Not sure if this is the right place for it.. but here I go. Since this is the legal/political section, I guess this is the most fitting place. This is more of a RANT than anything.
Last night I decided to visit one of the more popular 'conservative' forums on the web. I usually don't post there. I go to read the news articles there because they always have up to the minute news. I don't really post or read the post because they are usually fileld with juvenile snarkiness and nonsense.
This particular forum is filled with Bushbots and the posts are loaded with over the top sarcasm. The name of the site beings with an 'F'.. and it's not Firing Line Forums! I don't want to mention the name of the place. Many of you know who I am talking about.
So after browsing over a few articles, I stumble across one of the 15 million Ron Paul articles. Me personally, I probably won't vote for him. However, I do not have anything against the man. The article had to do with his fundraising, I believe. After reading 12 or so posts under the article, I decided to post a few replies. Another poster on there was trying to make the arguement that if 'you don't support the Iraq war, then you don't support the troops'. I have never heard anything so silly and juvenile in my life. My intent here is NOT to start a debate about Iraq.
I responded to this particular poster challenging his reasoning. He shot back 'Surrender is not an option.. jabba jabba yibba yaba'.. along with a handfull of GOP talking points from the 2004 election. Our discussion took a turn and we debated the stability of Iraq and if we shoudl stay. He says 'stay until we get the job done'. My answer 'define what that means.. we captured Saddam, they had elections and the Iraqi people basically handed their power over to muslim clerics and mirrored Sharia Law in parts of the constitution, the ball is in their hands now.. what else can we do? build a disney world on the outskirts of baghdad?'. I check his replies 30 minutes ago and he goes about the 'surrender is not an option thing' again.. I realize it's a lost cause arguing with him.
I go to check my private messages.. and an error message pops up... I was BANNED by the mods! I guess we have some real champions of the 1st amendment over on the bushbot forms. I thought that internet forums were supposed to be for the open exchange of ideas and options... evidently, not all of them operate that way.
Sorry if I went on a tangent.. I just needed to Rant for a bit... now it's time to hit the gym.
Last night I decided to visit one of the more popular 'conservative' forums on the web. I usually don't post there. I go to read the news articles there because they always have up to the minute news. I don't really post or read the post because they are usually fileld with juvenile snarkiness and nonsense.
This particular forum is filled with Bushbots and the posts are loaded with over the top sarcasm. The name of the site beings with an 'F'.. and it's not Firing Line Forums! I don't want to mention the name of the place. Many of you know who I am talking about.
So after browsing over a few articles, I stumble across one of the 15 million Ron Paul articles. Me personally, I probably won't vote for him. However, I do not have anything against the man. The article had to do with his fundraising, I believe. After reading 12 or so posts under the article, I decided to post a few replies. Another poster on there was trying to make the arguement that if 'you don't support the Iraq war, then you don't support the troops'. I have never heard anything so silly and juvenile in my life. My intent here is NOT to start a debate about Iraq.
I responded to this particular poster challenging his reasoning. He shot back 'Surrender is not an option.. jabba jabba yibba yaba'.. along with a handfull of GOP talking points from the 2004 election. Our discussion took a turn and we debated the stability of Iraq and if we shoudl stay. He says 'stay until we get the job done'. My answer 'define what that means.. we captured Saddam, they had elections and the Iraqi people basically handed their power over to muslim clerics and mirrored Sharia Law in parts of the constitution, the ball is in their hands now.. what else can we do? build a disney world on the outskirts of baghdad?'. I check his replies 30 minutes ago and he goes about the 'surrender is not an option thing' again.. I realize it's a lost cause arguing with him.
I go to check my private messages.. and an error message pops up... I was BANNED by the mods! I guess we have some real champions of the 1st amendment over on the bushbot forms. I thought that internet forums were supposed to be for the open exchange of ideas and options... evidently, not all of them operate that way.
Sorry if I went on a tangent.. I just needed to Rant for a bit... now it's time to hit the gym.