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#977 Oct 26 2011 at 2:04 PM Rating: Excellent
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I hate English grammar and I suck at it. Which one is the result of the other, I don't know. That is still no excuse for you not to understand a simple concept.

You and Gbaji suffer the same thing: you're incapable of concisely rendering a concept and so use 100 lines where 10 would suffice. This isn't being complete or thorough, it's just poor writing.

Then you ***** when people "pick apart" the other 90 lines and say that wasn't the point. Most people get past this by leaving those 90 lines out in the first place rather than criticizing people for reading and responding to them.

When you get state-side, I'd highly recommend a composition class at the local community college.
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#978 Oct 26 2011 at 2:07 PM Rating: Excellent
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#979 Oct 26 2011 at 2:09 PM Rating: Excellent
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When trying to defend your capacity to be understood, the logical defense is not "acknowledge being awful at grammar and expressing a thought, then blame the entire english language, assert that proper grammar is not necessary, and then fault everyone else for not getting you."

But thanks for outing yourself as someone who'll frantically stab out in any direction to avoid admitting that you're the problem. Sure made my job easy.


I'm not making excuses or blaming the English language.

I'm man enough to admit my short falls, if you're too cowardly to do the same and instead try to put this all on me, then so be it.

I hate English grammar and I suck at it. Which one is the result of the other, I don't know. That is still no excuse for you not to understand a simple concept. This is an online gaming forum. There is a serious lack of grammar, even in your own post that I just quoted. That's no excuse for me to act like I don't know what you're talking about just because of your grammar errors.

You asked me a question and I answered it.

Side note, anyone who has studied various languages know that English is just a combination of various language words, which makes it more difficult to learn. Although all languages have other influences, the languages that I've studied seem to have a much easier grammar to learn.


It's hilarious that you think, having acknowledged that you're awful at it, that you're fit to tell me I should be able to understand what you write. I can't most of the time. Sometimes I think I can, and when I pose to you what I thought you said, you tell me that I'm wrong. Heck, sometimes after telling me I'm wrong, you restate your point and it seems that I was right in the first place.

If someone tells you that your manner of expressing an idea is horrible and that it makes you impossible to have a reasonable discussion with, and you know that you're bad at it, you'd think you'd just accept it.

It's pathetic. You're plodding along, slowly making your way to your point, but you keep getting distracted by irrelevant tangents and strawmen. Everyone else is ahead of you, forcing themselves to trot along at the same speed, when they want to run ahead to the stupid point that we all know you're inevitably going to get to, and argue it. Instead, they have to lead you along by the hand, constantly pulling you, kicking and screaming, back in the proper direction while you insist on wandering in circles.

I'm fully ******* aware that this is a gaming forum, and that the level of grammar here is a mixed bag. That you're notably worse than the average really ought to speak volumes to you. The only people who are harder to understand are Tailmon and Elne, and at least she has a good excuse.

Honestly, you're like a toddler. You still want to pitch a fit and put the blame elsewhere, even though you've practically admitted that you don't have a single leg to stand on.
#980 Oct 26 2011 at 2:33 PM Rating: Excellent
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So you finally agree that there are logical reasons to discriminate on skin color?


Casting isn't "discriminating" by skin color, this has been covered before by both me & Joph. You will not convince anyone here that casting = discrimination except in the simplest of definitions & continuing to try & do so is nothing but a waste of all of our times.

Also, going forward, you should know the definition of discrimination:

1. The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, esp. on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
2. Recognition and understanding of the difference between one thing and another.


When we are talking about "discrimination", we are using only definition #1, since this is a DADT thread. You alternate between 1 & 2.

Now knowing which definition we mean, can you answer the following question:

Why do you think it's just & not prejudicial to discriminate due only to one's sexual orientation?
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#981 Oct 26 2011 at 4:42 PM Rating: Excellent
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But a heterosexual could declare, "I'm straight!" & keep their job while a homosexual could not declare, "I'm gay!" & keep theirs. Yes, "Don't be gay" applies to both gays & straights, but it disenfranchises only one of the two.


How is that different from a male and female couple/BFF in military living conditions as opposed to same sex couples/BFFs? How is it ok in one scenario but not in the other? What's the difference? Everyone follows the same rules, some are more disenfranchised than others.
You could argue that there is a problem here. Perhaps the repeal of DADT will cause this to be re-examined.

However the issue here is a rule that fails to take into account a potential problem thus creating a loop hole. DADT is a rule created specifically to discriminate. That's fundamentally different. On the balance it is far better to repeal DADT and then deal with the potential problems then to keep enforcing unjustified discrimination.
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#982 Oct 26 2011 at 10:04 PM Rating: Default
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1. I never claimed that it was racism, because it's not. Racial discrimination != racism.


LOL what.

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2. "the ability to pass as Caucasian" supports my claim as I'm focusing on "skin color" and not race.


Read Above.
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#983 Oct 27 2011 at 4:41 AM Rating: Default
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If you're talking about the people who claim to be "cured of homosexuality", then you're even more moronic than I originally thought.


Good example of readers taking the dumbest interpretation as an argument. I never said or hinted on anything about "cures". I meant exactly what I said. I specifically said SAME OR OPPOSITE sex. I previously stated women who claimed to have given up on men.


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So a meaningless term. Got it.


Explain how it's meaningless? How is a form of discrimination that is accepted by society (i.e. women not mandated to sign for selective service) any less of discrimination? That's the entire point of this topic. I'm pointing out that as a society, we accept various forms of discrimination based on every human aspect that we say we shouldn't discriminate against. How is homosexuality special?

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By all means, you tell me so I can get a good laugh.


I asked you the question. If you don't know the answer, then say so.

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The legal one which contains the bit about BFOQs you so wish to pretend doesn't exist?


By "legal", you mean the one that you just made up? Legalizing a form of discrimination doesn't make it any less of discrimination. It makes it legal. That's like saying "legalizing marijuana makes it no longer a drug". So please tell me what definition of discrimination you are using where denying someone a job based on their color is NOT racial discrimination. Whether or not it's legalized, i.e. slavery at one point of time, doesn't mean it isn't discrimination, or slavery at one point of time.

So, if slavery is legal, then it isn't slavery? If prostitution is legal, then it's not prostitution? I can legally kill someone here in Iraq, is that not still murder?

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Way to take the shallow approach. My claim was in regards to a select industry which is covered through the BFOQ rules. You came up with retail because... well, I have no idea, really. I guess because you're getting desperate.


So, are you going to answer the question?

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The problem here is with your lack of understanding regarding discrimination law and shifting definitions to try to meet a pre-decided point. But if you're saying you give up, that's fine as well. Have fun getting your doodle looked at by teh gayz


My lack of understanding? You're claiming that discrimination listed under DISCRIMINATION LAWS aren't really discrimination? WTF? Then why are they listed under discrimination laws? Are there driving laws listed there also? Society has hand picked special scenarios where discrimination is logical and protected them under the law. That's how it works, if you think it works some other magical way, then please enlighten me.

Edited, Oct 28th 2011 6:13pm by Almalieque
#984 Oct 27 2011 at 4:44 AM Rating: Good
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If you're talking about the people who claim to be "cured of homosexuality", then you're even more moronic than I originally thought.


Good example of readers taking the dumbest interpretation as an argument. I never said or hinted on anything about "cures". I meant exactly what I said. I specifically said SAME OR OPPOSITE sex. I previously stated women who claimed to have given up on men.



So these women force themselves to be lesbians?
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#985 Oct 27 2011 at 5:44 AM Rating: Good
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Well, there's plenty of gay men who force themselves to be straight. But those do usually end up cheating on their wives or other things like that.
#986 Oct 27 2011 at 7:00 AM Rating: Excellent
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Explain how it's meaningless?

Explain how it's meaningful since you want people to use it as a barometer. When you jump around from scenario to scenario and demand that we consider the lack of midget women being cast as Shaq to be the same as women not entering selective service to be the same as banning open mention of your sexuality, it's up to you to connect the dots in a sane and logical fashion. Maybe you've convinced yourself that you've done so but I don't think anyone else agrees.

I've ignored the rest of your post because until you can accomplish this, there's no reason to humor you shotgunning arguments all over the place and praying one hits.
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#988 Oct 27 2011 at 9:44 AM Rating: Default
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It's hilarious that you think, having acknowledged that you're awful at it, that you're fit to tell me I should be able to understand what you write. I can't most of the time. Sometimes I think I can, and when I pose to you what I thought you said, you tell me that I'm wrong. Heck, sometimes after telling me I'm wrong, you restate your point and it seems that I was right in the first place.

If someone tells you that your manner of expressing an idea is horrible and that it makes you impossible to have a reasonable discussion with, and you know that you're bad at it, you'd think you'd just accept it.



I made a statement " I'm not naive. I realize some stuff I say maybe misleading, not clear, etc."

You responded with "Do you? Do you really? "

I responded with my short falls in writing. HOWEVER, that does not excuse your ignorance. Just read what just happened. I said the following "Is it possible to consciously will yourself to find someone of the same or opposite sex attractive? Of course it is."

What was interpreted?
"If you're talking about the people who claim to be "cured of homosexuality", then you're even more moronic than I originally thought. "

This is after I said that I've heard testimonies of women giving up men.. There is simply no excuse for that. None, whatsoever.

The bottom line is, I'm willing to take some fault after the first 2 or 3 posts, but after 20 pages later, you can't blame ALL misunderstandings on me.

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It's pathetic. You're plodding along, slowly making your way to your point, but you keep getting distracted by irrelevant tangents and strawmen. Everyone else is ahead of you, forcing themselves to trot along at the same speed, when they want to run ahead to the stupid point that we all know you're inevitably going to get to, and argue it. Instead, they have to lead you along by the hand, constantly pulling you, kicking and screaming, back in the proper direction while you insist on wandering in circles.


Are you referring to my references of "post 206", because that's what it sounds like. I said everything in advance, all at once. You all complain about it because you're too lazy to read. So, I break it down, then you complain to hurry it up.

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I'm fully @#%^ing aware that this is a gaming forum, and that the level of grammar here is a mixed bag. That you're notably worse than the average really ought to speak volumes to you. The only people who are harder to understand are Tailmon and Elne, and at least she has a good excuse.

Honestly, you're like a toddler. You still want to pitch a fit and put the blame elsewhere, even though you've practically admitted that you don't have a single leg to stand on.


The fact that you act like this was my first, second or even third time saying that only proves your own ignorance. Thanks for pointing that out. If you haven't realized by now, we've been having the same exact arguments for years now. It's the same arguments and here you are acting like this is all new.

Way to prove my point!

I accept what I know is my fault. I am not accepting your ignorance.

Edited, Oct 27th 2011 5:45pm by Almalieque
#989 Oct 27 2011 at 9:50 AM Rating: Excellent
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I am not accepting your ignorance.


We've accepted yours. Not accepting Eske's is discrimination.

Racist.

Edited, Oct 27th 2011 11:51am by Omegavegeta
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#990 Oct 27 2011 at 9:52 AM Rating: Excellent
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I am not accepting your ignorance.


We've accepted yours. Not accepting Eske's is discrimination.


But discrimination is OK, just look at Hollywood!
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What's this **** about women giving up on men and deciding to date women? I'm sure most of those women were already bisexual or at least bicurious to begin with. Besides, there's far less of a stigma against female bisexuals than male bisexuals. Men are far more open to dating a woman who has previously been in a same-sex relationship than women are in the analogous situation, in general. Without such a stigma, you might see more men giving same-sex relationships a shot after strings of failed heterosexual relationships.
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What's this sh*t about women giving up on men and deciding to date women?
It's the excuse he keeps hearing. "It's not you, it's me. I just feel more attracted to women is all!"
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I don't see why it matters what kind of trait sexuality is, or whether it's a choice or not.

It's not. There, I'm glad we cleared that up.


I tend to agree with you, but even if it is, does it matter??

I submit that it does not.

Apparently making a concious choice would strip you of human rights. Or something?


Religion is a choice. If we can protect people's right to choose their religion - then even if homosexuality is a choice, there is no reason that choice can't be protected like other choices are.
#995 Oct 28 2011 at 5:39 AM Rating: Excellent
Well said, Olo, I'd just add the caveat that said choices can't cause harm (real harm, not just someone feeling uncomfortable) to someone else.
#996Almalieque, Posted: Oct 28 2011 at 10:10 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I can't speak for women that I don't know. I would assume no. I'm sure there were much more women who tried to be with women who went back to men than there were women who tried to be with women and stayed with them.
#997 Oct 28 2011 at 10:19 AM Rating: Default
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Explain how it's meaningless?

Explain how it's meaningful since you want people to use it as a barometer. When you jump around from scenario to scenario and demand that we consider the lack of midget women being cast as Shaq to be the same as women not entering selective service to be the same as banning open mention of your sexuality, it's up to you to connect the dots in a sane and logical fashion. Maybe you've convinced yourself that you've done so but I don't think anyone else agrees.

I've ignored the rest of your post because until you can accomplish this, there's no reason to humor you shotgunning arguments all over the place and praying one hits.


I did, in post 983.

Your whole argument is "It's no longer discrimination if it's protected by law". The legality of the action doesn't change the definition of the action.

And I ask again... Do you believe that racial quotas and minority scholarships are racial discrimination?
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I did, in post 983.

Obviously not or else I wouldn't have read your post and needed to ask.

I've ignored the rest of your post because until you can accomplish this, there's no reason to humor you shotgunning arguments all over the place and praying one hits.

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20 fucking pages. 20 fucking pages. 20 fucking pages? What is wrong with you people?
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