm
classicman;469885 wrote:
Its a dolphin.


Yes, but what is it's speed on a treadmill when taking off from a floating start?
lookout123 • Jul 18, 2008 2:42 pm
HungLikeJesus;470036 wrote:
To me tickling is torture, but I don't think you'd get everyone to agree to ban it.

are you kidding? that's the only type of torture the French support.
smoothmoniker • Jul 18, 2008 2:51 pm
A few definitions, to help clarify:

Baby = zero to 12 months
Torture = to inflict pain for the purpose of inflicting pain (we're not talking doctor's shots or parental discipline here)

Now can we get consensus?
lookout123 • Jul 18, 2008 2:52 pm
what nationality are these babies?
TheMercenary • Jul 18, 2008 2:55 pm
And if you tie a string to one of their feet and swing them in a circle over your head how long does it take for them to reach maximum velocity before breaking apart due to friction with the air?
spudcon • Jul 18, 2008 2:56 pm
What about the Spanish inquisition? They used comfy chairs and cushions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSe38dzJYkY&NR=1
BigV • Jul 18, 2008 4:34 pm
spudcon;470077 wrote:
What about the Spanish inquisition? They used comfy chairs and cushions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSe38dzJYkY&NR=1
So does the USAF.
spudcon • Jul 18, 2008 7:52 pm
And I spent all those hours in those strap things that aren't seats at all. Apart from the pilots, I never saw any officers abourd the transport plane I had to fly in. But that was more than 40 years ago.
TheMercenary • Jul 18, 2008 7:57 pm
spudcon;470161 wrote:
And I spent all those hours in those strap things that aren't seats at all. Apart from the pilots, I never saw any officers abourd the transport plane I had to fly in. But that was more than 40 years ago.


They sure the hell fly in them now. Although a number of long haul trips in C-141's and the C-17's did have Command Group staff tables and seating for the HQ Gen officers and senior staff, big cushy lounge chairs that reclined. Me, I was in a jump seat.
morethanpretty • Jul 18, 2008 9:58 pm
SteveDallas;470005 wrote:
Define "baby." At what age does the torture become OK?


It becomes OK when they want the torture...

If I'm anti-baby does that automatically make me anti-baby torture?
bluecuracao • Jul 19, 2008 8:55 pm
I think it goes: If you do not say that you are anti-baby torture, then it's assumed that you are anti-baby.
Clodfobble • Jul 19, 2008 9:34 pm
One reason for being pro-baby torture:

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...sometimes they can be dicks.
BigV • Apr 19, 2009 3:03 am
not if one of us is the dog
Trilby • Apr 19, 2009 3:12 am
...or the ex
capnhowdy • Apr 19, 2009 10:06 am
....or redundant.
TheMercenary • Apr 19, 2009 10:15 am
You guys are totally ignoring the babies who torture the parents. What about that?