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Just for fun I followed the link. I got "about" 25,500.

Not sure why anyone would care much though.

Fascist, Communist, Modern Western Capitalist,
Same government involvement different angles...

Regardless of the system, you've got to pay for it in some form:
Minorities, Personal Rights, or Corporate Welfare...

Even in the upcoming election. It's either a wealthy son of privilege
or........ a wealthy son of privilege.
Now that's DEMOCRACY ! <grin>

 

Well you seemed to be so hung up on the "commie" thing being tied to
right-wingers. But now that I show you you're all wet, you say it
doesn't matter. Nice intellectual dishonesty.

So what percentage of the vote will whatever group you align yourself
with get in November, and how do you/they plan on positively influencing
events and policies for the future? Probably a big secret, eh? (because
you have no workable answers)

BTW - whichever one it is, I hope it does *really* *really* well in this
election, because no matter which of the handful it is, it will likely
siphon votes away from the dems.

Bill Putney
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adddress with the letter 'x')

 

Well, that's a few more than I had in mind but it'll do. If you
want a good laugh from the right look in group alt.tv.sopranos for a
poster named Fred. He's a foamer at the mouth and loves to call people
pinko commies if they aren't radical right wingers.
--
Regards,
Jeff George

SLAP (Socialist Liberation Army of the People)
SLUG (Socialists for Liberty United Government)

Power to the People!

Redistribution of Wealth!

 

What are you going on about? You seem to think it matters to me what
party professional politicians belong to. It doesn't. Let me make it
simple for you: I have yet to run into any Liberal or Leftist who goes
around calling people "commies".

You seem to have a way of assuming things. You really shouldn't do
that. It makes you look stupid. I don't align myself with any of your
professional parties. I have my agenda, and I do what suits that
agenda.

Again, you are making assumptions about what I am doing. Silly on your
part.
--
Regards,
Jeff George

SLAP (Socialist Liberation Army of the People)
SLUG (Socialists for Liberty United Government)

Power to the People!

Redistribution of Wealth!

 

Believe me - liberals have their own problems - in spades. You are the
only one here that is specifically obsessed with the word "commie". And
you obviously want to cast dispersions on "right wingers" while
apparently thinking liberals are just hunkie dorrie. It's obviuous
which polarization that you align yourself with - and that's your
privilege. We each live with our choices. So you hang out with people
who use the word commie. One of my fingers is infected. I just added
512MB of RAM to my computer. To all three of those statements, I say "so
what".

Like I said - big "secret".

So you're a flaming liberal or anarchist or something. So what. More
assumptions on my part, eh?

Whatever.

Bill Putney
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adddress with the letter 'x')

 

I'm not obsessed with it. I simply mentioned how I found the use of it
amusing, and have spending the rest of my time trying to show why it's
funny. I don't care if you never mention it again.

As I've stated, I don't any Liberals on Usenet or bulletin boards
calling people "commies".

Again you are making assumptions.

Just try to deal in facts instead of assumptions.

 

If that's your only criteria for judging/classifying people, then what
can I say. (rhetorical question - therefore a period - i.e., no need to
answer it.)

BTW - You have the logic/debating skills of a high schooler.

I take that to mean "correct" on both counts. Or are you going to tell
us you're not of some left-wing persuasion? And you call that an
assumption (and obviously a correct assumption), to which I reply:
"Duh". People use assumptions all the time.

Oh no! I'm just devastated by that!

You have given no facts other than that you routinely talk to people who
use the word "commie" - apparently you feel that that really reflects
well on you. That's what we've been dealing with. Not a lot to go on,
and certainly no basis for the continuation of a "relationship", or this
thread for that matter.

Bill Putney
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adddress with the letter 'x')

 

My version of Agent threads from the start of a thread, not by changes
in titles. This thread (according to Agent) which started out as
"Looking for a mid-sized domestics car recommendations"
on July 15th now has 456 messages and not a single one has a listing
of the final purchase decision.

So disappointing ;-)
However !..
Keep up the flame war guys Makes for an interesting read sometimes.

 

Yes, but I am not sure if I 'enjoyed' reading about such sad incidents. In
fact, I learned recently that the distant relative was twice refused
treatment by the A&E (accident & emergency) dept of a Toronto hospital until
he practically crawled in in great pain...

It's taken me a while to reply as I was away...a week was in hospital...


DAS

 

Sorry, distant relative of a Canadian work colleague.

DAS

 

I don't want to sound strange, but isn't Communism an extreme leftist idea?
Especially coming from somone who supports SLAP and SLUG, you should know
that. Power to the People is a major part of communism. Therefore, I guess
it would be befitting of a term to call someone on the left a "commie" as a
joking term... much like I have heard people from the right be called
"fascists" because Fascism is an extreme right idea. So who cares who calls
who what. Before we get all harped up on communism.. I am talking true
Marxist Communism... not that McCarthy bullshit they labled Cuba, Russia, N.
Korea, Vietnam, China, etc. Most of those were dictatorships or not far
off. Hardly power to the people. Communism would only work in a small
society, as does Socialism. Certain people are happy living in a said
environment, others want to have more varied freedoms that come with such
things as democracy and capitalism. Not to say either is wrong, just that
Com. and Soc. only seem to work in a smaller populous, where it is easier to
maintain a group that shares the same beliefs to live by. (i.e. Sweeden)

 

You are completely daft and it is quite apparent that you don't have
any idea what you are babbling about. You are spouting nonsense about
judging/classifying people when you are using as evidence for your
statements your own knee-jerking assumptions.


No comment, eh?

But you only asked one question. I answered it.

You made the unequivocal statement that I am a "flaming liberal or
anarchist or something". That shows an emotional reaction on your
part. Can you not be rational?

Then it makes them idiots.

Again, you are making assumptions. Why don't you just stop and deal
only in facts which have been presented?

Good. You might be too stupid to speak to, as you seem to have
difficulty with the English language.

 

And *I'm* the one who has a problem with the English language (but then,
anyone can make a typo).

You're mixing your clichés. If you're going to deal in clichés (such as
your favorite: "pinko commie"), you shouldn't mix them up. For example,
it's "knee-jerk liberals" and mean-spirited conservatives". Or maybe
that's your way of showing you're a defiant non-comformist, can think
outside the box, etc., etc., etc. Yeah - that must be it.

Nope. You're catching on to reasoning things out now. Very sharp! You
can look at a piece of text and see that there's no comment on something
and then make a really wild ass guess that there was - uhh - no comment
(though you don't seem too sure about it). But you are improving.
Before long you will be able to look at strong evidence of certain
things and start making actual accurate assumptions. Don't be scared.
You go girl!!

A statement was also made. The response of "correct" is used in reply
to statements, not just questions. But I guess that was unfair on my
part. It required you to keep two thoughts in your head at one time.

That's right - I'm totally incapable of rational thought. (that's
sarcasm, BTW) Here's a list of emotionally charged words that you used
above: 'daft', 'babbling', 'spouting', 'knee-jerk', 'stupid'. Yeah -
totally unemotional words, dude. Walk on with your unassuming,
unemotional bad self, bro!

Your life must be very difficult if you force yourself to make daily and
life decisions without making any assumptions whatsoever. In fact, in
engineering school, they teach to start an analysis of a problem by
writing down the assumptions from which you are proceeding. Sometimes
the insistance on not acting in the absence of hard facts can be fatal.
Businesses could not survive without making assumptions. It's called
"freezing up" when you can't make a decision when you insist on having
every fact before proceeding - it can get you fired in business or
killed in war (or on the street).

Here's a simple one: You get in your car and drive it because you make
the *assumption* that the brakes will work when you need to slow down or
stop - based on past experience and the large amount of statistics that
cars generally stop when their brakes are applied would make that a
reasonable assumption. You probably make a million assumptions each and
every day. If you didn't, you'd never leave the house.

Once again, your thought processes/debating skills are rather
undeveloped (i.e., immature) - as in high schooler, as evidenced by the
observation that you haven't yet been forced to think past your initial
"assumptions" (oh my gosh I used that word) about life to their
(il)logical conclusions.

Since no FACTS have been presented (name one fact that you've presented
other than that you routinely hang out with people that use political
clichés that you obsess about), I think I *will* stop.

More high school-mentallity insults. Figures. Funny that I make my
living doing technical writing (but admittedly not nearly as funny as
people using the phrase "pinko commie", I'm sure).

Bill Putney
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adddress with the letter 'x')

 

I'm talking about people that use it and believe it to be an accurate
term. They just sound ridiculous doing so.

 

Righto. I don't accept the status quo! Have you never seen a
knee-jerking conservative or a mean-spirited liberal?

Go get me a sammich, bitch.

I thought you said we didn't have to comment. If I was referencing
more than one thing I would have said so.

I don't have any emotion involved when I use those words.

Ok. I'll accept that.

I don't. My mom told me to never leave the house. She even hid my car
keys.

Since that was the whole topic of discussion, that was really the only
fact required to support my view.

I tried to find what could be amusing about technical writing but it's
just too damned boring.

 

Try a few Dilbert comics, or even sometimes Bizzaro has a few good
jabs. Aside from that, take a technical manual from Asia that has
been "translated" into Engrush. You might get a smile or two.

If you think technical writing is "dry" try reading legal
interpretations of legislation. Makes technical writing look like an
excerpt from "the Springer" show.

Just my take & My attempt to get this thread count over 500..

Religions, Politics, Sex.... The things that keep people "talking"


PS: Please note; I didn't say communicating.... Just talking ;-)

 

Well perhaps the liberals they are talking about they feel are a little
extreme and thus label them as commies? Such as some people have labled
Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gringrich as Fascists... Or perhaps some people are
just misled as to the extremity of what communism really is and are just
using a cliche term. Frankly, overall I think it is way too simple a
problem to be waging so much time on, especially in personal attacks.
Seriously.

 

Good point, commie.

 

Thanks comrade.

 

Da, tovarische.

Bill Putney
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