Waiting for Fitzgerald

[Captain]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What, then, in your opinion, do we care about?

Sebby's penis.*






* It is usually not my style to post these kinds of responses, and I will not make a habit of it. But this was one that was just so obvious that I couldn't imagine why no one else responded.

Originally posted by nononono
Fine, fine, but that's still "honesty" (aka, bragging, aka, sometimes delusional) about something men (generalizing) think is the most important, not necessarily women.

I think what youa re trying to say, si what woman in her right mind would have sex with a guy who would put a naked picture of his schlong and sclong alone on Craigslist? It is a step above banging a flasher in a trenchcoat and several steps below banging a porn star (who they probably are aspiring to be).

It is crass, vulgar, tacky, depraved and disgusting. It also shows a certain lack of social skills, decorum and gentlemanliness. I also suspect that the schlong pic people might suck in bed but that is not the point.

And, like I said, women are not visual people. We need to know the context of the tool, not just see a pic of it hanging solo

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Which makes me wonder why the Muslims hate the Jews so. I mean, there is a shared hatred of pork to bond over, no?*

*Among the observant. I don't know a single Jew who doesn't eat bacon... excluding a couple of friends who sswitched from Reform to Orthodox out of boredom or temporary insanity (the Orthodox rules make Catholicism look easy).

I don't eat bacon out respect for my jewish (and moderate radical Islamic) friends

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Not having engaged in the commercial opportunities that Craigslist offers, my guess is that for a "nsa afternoon delite asap" the contents of those pictures are more relevant than "favourite colour" and "hobbies/interests".

Such a man. Are you a professor at the Spanky School of Intergender Relations? Not relevant at all but to warn a gal of a possibl hurrishave situation. If it was just that, we all have dildoes. See my prior post.

[Captain]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I just meant I wasn't taking a position because I don't think the DoI really helps address the question. The fact that the FF thought (or pretended to for purposes of pissing of Georgie) that certain rights (life, liberty, pursuit of tail, etc.) were inalienable to (rich white male) humanity, and certain similar-looking rights were listed in the Constitution (due process, religion, property), isn't that useful in determining if they would have thought those provision applied to foreigners (or property) outside of the US.

FWIW, I think the founders probably believed that some constitutional protections were inalienable human rights (or were at least in furtherance thereof), but certainly not all, and that there were inalienable human rights that were not expressly enumerated (and didn't need to be because they were, well, inalienable human rights). The conclusion that the "inalienable rights of all men" are not the same as those enshrined in the US Constitution but exist outside of it seems inescapable to me, based on both the nature of the enumerated rights (most of which are, in their specific iterations, obviously contingent and/or alienable) and the very nature of the constitutional document (the fact that it is amendable, and therefore any rights enumerated therein may be rescinded, even more than the 9th A).

So I vote "partial overlap."

2.

All that having been said, I think the debate over respecting British rights post-revolution is quite revealing about the fact that many - at least the Hamiltonians and Adamses - believed in a government that was limited both within and outside of its borders.

[nononono]

Originally posted by paigowprincess
I think what youa re trying to say, si what woman in her right mind would have sex with a guy who would put a naked picture of his schlong and sclong alone on Craigslist? It is a step above banging a flasher in a trenchcoat and several steps below banging a porn star (who they probably are aspiring to be).

It is crass, vulgar, tacky, depraved and disgusting. It also shows a certain lack of social skills, decorum and gentlemanliness. I also suspect that the schlong pic people might suck in bed but that is not the point.

And, like I said, women are not visual people. We need to know the context of the tool, not just see a pic of it hanging solo

Yes, that's another way to put it. I was trying to be sensitive in case we have some schlong-posters in our midst.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Captain
Sebby's penis.*

I approve of your rotating avatars. It gives me someone to compete against, and shows how fine mine are. Like how Disney World likes Universal being down the road.

SAM you need to go back. I keep having this kneejerk reaction to get mean to you, and I like you. This did not happen pre-dumping old familar avatar.

balt, I know you won't listen to me, or anyone else who cares about you enough to give you valid advice, but you need to change your avatar. It doesn't suit you.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by ltl/fb I don't know enough.

That could be a new sig line for you, no?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
What, then, in your opinion, do we care about?

Not much, from what I hear and see. We're all wired into a speed trip, running around on the wheel of commerce. Few people have the time to care unless it hits them between the eyes.

How many people do you know who vote solely based on who would lower their taxes? How many people know anything about the world other than entertainment and sports? This board is not representative of most of society. Most educated people talk politics, but nobody's got the time or energy anymore to do anything about it.

People are terribly apathetic and disinterested. Most people just learn to do their job and play fantasy football. Its just the way things go over here. There's time to discuss and fight about politics and the world, but no time to change anything.

There's also an intellectual scorn addressed to people who try to change things. The conventional wisdom is that politicians are scum, the system is busted, and the best you can do is get what you can for yourself and live your life. To be idealistic is comical. Everybody shares a belief that whatever new boss they put in is just the same old boss.

And to a great degree, they're right. Why bother anymore?

[nononono]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
That could be a new sig line for you, no?

I thought you had her on ignore?

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I’m just sick and fucking tired of seeing whiny liberals cry about it. I am rather liberal, and I hate the fact that people have made the term an insult because soft-headed, chickenshit naive idealist “liberals” glom onto causes like abuse at Gauntanomo as though it were the central issue in the war on terror.

The Iraq prison abuse is disgusting. Those people don’t deserve to be treated as they were.

But the Afghanis who fought with the Taliban or AQ deserve every cruel and unusual form of punishment we can dream up and inflict. We shouldn’t torture them, but I’m not going to stand up and cry about it. Its pretty fucking low on my to do list, which is right where it belongs.

There’s also an element of caveat emptor at work here... If you fight for the Taliban or AQ - if you believe its OK to murder women in soccer stadiums for adultery - You’re taking a huge goddamn risk of having someone who doesn’t agree with such noxious behavior placing a bullet in your head. Lay down with dogs... etc...

These bleeding hearts would go a lot further, and get some respect, if they’d acknowledge that this country isn’t always wrong, and they’d show some sympathy for Americans who died on 9/1, rather than knee-jerking into the argument about how our foreign policy caused the attack. They need to have equal sympathy for their countrymen.

2, again.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by nononono
Yes, that's another way to put it. I was trying to be sensitive in case we have some schlong-posters in our midst.

Okay, so clothed pictures and full body? Doesn't full body make it harder to lie about your height?

[Captain]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I approve of your rotating avatars. It gives me someone to compete against, and shows how fine mine are. Like how Disney World likes Universal being down the road.

I really hadn't noticed yours. I will check them out in the future.

[nononono]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Okay, so clothed pictures and full body? Doesn't full body make it harder to lie about your height?

You lie about your height??? Dammit, there goes that whole scenario.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Not Bob
How did they get from Iraq to Iran and Syria? Are you saying that our military allowed them to escape? Why are you badmouthing our troops?

they were moved to Syria before we went in. what do you think the convoys are intelligence saw were moving? Too bad the liberals and their comrades at the UN are such pussies or we could have dealt with the Syrian border problem at the start.