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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

Oh boy, another thread about the US from a canadian who has absolutely no stake in any issue here except to rag on right-wingers. This was becoming a decent forum while you were absent. There have been some really great threads with thoughtful contributions from the likes of Tweakabelle, Ashjor, NorthernGent, and a few other non-Amis.

I don't have any love for conservatives, myself, but at least I live here in the US. Why don't you post threads about what is going on in Canada?

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ORIGINAL: farglebargle

If the process isn't openly auditable, it's not worth the time to argue about.

The current process isn't openly auditable. Arguing about the outcome of a system which is by definition not trustworthy always strikes me as somewhat off the mark...

First question: Where's the JTAG port, I need to verify some ROM checksums....

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

Oh boy, another thread about the US from a canadian who has absolutely no stake in any issue here except to rag on right-wingers. This was becoming a decent forum while you were absent. There have been some really great threads with thoughtful contributions from the likes of Tweakabelle, Ashjor, NorthernGent, and a few other non-Amis.

I don't have any love for conservatives, myself, but at least I live here in the US. Why don't you post threads about what is going on in Canada?

Let me see if I can follow the logic, or lack thereof.

You are applauding the contributions of those from other countries who are commenting on U.S. issues while telling him he has no business commenting on U.S. issues?

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

Oh boy, another thread about the US from a canadian who has absolutely no stake in any issue here except to rag on right-wingers. This was becoming a decent forum while you were absent. There have been some really great threads with thoughtful contributions from the likes of Tweakabelle, Ashjor, NorthernGent, and a few other non-Amis.

I don't have any love for conservatives, myself, but at least I live here in the US. Why don't you post threads about what is going on in Canada?

Let me see if I can follow the logic, or lack thereof.

You are applauding the contributions of those from other countries who are commenting on U.S. issues while telling him he has no business commenting on U.S. issues?

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

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ORIGINAL: rulemylife

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ORIGINAL: Hippiekinkster

Oh boy, another thread about the US from a canadian who has absolutely no stake in any issue here except to rag on right-wingers. This was becoming a decent forum while you were absent. There have been some really great threads with thoughtful contributions from the likes of Tweakabelle, Ashjor, NorthernGent, and a few other non-Amis.

I don't have any love for conservatives, myself, but at least I live here in the US. Why don't you post threads about what is going on in Canada?

Let me see if I can follow the logic, or lack thereof.

You are applauding the contributions of those from other countries who are commenting on U.S. issues while telling him he has no business commenting on U.S. issues?

Doesn't your dictionary have the word "thoughtful" in it?

My primary objection is that he floods the forum with thread after thread which are nothing more than troll threads dissing right-wingers. I don't much care for the conservative philosophy myself, but I don't feel a need to continuously rag on conservatives. Perhaps you enjoy that sort of thing. I rather enjoy threads like "Evolution vs. Religion" where folks actually discuss something.

But if you want this forum to be little more than a collection of threads bashing right-wingers, and goofy-assed pseudo-legal trolls about the Magna Carta and "sovereignty", and verbatim C&Ps about whatever insane thought occurs to some "Alex" asshole, fine. I won't stand in your way.

Is that what you want? A forum where discourse is abandoned for the cheap shot, the pithy insult, the smarmy "look at how clever I am!" wisecrack, the ever-banal endless cycle of cucky "farlefters suck"/ brain "stupid rightard tricks" troll threads?

Is that what you want? Stand up and be counted, dude. There's a reason why half of CM doesn't go near this forum; same reason half of what's left of B.com doesn't go near the Politics and Such forum there. And it isn't discussions like "Evolution and Religion".

But, you know, I'm a newcomer. You've been here much longer. You should have the right to have things any way you want.