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by Spidey
Sat Nov 09, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

So, while I was checking some results, I noticed that Nevada has a ballot option "None of these candidates" that pulled like 1.3% of the vote, which I thought was funny. I was also reading an article that stated that something like 50% of liberals now want to move to states like California, Oregon ...
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

I agree with you 100% on the idea that it says more about the voter than the candidate.

But I'm going to use my own metrics every time instead of letting someone else dictate them.
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

That wasn't a deflection, I think they were both bad candidates, but Vander seems to think the only option is to compare and choose the least bad instead of actually liking one of the two. I'm sorry for snapping at you. The thing is though, what you describe is exactly what our system is designed ...
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:18 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

Top Gun wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:11 pm Spidey for once would you just answer the damn question in a straightforward manner instead of deflecting?
That wasn't a deflection, I think they were both bad candidates, but Vander seems to think the only option is to compare and choose the least bad instead of actually liking one of the two.
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

Well for one...the inability to win over people like me. Actual honest question, because I need to do something else today other than spew ineffectual rage: what would she have had to do to win you over? What in particular were you looking for? She could have fleshed out her vision and ideas ...
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 1:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

Vander wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 12:09 pm
Spidey wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:42 am Well for one...the inability to win over people like me.
What, in your opinion, was worse about Harris relative to Trump?
I never said she was worse than Trump, would that even be possible?
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

Vander wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:23 am
Spidey wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:17 am Never underestimate fielding a bad candidate.
In your opinion, what made her a worse candidate than Trump?
Well for one...the inability to win over people like me.
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

Well, there is one bright spot in a Trump victory...watching pundit heads explode during the freakout is a real treat.
by Spidey
Wed Nov 06, 2024 9:17 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Did you vote?
Replies: 82
Views: 4366

Re: Did you vote?

CDN_Merlin wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 3:38 am How? How is it possible that he wins?
Never underestimate fielding a bad candidate.
by Spidey
Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:56 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Hurricanes
Replies: 15
Views: 1528

Re: Hurricanes

I'm not MAGA, but I also don't lower myself to their level either.
by Spidey
Wed Oct 09, 2024 9:14 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Hurricanes
Replies: 15
Views: 1528

Re: Hurricanes

Whataboutism
by Spidey
Wed Oct 09, 2024 6:54 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Hurricanes
Replies: 15
Views: 1528

Re: Hurricanes

Nice...wishing bad on total strangers from a natural disaster...very classy.
by Spidey
Thu Oct 03, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Rhythm of the falling rain
Replies: 18
Views: 1626

Re: Rhythm of the falling rain

Thats funny considering there was nearly a 25% increase in the number of Arabs living in Israel over the last decade.
by Spidey
Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:16 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Rhythm of the falling rain
Replies: 18
Views: 1626

Re: Rhythm of the falling rain

Looks like Israel's Iron Dome is more like a Tin Dome.

I guess we now know what happens when you overwhelm a defense system.

And no, I don't believe there will be a negotiated peace any time soon.
by Spidey
Sun Sep 22, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Reasonable Person
Replies: 37
Views: 5047

Re: Reasonable Person

And if that condition didn't exist there probably wouldn't be an Israel.

And possibly a second holocaust.
by Spidey
Sat Sep 21, 2024 7:58 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Reasonable Person
Replies: 37
Views: 5047

Re: Reasonable Person

At least the "terrorist" attacks by Israel were more targeted towards enemy combatants then when Hezbollah fires rockets, missiles, artillery and drones into Israel. It also seems to me that terrorizing and disorienting the enemy is a valid tactic during a war...and yes, it is a war. I get the ...
by Spidey
Fri Sep 20, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Reasonable Person
Replies: 37
Views: 5047

Re: Reasonable Person

Nothing more satisfying than a terrorized terrorist. I'm sure families and friends of the kids that died will agree. How is the air up there on Phony Mc Moral Highground? Just saying that, if one day a couple hundred Army Reserve members suddenly had their devices explode while spending time with ...
by Spidey
Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Reasonable Person
Replies: 37
Views: 5047

Re: Reasonable Person

vision wrote: Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:18 am
Nothing more satisfying than a terrorized terrorist.
I'm sure families and friends of the kids that died will agree.
How is the air up there on Phony Mc Moral Highground?
by Spidey
Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Reasonable Person
Replies: 37
Views: 5047

Re: Reasonable Person

Nothing more satisfying than a terrorized terrorist.
by Spidey
Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Tip Toe Thru The Tulips
Replies: 9
Views: 1106

Re: Tip Toe Thru The Tulips

I understand the desire to go to Mars...I just don't understand the rush.
by Spidey
Sun Sep 15, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

Well, that eliminates more of us than Woody.
by Spidey
Fri Sep 13, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

Oh, I agree completely.

The loathing of half of the country's population has been going on for a very long time.

Fly over country...
Buck toof inbred rednecks...
Privileged whiners...
Undereducated...
by Spidey
Fri Sep 13, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

All the things Woody has been accused of he must have horns, hooves and a tail.
by Spidey
Fri Sep 13, 2024 11:27 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

How does the inference that Harris and Obama are the same person constitute misogyny?
by Spidey
Thu Sep 12, 2024 5:05 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

The big lie that wealthy people sit on piles of gold coins under their bed like Scrooge McDuck. The wealth is held in banks that help people buy houses, cars and start businesses. The wealth is invested in the stock market used to create new technologies and drugs. The wealth is spent in the ...
by Spidey
Thu Sep 12, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

Right off hand, how about creating the industrial might to defeat the Nazis. Then leaving millions in endowments that support the arts, science and education. But personally, I don't see the need to be a benefit to society. And using the term "allowing" is quite disturbing. Maybe lots of things ...
by Spidey
Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:56 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

OMG, I've been hearing that story my entire life.

The poor don't have anything because the rich have it all.

The "pie" theory has been around for a very long time.
by Spidey
Thu Sep 12, 2024 7:57 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

I know...the audacity of people actually exercising their right to vote for someone instead of against someone.

What nerve!
by Spidey
Wed Sep 11, 2024 4:21 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

Your comment was making sense until you got to the silly parts at the end.
by Spidey
Wed Sep 11, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

Sure, Harris showed the world what kind of person Trump is...and I guess there was at least one person that was in a coma that didn't know.
by Spidey
Wed Sep 11, 2024 9:02 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

Problem is...I'm finding difficult to even care who gets elected.
by Spidey
Wed Sep 11, 2024 8:03 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: The ""debate""
Replies: 45
Views: 4317

Re: The ""debate""

So...as some of you might know, I can't and won't vote for Trump. So, I figured I would watch the debate hoping Harris would give me a reason to vote for her. Well....nope! She spent way too much time explaining what Trump is/does. Trump is a liar...no ★■◆●. Trump is a felon...no ★■◆●. Trump killed t ...
by Spidey
Tue Sep 10, 2024 9:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

Maybe it's all that Democrat DNA that came into the party during the southern strategy.
by Spidey
Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:49 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

Spidey, when I complain about the power and influence wealth has on our system, it's an actual real thing. It's observable. We can actually discuss our different opinions about it. How do you have such a discussion with someone that says teachers everywhere are giving little boys blow job lessons ...
by Spidey
Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:45 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

No worse than creating Boogeymen to blame everything on.
by Spidey
Tue Sep 10, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

Anybody that thinks getting rid of rich people will get rid of the poor as well is a fool.
by Spidey
Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:38 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

Except for the rich?
by Spidey
Mon Sep 09, 2024 5:10 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

Vander wrote: Mon Sep 09, 2024 4:52 pm woodchip could mostly be replaced by a bot that posts the headline and first paragraph of a random Breitbart article a couple times a week and replies with a random paragraph from a different Breitbart article.
And where do you get your opinions from?
by Spidey
Mon Sep 09, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Equality
Replies: 60
Views: 7063

Re: Equality

New rule #1

No opinions we don't agree with allowed.