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[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I agree that you are of the female sex, while une belle dame sans merci is of the female gender. I merely noted that Club should disagree with the term "sexist."

I should have included a sarcasm alarm.

I don't know who that mercy person is, but OK.

Mmmmmmm, sex.

[SlaveNoMore]

Tyrone Slothrop
Suggesting that Bill Clinton raped women is a little like suggesting that George W. Bush would invest his own money in dry oil wells.

Juanita Told the Truth

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I agree that you are of the female sex, while une belle dame sans merci is of the female gender. I merely noted that Club should disagree with the term "sexist."

I should have included a sarcasm alarm.

Club does not disagree with that term. Club thinks that, because the term sex has multiple meanings, in certain instances the term gender is more appropriate so as to avoid confusion.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Someday we'll find out what Bush said to all these people to get them to come around.

It is going to sound like I am showing off here, but the bottom line is W has an ability to make you like him. When Bush was running for President, the campaign wanted me to be in charge of the Silicon Valley. Being a Pro-Choice Republican, I was reluctant. But after talking to the then Governor and his friends (his roomate from Harvard was my Co-Chair) they convinced me to come on board. I got so sucked in I ended running the internet campaign. People around Bush trust him and like him and it shows. It seems all through his life everyone he has come into contact with him really likes him. Hell, W got Nancy Pelosi's daughter to fawn all over him. I have seen some politicians who followers respect, others that are revered, but Bush has a way of making people really like him and trust his intentions. Every time I write a piece that is critical of the administration all sorts of people call me and lay a guilt trip. I am sure the guy with the tapes got a ton of phone calls from mutual friends that guilted him out of it.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Juanita Told the Truth

You are Fucking Insane.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by sgtclub
Club does not disagree with that term. Club thinks that, because the term sex has multiple meanings, in certain instances the term gender is more appropriate so as to avoid confusion.

Gender does not, however, have multiple meanings, so by using it inappropriately you create confusion. Most people, having a sense of context, are not unduly confused when words have different meanings in different contexts.

Methinks your real objection is to the slight frission of naughtiness attendent upon the use of the term "sex" in otherwise non-salacious contexts. In which case, my only response is: "killjoy!"

BR(honi soit qui mal y pence)C

eta: I just wanted to point out the feminine declention of the noun and collect my bonus points. Thanks.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Spanky
It is going to sound like I am showing off here, but the bottom line is W has an ability to make you like him. When Bush was running for President, the campaign wanted me to be in charge of the Silicon Valley. Being a Pro-Choice Republican, I was reluctant. But after talking to the then Governor and his friends (his roomate from Harvard was my Co-Chair) they convinced me to come on board. I got so sucked in I ended running the internet campaign. People around Bush trust him and like him and it shows. It seems all through his life everyone he has come into contact with him really likes him. Hell, W got Nancy Pelosi's daughter to fawn all over him. I have seen some politicians who followers respect, others that are revered, but Bush has a way of making people really like him and trust his intentions. Every time I write a piece that is critical of the administration all sorts of people call me and lay a guilt trip. I am sure the guy with the tapes got a ton of phone calls from mutual friends that guilted him out of it.

I would tell my personal stories about how freaking likeable Clinton is, but it would sound like I was showing off, so I won't.

No, I never fucked him, or even came close.

ETA OK, fine, I don't know from personal experience, but I hear that people who meet him generally really like him, just like people who meet Bush generally really like him. They really really want to be liked -- it's part of their appeal, and maybe necessary in today's world to have that kind of job.

I would be willing to bet that on longer acquaintance, the appeal for both of them beings to fade. But they wouldn't be such successful politicians, especially given their states of origin, if they weren't immediately likeable and charming.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I would tell my personal stories about how freaking likeable Clinton is, but it would sound like I was showing off, so I won't.

No, I never fucked him, or even came close.

Wanna have gender?

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Without getting into the costs-v-benefits argument on this, let me ask you -- is "free trade with China" an oxymoron?

Maybe - I don't know what that really means. It would be nice if it was freer. Of course it is not totally free but no trade relationship is - it is all relative.

Originally posted by Sidd Finch I am in general a big believer in free trade (and I think the G7 should eliminate farm subsidies to practice what they preach).

From your mouth to God's ears. The French are the worst on this. They claim to be so concerned about subsuharan aftrica and yet their unyielding support of the EU CAP is the single biggest cause of poverty in that region.

Originally posted by Sidd Finch But many, though certainly not all, commentators seem to believe that China has artificially suppressed its currency, and this makes the "free" trade a very murky proposition.

Related question -- if you believe that China does artificially suppress its currency, then does the fact that this keeps prices of goods imported from China low make it an acceptable practice -- or even a practice that benefits the US?

The resources that China expends to keep their currency down is basically a subsidy to the US consumer. I think their country would benefit greatly by letting the currency go (in the long run these types of distortions just hurt everyone), but in the short run the American consumer is getting a kickback from the PRC.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Gender does not, however, have multiple meanings, so by using it inappropriately you create confusion. Most people, having a sense of context, are not unduly confused when words have different meanings in different contexts.

Methinks your real objection is to the slight frission of naughtiness attendent upon the use of the term "sex" in otherwise non-salacious contexts. In which case, my only response is: "killjoy!"

BR(honi soit qui mal y pence)C

The only thing I can find that I posted in the time period that he might have been confused by is "Anyway, basically I find all of this very interesting. I definitely, definitely agree that there are, on a general level, sex-linked differences in how people process information."

Like, maybe I was saying people process information differently when fucking than at other times. This is no doubt true (though I question whether he would know that unless we are deeming masturbation to be sex), but given the context of the conversation in general and the rest of the post in particular, I doubt anyone was confused. I would have just come out and said "of course, when fucking, everyone's thought processes are different!" if that is what I had intended.

I shoulda. Coulda shoulda woulda.

[Bad_Rich_Chic]

Originally posted by ltl/fb
I would tell my personal stories about how freaking likeable Clinton is, but it would sound like I was showing off, so I won't.

2. Frighteningly charismatic.

Besides, W hasn't struck me as the most likeable guy recently. I was of the "I'd rather have a drink with John Kerry" persuasion, myself, though he didn't seem particularly likeable, either.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Sidd Finch
Tell that to the sugar farmers in Florida. (They think it's anti-Cuba patriotism.)

I told a Florida Republican Cuban congressman that Che would be proud of those subsidies. I don't think he shared my humor.

[sgtclub]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Methinks your real objection is to the slight frission of naughtiness attendent upon the use of the term "sex" in otherwise non-salacious contexts.

Damn, you caught me. I hate nautiness.

[Spanky]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Cheaper prices are generally a good thing--do you think China's going to wait 20 years and then spring the trap, and jack up prices?

That would be really stupid on their part. I don't think they are that dumb.

[SlaveNoMore]

ltl/fb
No, I never fucked him, or even came close.

I'm a bit surprised. You're just his type.