2/7 Christ political discussions on the motd are fucking stupid.
Chrsit the person who keeps deleting this has self-esteem issues. -dans
\_ Cursing and insulting people aren't exactly brilliant.
\_ How about the guy who keeps deleting this? "Cursing and
insulting people isn't exactly intelligent behaviour either."
\_ Don't know who's deleting that, it's the first I've seen of it
since someone keeps wiping the thread. Now that that's out of
the way, I'd actually dispute your statement. I dare you to
call British Parliamentary debate unintelligent. -dans
\_ British Parliamentary debate is unintelligent. The glove is
thrown!
\_ Is there a BBC-SPAN I could watch to get an idea of how
intelligent British Parliamentary debates are? I know
US congressional debates can be downright idiotic.
\- british and canadian parliament are shown on channel 2x
in sf. look for a name like "prime minister's question
time". it can be a real hoot [unless you're dealing with
say john major]. but it helps to have a sense of
whats going on in british politics because a lot of
it s about domestic stuff.
\_ I really wish we could have adult conversations about politics. I
think it's one of the things that's making this country harder to
work together--the tendency to simply yell at each other instead of
discussing things as grownups. -emarkp
\_ I don't think this is a question of adult conversation vs.
juvenile conversation. I think the real issue is that many
people believe that stating a bunch of facts in support of one
side of an argument is all that is necessary to conduct half
of a debate, and, further, the same individuals believe that if
two people do this, a debate has taken place. -dans
\_ Possibly. When I post an article without comment, it typically
is because I agree with it and am curious what others think.
The response is almost always simple ridicule (since I'm
non-left), and I decide a discussion simply can't happen.
-emarkp
\_ Are you familiar with the definition of insanity?
\_ Ah yes, that colloquialism. Since the results aren't
the same every time, I don't see how it applies. -emarkp
\_ Which is precisely my point about the discussions being
fucking stupid. With my apologies to Coleridge,
Flamebait, Flamebait, every where,
Nor any bite to eat. -dans
\_ Someone must really hate this thread. It keeps getting deleted.
What a wanker. -dans |