The issue of oil

[RandomGuy]

strange thread

nothing new..... just felt the need to point it out.

Yup.

Nothing new except an OP who obviously was too lazy to read or look for the 5 other recent threads on this topic.

It says something about human nature that "word "essentially came up here to rant on a soap box then acted like a petulant child when someone had the temerity to question his assumptions and opinion.

What does it say about the strength of your argument, when the first time someone asks you to back it up with something so silly as actual facts or data, and all you can do is sputter and call them an idiot for not agreeing with you?

[Winehole23]

What does it say about the strength of your argument, when the first time someone asks you to back it up with something so silly as actual facts or data, and all you can do is sputter and call them an idiot for not agreeing with you?

I'm not sure it says anything at all about the strength of any possible counterargument to you. But true, the case has not yet been made on the other side.

It does suggest impatience or irascibility on the part of word,
which suggests to me that word is a highly typical "Politics" poster and may fit right in with the more general trend in this forum to express righteous scorn, but very little else.

[Winehole23]

@RG: have you considered that word may not be trying to persuade or refute anyone?

[Winehole23]

It ain't exactly debate club in here.

[RandomGuy]

I'm not sure it says anything at all about the strength of any possible counterargument to you. But true, the case has not yet been made on the other side.

It does suggest impatience or irascibility on the part of word,
which suggests to me that word is a highly typical "Politics" poster and may fit right in with the more general trend in this forum to express righteous scorn, but very little else.

@RG: have you considered that word may not be trying to persuade or refute anyone?

It ain't exactly debate club in here.

Correct on all counts.

You are entirely correct that the ultimate strength of word's arguments are independent of his abilities, or lack thereof, to back them up.

I always find it a bit sad that people tend to act like whiney little ty babies when you ask them to actually support or back up their opinions with any real reasoning or actual data. I wish people's opinions in general were actually supported by *some* topical knowledge, as opposed to emotional arguments.

[johnsmith]

I always find it a bit sad that people tend to act like whiney little ty babies when you ask them to actually support or back up their opinions with any real reasoning or actual data. I wish people's opinions in general were actually supported by *some* topical knowledge, as opposed to emotional arguments.

I think that's because most people recognize this website for what it is - a site dedicated to the San Antonio Spurs with a small sub forum for people to about politics anonymously either emotionally or intellectually.

That and the fact that most people DON'T GIVE A about what you ask them for while on this anonymous website. You are a faceless assclown on a website that focuses on the NBA, not algorithm's that explain oil spills in the gulf.

[George Gervin's Afro]

I think that's because most people recognize this website for what it is - a site dedicated to the San Antonio Spurs with a small sub forum for people to about politics anonymously either emotionally or intellectually.

That and the fact that most people DON'T GIVE A about what you ask them for while on this anonymous website. You are a faceless assclown on a website that focuses on the NBA, not algorithm's that explain oil spills in the gulf.

speaking of faceless assclowns how's it going johnsmith?


Oh wait I'm not allowed to ask questions because someone else has that schtick..

[johnsmith]

speaking of faceless assclowns how's it going johnsmith?


Oh wait I'm not allowed to ask questions because someone else has that schtick..

Honestly, I just can't compare to your unreal sense of humor. The way you took what I said, and than said the exact same thing, but turned it around on me......wow, that is priceless man......it's almost like you said, I know you are but what am I, and everyone knows that there is absolutely no coming back from that.

Whew, I have to get off of this site now becaue I've been pwned.

[Winehole23]

I always find it a bit sad that people tend to act like whiney little ty babies when you ask them to actually support or back up their opinions with any real reasoning or actual data.

It cracks me up that the whiny tirades often consume far more effort than any direct factual riposte would have. OTOH it makes you sad, presumably for the loss to enlightenment, of its very own subjects. To each his own.

People love to . It's a passion. I ain't immune.

I wish people's opinions in general were actually supported by *some* topical knowledge, as opposed to emotional arguments.

I see it as a minimal courtesy to give information (or at least my honest opinion) when asked to do so, but others may regard it as an irritation. Vive la difference.

[RandomGuy]

I think that's because most people recognize this website for what it is - a site dedicated to the San Antonio Spurs with a small sub forum for people to about politics anonymously either emotionally or intellectually.

That and the fact that most people DON'T GIVE A about what you ask them for while on this anonymous website. You are a faceless assclown on a website that focuses on the NBA, not algorithm's that explain oil spills in the gulf.

I don't make this out to be any important battleground. It is, as you say, simply a sports forum with a sidebar for those who want to talk about politics.

Faceless assclownery can be had here aplenty. The thing I find most amusing about your remarks is that if I am a faceless assclown, what does that make someone like you, who contributes even less of value?

I think, by your own definition, that makes you a assclown's clown. I think of you as the little re ed clown that the rest of the clowns like to make fun of.

Here are your floppy shoes. Now make me laugh, clown-boy.

[Winehole23]

Some people would rather vent or use this forum like a bathroom stall, than really try to talk to other posters.

[Winehole23]

There's no accounting for taste.

[jack sommerset]

Honestly, I just can't compare to your unreal sense of humor. The way you took what I said, and than said the exact same thing, but turned it around on me......wow, that is priceless man......it's almost like you said, I know you are but what am I, and everyone knows that there is absolutely no coming back from that.

Whew, I have to get off of this site now becaue I've been pwned.

He's rubber and you're glue.

[word]

As a side note to all of this ....and I think whinehole got it right....but this kind of thing also makes me go ...why....

Riots at the G20 in Toronto.. Why not fly into some place there are less people ?

It's like the John Houseman ...biiilderberrrrg group.

Why not meet in.....Lubbock ? Or a much lesser known place with a runway ? Why are they always meeting in these high profile large metro area places ?

Thousands of airports in the world that will accomodate medium size jets. Thousands.

And of course...your response...is moot to me so.....I will go on worshipping solar and wind power and go about my way....laughing along the way while not providing ...a...single....link. You have to realize you're a dumbass on your own.

[Winehole23]

....and I think whinehole got it right....

Please, call me wino.