Richards 0 #26 October 22, 2007 QuoteAnd for what it's worth, I understand your venting, and for a lot of it I sympathise, even agree. I suppose my real objection is that I find loose talk of killing burglars (or whatever other short term gratification someone might hunger for when they've been wronged) often leads to increasingly fascist ways of thinking (no, I'm not calling you a fascist). I guess it depends on the person. I vent a lot when I see things that upset me but in reality I do not react the way that I vent. For example, when I read in the newspaper about a child molester I think "I wish I could have 5 minutes alone with that guy to exact a little justice", but if I did in fact run into the guy I would not be willing to risk getting a criminal record by acting out the fantasy of killing him. In my case the venting is more cathartic. I am not actualy violent. QuoteAnd with politics being what it is, people sometimes wind up with governments that give them exactly what they want... Fair point. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #27 October 22, 2007 QuoteIn my case the venting is more cathartic. I am not actualy violent. Oh, I don't suppose for a moment that you are. I read a lot of history, and it often seems to me that some of man's most base and degenerate instincts can lie very close to the surface, even when that societal surface is highly sophisticated and developed(I suppose you could say 'liberal', in its proper sense). Further it seems that it doesn't take much for that surface to crack, or even shatter completely. Given that, I tend to see talk of casual brutality and such to be a hairline crack in that surface. When what might well be idle talk works its way into the accepted landscape, words have an insidious way of eventually becoming actions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #28 October 22, 2007 I poop too much.Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DZJ 0 #29 October 22, 2007 It could be worse, you could poop too little. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #30 October 23, 2007 QuoteI poop too much. We know, most of it shows up as posts on here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #31 October 23, 2007 "highly sophisticated and developed(I suppose you could say 'liberal', in its proper sense)" Equating "highly sophisticated and developed" and "liberal"????? My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ExAFO 0 #32 October 23, 2007 QuoteQuoteI poop too much. We know, most of it shows up as posts on here. Perhaps your postings should be more interesting. I wouldn't shit on them as often.Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
