TaBoo Tenente

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i found this article and the response very interesting. it's fair to say that i hail from the opposite side of the spectrum from both of you. i must admit that i tend to cringe when jerry falwell or PRob fires up a mic. i know nothing about these guys as individuals, but what ive seen seems to indicate that they spend a lot more time focusing on the sexual orientation of cartoon or muppet characters than something like, say, violence in cart

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welcome jh. will check out your blogging process. enjoy! tbt

Reply to TaBoo's Second Amendment to the Constitution in Politics JoeUser Forums

dabe: i have a feeling that the founders would not support a ban on firearms. i am also sure they would be stupified by what some people use to protect a home these days. on the one hand, i tend to agree that certain firearms are simply a danger, and only have protective value as flashy overkill. of course, i probably would never own so much as a low cal. pistol myself (though i could think of a few circumstances where i wouldnt' mind having one aro

TaBoo's Second Amendment to the Constitution in Politics JoeUser Forums

What kind of arms do you bear? When you are not bearing your arms, w

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thanks for your post, thatoneguy, and i agree. theres no need for 2 x 4s, dr. miller. while i wish dabe would quit fueling the conflict, shes made several interesting comments here.

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i'll be honest: i've never heard that term. i once got into a fight in highschool because someone on the other team yelled at the ref: "that was a jewish call". it always amazes me that these labels have found so many ways to midify verbs and nouns. but so it goes. that, of course, is the point. there is a lot of ways to offend someone, and using these terms tends to be the quickest. it labels someone with a group of people with out reall

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this is by far the weirdest thread i have ever read. what have we learned? that everyone on this site knows everyone else was already obvious. and while i tend to agree that spelling is relatively important, i am surprised at the fervor with which twenty people took to the fields with pitchforks and torches. give me this energetic mob and a

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there needs to be a buzzer or flashing lights if you try to post something but have been blacklisted. maybe some kind of public humiliation tag that goes with your alias, like: TaBoo "unpopular loser" Tenente. Actually, that's not bad. Maybe I'll make the change permanent anyway. TBT ps. glad to see your article mojo is back.

Reply to TaBoo's First Amendment to the Constitution in Politics JoeUser Forums

a very interesting take, diamondback. i read the article, and i found it to also be a very interesting take. unfortunately i dont have a readied link to provide here, but maybe try googling walter benjamin. many language theorists believe that thought IS language. im not necessarily talking about the classic spoken systems. in general language is thought to consist of two parts: a sign and a symbol. for the sake of not digressing too far

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it's true. . .the legal thing, i mean. but there are a lot of things that are legal that are not right. my point is that sometimes in the heat of the moment, "right" gets little sway.

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latour: i am not canadian. i have many friends scattered throughout canada (though none in manitoba) and have done a lot of traveling there (one time, i went as far north as yellowknife. quite an experience). anyway, the reason i brought it up was because of the difficulty of finding an objective news source here in the states about what is happening in canada. i have traveled to a bunch of places in the world, and i tend to run in

Reply to TaBoo's First Amendment to the Constitution in Politics JoeUser Forums

a word about political correctness: when used to censor, political correctness is a hindrance and a waste. it covers up nuances of meaning that often help the evolution of modern thinking. however, i also believe that when people say political correctness is stupid as a concept, or pedantic in nature, i think they are missing the point. language is thought. if you spend your life swearing when you are upset, then you prevent yourse

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im not sure which thread you are referring to here, and probably a liberal, abstract response to "the killing question" is not what you're looking for here, but what the hey. here's the abstract part of my response: i don't think killing is ever "right". natural selection and survival of the fittest obsessors: give me a break. we are also rational beings, and we don't need to kill off "weaker specimens". Morally, you are not proving anythi

Reply to TaBoo's First Amendment to the Constitution in Politics JoeUser Forums

Laughing out loud is right. What a predicament!

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dabe: ive read dr. miller's comments other places. i often strongly disagree with him; nevertheless, he makes insightful comments that i usually find interesting to discuss. his comment here definitely seemed to be unprovoked, though i know you two tend to go at it on a regular basis. still, feel free to argue with him again here; i would just prefer if you would attempt to keep it kosher for the public. dr. miller: i think you understand,

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man. what happened to this thread?

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hey wait a minute. i didnt think i was that much of a comp. dunce, but maybe... theres no way to change the html on these joeuser.com blogs, is there? even just meta tags or adding counters or something? tbt

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any career ideas? any previous school degrees?

Reply to TaBoo's First Amendment to the Constitution in Politics JoeUser Forums

well, journalists should be held accountable for representing either fabricated or unsubstantiated as fact; and biased journalism, unless noted, is not good journalism. government-regulated content is no answer though, and im sure neither the kerry or bush squad would make good editors. but who gets to determine quality, obscenity? on the one hand, protecting your children is important; on the other, i am sure you don't want me to determine

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bluedev: memory sucks. i universally recommend bringing a pocket notebook with you everywhere: work, on dates, to bed, to the john. . .everywhere. you're going to forget everything, i promise. i'm not sure how much you read, but i'd like to recommend The Modern Library Writer's Workshop by Stephen Koch. Stephen ran the famous MFA program at Columbia for many years, and therefor this book is directed specifically to fiction w

Reply to TaBoo's First Amendment to the Constitution in Politics JoeUser Forums

i just read the two articles you linked to, kingbee. both were very good. social nationalism is always the risk when patriotism becomes blind and supersedes humanity. it bothers me that politicians are so willing to stoke such patriotism. then i say to myself, "of course a polician will do anything and everything". then i say, "the reason they do it is because we want them to do it." if you look at germany post wwI, it is easy to

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nicely said nj. it seems to me that that there is something new about this wave of "patriotism". maybe it's just part of the highly polarized, highly charged political environment, or maybe not. people want censorship, they want some definition of decency. but it seems so inconsistent. people feel it is important to fight for freedom, but they want people to discard freedom. the fact that highschoolers do not value the 1st amendme

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not that i believe you for a second, myrrander, but such principle makes me warm in the belly. cosmo just isnt current events reporting. it seems to me that theyve never sold it that way either, and i have a hard time understanding why people would expect it from a magazine that has the same sexlines, the same almost naked woman on the front every time, the same polls about whether billy blue eyes remembers to put the toilet seat down after p

Reply to Cabbage Patch Kids Have Come of Age! in Misc JoeUser Forums

my favorite doll had the name doghurt, because i couldnt produce the sound of my favorite food (you guessed it: french fries). also, he was a stuffed dog and not a cabbage patcher, so if i find an illegal immigrant ahead of me at 7-11 trying to buy some OE easy sippin' with an id that reads "doghurt consuelo", i'll probably take him out for a proper drink. TBT

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i agree, ted. support for the ideals rather than the government is what patriotism is about, and it should never be blind.