kallend 2,148 #51 October 13, 2005 QuoteQuoteY'All know... Maybe if Texas had FEWER GUNS guns & more VIBRATIN' DONGS then they'd be more civilised! I'm so glad you're back . That was brilliant! Wendy W. Hey Wendy, you're from Texas. Are Texan Vibrating Dongs (Texan VD) bigger than the VD in the rest of the country?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #52 October 13, 2005 QuoteWhy is it bigotry when applied to Texans but not to blacks? The fact remains that if you exclude Texas, these issues would come up far less often. Stating facts from the FBI about the black crime rate is not bigotry. If he had said that "5% of Texans polled online support this law", then that would have been a fact, and not bigotry. But trying to color all Texans with the same negative brush, is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,118 #53 October 13, 2005 >But trying to color all Texans with the same negative brush, is. Exactly. And I think if someone said "if we aborted every Texan baby, we wouldn't have this problem" I suspect you'd take offense. Even if it was true in a boneheaded literal sense. It's very easy to claim that a certain statement about a race or a state or a religion is "just FBI stats" or "just plain facts" until those facts are about you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #54 October 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteAnd in a new move today, Texan Women will be required to wear Burkas while out on the streets. Okay folks, we've seen several messages like this now. I ignored the first one. But now it's too much. Just because some cop or DA is a prude and wants to prosecute stupid sex laws, does not mean that everyone in the state of Texas is a backward barbarian. Do not paint us all with the same brush. That's called: "bigotry". Nope, it's called Texas, where people are proud to be conservative with their thinking. ----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #55 October 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteb) "set-up" joints. For those not up on Texan lingo, a set-up is a dry bar where they only sell mixer but let you bring in your own personal bottle of booze or cooler full of beer. Quite the experiance I assure you. I think that's the way all of the nude bars down on Sunset Strip in Hollywood are(???) I seem to recall not wanting to go in them because none of them sold liquor - they were all BYOB and we didn't have our own B. Ah, so I was informed that the California nude bars are not even allowed to have alcohol in them at all... which means that Texas is a little less conservative than Cali on that particular issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #56 October 14, 2005 My opinion of cops sink even further...... BEWARE OF THE DILDO POLICE! Just think, a person could actually be put in the position of getting beaten New Orleans style for being in the possession of an adult novelty! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #57 October 14, 2005 Y'All know... Maybe if Texas had FEWER GUNS guns & more VIBRATIN' DONGS then they'd be more civilised! Yep! "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #58 October 14, 2005 Can you point please to the sentence where I said something about ''ALL Texans''? What I did do is joke that the Texas legislature had passed a new (and obviously made up) intolerant law based on religious beliefs. Guess what - this whole thread is about an intolerant law (presumably passed some time ago) by the Texas legislature based on religious beliefs. See in saying that a new law had been passed by the legislature; I was poking fun at the legislature, NOT ''all Texans''. Now given that the legislature hasn't seen fit to repeal this law against sex toys, I think that is a pretty fair comment. My last sentence also drew a brief comparison between a State which allows intolerant laws based on religious views to exist on its statute book, and the odd country across the other side of the world that also has a penchant for intolerant laws based on religious views. As I said, ''the more things differ, the more they look the same''. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jenfly00 0 #59 October 14, 2005 QuoteCan you point please to the sentence where I said something about ''ALL Texans''? What I did do is joke that the Texas legislature had passed a new (and obviously made up) intolerant law based on religious beliefs. Guess what - this whole thread is about an intolerant law (presumably passed some time ago) by the Texas legislature based on religious beliefs. See in saying that a new law had been passed by the legislature; I was poking fun at the legislature, NOT ''all Texans''. Now given that the legislature hasn't seen fit to repeal this law against sex toys, I think that is a pretty fair comment. My last sentence also drew a brief comparison between a State which allows intolerant laws based on religious views to exist on its statute book, and the odd country across the other side of the world that also has a penchant for intolerant laws based on religious views. As I said, ''the more things differ, the more they look the same''. I agree with what you said (and didn't say). However, Texans, as a group, are apparently well known for intolerance of intelligent discussion (or publication, at least). For decades (still?), the Texas State Board of Education was used as the lowest common demoninator to approve or disapprove proposed school books for national circulation. If it was approved in Texas, it was assumed to be sufficiently void of 'non-traditional' data to be approved anywhere ...and thus be worth the investment risk for publication. In short, experience taught national publishing houses that Texas was the ideal test bed for censorship and intolerance. While recognizing that statistical exceptions always exist when talking about 'all Texans', that pretty much gives me a good overall picture of the state. ----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #60 October 14, 2005 Conversely, you have to remember what makes the news, and it's generally not the stuff that's not controversial. Houston has all of the major performance arts represented and well supported. I believe most of the other major cities have at least pieces of it. By "major performance arts" I mean ballet, theater, opera, sympony, pops, major outside performance venue. Also museums, colleges with significant diversity. Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio are no slouches, either. Austin is a major music center, and reviled across much of the state as a hotbed of liberalism. It's also the capital, and home of a significant state university. What I'm trying to say is that one often finds what one looks for. There are a lot of rednecks here who are proud of it. Many of them also would stop and help you by the side of the road, help you move with their trucks, and look at each person they actually meet as an individual. Do they talk that way? Nope, not always. Do they like guns? Yep, most of them do. And, too, since Texas is quite large, and quite populous, it's pretty easy to find examples of almost anything. Much easier than in, say, Rhode Island. Perfect? No frickin'way. Yes, the "me first" attitude about education dollars and earnings is distressing, but then you have to look at how Houston responded to the Katrina victims (and probably Dallas, too -- I just don't live there). I've lived here for 33 years. I'm a Texan, too. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remster 30 #61 October 14, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteb) "set-up" joints. For those not up on Texan lingo, a set-up is a dry bar where they only sell mixer but let you bring in your own personal bottle of booze or cooler full of beer. Quite the experiance I assure you. I think that's the way all of the nude bars down on Sunset Strip in Hollywood are(???) I seem to recall not wanting to go in them because none of them sold liquor - they were all BYOB and we didn't have our own B. Ah, so I was informed that the California nude bars are not even allowed to have alcohol in them at all... which means that Texas is a little less conservative than Cali on that particular issue. I think I'm gonna miss Montreal Remster Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricTheRed 0 #62 October 14, 2005 QuoteI think I'm gonna miss Montreal Check our states unofficial motto: http://www.cafepress.com/killerstickers.32058647 and http://www.hottopic.com/store/product.asp?ITEM=213222illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #63 October 18, 2005 QuoteTexans, as a group, are apparently well known for intolerance of intelligent discussion Yeah, we all just a bunch 'o savage ignorant rednecks down here. So ya better not mess wit us, or we'll all get together and come up there with our pickup trucks and our guns, and kick yo little yankee asses. Comprende? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #64 October 18, 2005 Quotekick yo little yankee asses. Comprende? Classic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #65 October 19, 2005 just don't bitch slap me with your illegal dildo... Classic, guns all over the place, but god forbid if you would want to masturbate with a dildo....too funny... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,118 #66 October 19, 2005 >Classic, guns all over the place, but god forbid if you would want >to masturbate with a dildo....too funny... Come on now! Guns are fun and make guys feel good, but dildos make them feel, you know, sort of inadequate. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #67 October 19, 2005 Quotebut dildos make them feel, you know, sort of inadequate. As they should. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #68 October 19, 2005 why? My orgasm woudn't feel any better if I had a bigger dick... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #69 October 20, 2005 Quotewhy? My orgasm woudn't feel any better if I had a bigger dick... And how do you know this? Has it shrunk?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,588 #70 October 20, 2005 Update He was found innocent quickly. Maybe Texans aren't all dumb bigoted ignorant prejudiced redneck hicks Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #71 October 20, 2005 QuoteUpdate He was found innocent quickly. Maybe Texans aren't all dumb bigoted ignorant prejudiced redneck hicks Wendy W. The exceptions being the six jurors and you?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IanHarrop 42 #72 October 20, 2005 QuoteUpdate He was found innocent quickly. Maybe Texans aren't all dumb bigoted ignorant prejudiced redneck hicks Wendy W. They'll take your Texan card away if y'all keep talking like that."Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #73 October 20, 2005 QuoteQuoteMaybe Texans aren't all dumb bigoted ignorant prejudiced redneck hicks The exceptions being the six jurors and you? Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. News: Judge sets deadline on R. Kelly porn case I guess everyone in Chicago has sex with underage girls, with you being the one exception? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #74 October 20, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteMaybe Texans aren't all dumb bigoted ignorant prejudiced redneck hicks The exceptions being the six jurors and you? Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. News: Judge sets deadline on R. Kelly porn case I guess everyone in Chicago has sex with underage girls, with you being the one exception? Apparently you don't see a difference between selling vibrators to adults and child pornography? I most certainly do.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnRich 4 #75 October 20, 2005 QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteMaybe Texans aren't all dumb bigoted ignorant prejudiced redneck hicks The exceptions being the six jurors and you? Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. News: Judge sets deadline on R. Kelly porn case I guess everyone in Chicago has sex with underage girls, with you being the one exception? Apparently you don't see a difference between selling vibrators to adults and child pornography? I most certainly do. It wasn't the crime that I was highlighting, but rather the way you branded virtually everyone in an entire state with a negative comment, for the actions of just a few people. That's bigotry. You should be more enlightened than that, Mr. liberal college professor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
