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Thanks! Theory of Practice "Now we stand outcast and starving 'mid the wonders we have made." 14:54, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

[edit] The pinkos that made common cause with Stalin.

My big left theoretical touchstone never made that mistake. Theory of Practice "Now we stand outcast and starving 'mid the wonders we have made." 01:53, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Good for him. He must have been quite a courageous individual; after all, opposing Stalin was not exactly the fashionable thing to do in Trotskyist circles... Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX 02:48, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

[edit] Classic

Keep the Wiki safe for me while I am not here. Keep in mind that many of our fellow adversaries of the wingnuts are no friends of rationalism. There are pinkos beating at the gates; more now, I think, than before. Many are in open contempt of rationalism, and most contemn it tacitly.

And there may come a day when the courage of Men fails; when we forsake our friends, break all bonds of fellowship and let the pinkos trample us to the ground. But it is not this day!

Good luck with whatever you're doing. We're the worse for your absence. Picon small.pngLiquid Blue 06:37, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

[edit] Private prisoners and real estate

This is a cogently-argued analysis of some of the dynamics at play in that article. Theory of Practice Peter Tosh > Bob Marley 16:53, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

I saw that when it came out. I like how she does a delicate tap-dance around the claims that the CIA was engaged in genocide attempts during the last blast of the Cold War. A pity that the man writing the private-prison article could not even come up to that level of cogency in his, um, arguments. Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX 05:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

[edit] PZ Myers needs you!

"So, this Odin guy…are his followers enlightened and tolerant?"  :-) Star of David.png Radioactive Misanthrope 21:38, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

This is why I dislike the use of stereotypes. If Prof. Myers were to come down to Paganistan and have a look around the Norse part of it, he would find a fascinating variety of moonbat cranks, a few (comparative) moderates who are perenially trying to put up a temple, a dancer/ latter-day völva, groups of musicians who network through Lutheran churches, one pervert who is outlaw and accursed, and perhaps a neo-Nazi or two, although the others have no truck with them. And, of course, me, so benighted and intolerant as to believe that people of other religions occasionally have an IQ greater than 0. Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX 05:19, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
I always think it's a shame how PZ Myers is a smart thoughtful guy on pretty much everything except religion--"Shut up, Brx." 05:33, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Man, the comments are so full of fail--"Shut up, Brx." 05:35, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
As I think I said before, I have it on the authority of a former student in his department that he is a mediocre professor who is rather unpleasant in person. Open-mindedness makes for excellent professors, but very poor polemicists. Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX 05:39, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Ooh, I never figured you were one for gossip, LX. Star of David.png Radioactive Misanthrope 05:52, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
Heh, I believe it, after that second amendment was for slavery horseshit he indulged in. --Revolverman (talk) 06:03, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
The student was speaking from firsthand experience, and based on my own firsthand experience I had no reason to suppose that he was lying to me.
Did Prof. Myers believe Hartmann's "Second Amendment was for slavery" thing? I thought he of all people would remember that correlation does not equal causation. Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX 06:27, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
I think it's the beard. It makes him seem lovable. Like a brunette Santa Claus--"Shut up, Brx." 07:09, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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