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Reply to The Root of All Evil in Life JoeUser Forums

'While Rand danced around the root of all evils, to my knowledge she never said it. It needs to be said because only in the knowledge of the great lie can one understand all of the other little lies that go with it and thus understand all of those things that seem to make no sense. Only in the understanding of the lie and the only solution to the cause can one free themselves from the enslavement that the lie causes. Only by understanding the great

Reply to Joeuser People That I miss in Blogging JoeUser Forums

'Furry Canary is back (as in unbanned) but either hasn't been posting much or the time difference makes me miss a lot of them.' Yes, I am back, but barely. This year I have changed both career and home address, which has left very little time for 'luxuries' like JU. Plus a change of internet provider left me stuck up Mount Ludd without a paddle for the best part of a month. Thanks for the citation LW, and thanks for missing me Dr Guy! <B

Reply to Who's looking for a smack? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

'But Elvis' album When I was Cruel is quite good.' His first six or seven at least were absolute classics, no question in my mind. And I agree with you, WIWC was a startlingly good return to form (although even that one is nearly five years old now.) I'm not even saying I won't buy another one of his albums in the future. All I'm saying is that the older he gets, the more of a stuffed shirt he becomes in my eyes. The very kind of person the

Reply to Who's looking for a smack? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

I find it interesting that 4 of the 5 smackees identified so far by respondents to this thread are political figures. Don't get me wrong, I loathe many politicians, and from across the political spectrum, but I tend to think that they usually deserve something rather more telling than a mere smacking. I picked Sting as my smackee because, like many self-important celebrities, I find him - no, not obscene, offensive, disgusting or evil - just

Reply to Obesity - WHY? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

'That was a joke, Furry. 'Jumping', get it?' Of course, hence the (attempt at a) humorous response. Thanks for the welcome back.

Reply to Who's looking for a smack? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

'Congrats on the first article, BTW.' Thanks doc.

Reply to Who's looking for a smack? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

(welcome back, btw!) Why thank you (in more than one sense), my dear. Actually, not only am I back, but - wishing to avoid accusations of being a mere sniper on the blogs of others - I have decided to post a few threads of my own this incarnation around. That said, I know this is a bit of an impersonal first attempt, but give me a little while to find my sea legs and I will attempt to find something more contentious into which to si

Reply to Who's looking for a smack? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

NOMINEE: Gordon Sumner, aka Mr. Sting WHY: 1) When it was cool, in the mid-80s, to appear to have a conscience, for parading around a South American indigenous elder like a Louis Vuitton handbag. 2) For his inability to read a book without concluding that it is his duty to humanity to write a turgid song about it. 3) For claiming to have got in touch with his feminine side, while at the same time banging on interminably about

Who's looking for a smack? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

A website I used to visit – I’m sorry, I don't remember the name - had a pleasing little feature they called 'virtual smacking'. Visitors were invited to nominate celebrities / public figures they believed particularly worthy of a good duffing up. For each accepted nomination, visitors could call up a photographic image of the offender, give them a ‘virtual smack’ s

Reply to Obesity - WHY? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

'Furry Canary: (and I really hope that name doesn't mean what I think it might)' I doubt it very much, but it depends upon which conclusion you've jumped to on this occasion ... 'Relax, take a load off. I am being completely honest in saying that I had never heard of V8 until it was explained to me by LW.' Oh, I'm very relaxed, thanks. And I take no issue with you not having heard of V8. But if you choose to ex

Reply to Obesity - WHY? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Why, thank you Dr Guy. It's lovely to be remembered. And no, all is well in the Canary household!

Reply to Obesity - WHY? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

'It's never on the TV' Fibber. One of Sally Williams' regular 'Brand Power' adverts is for V8 juice. You can see it nationally across Australia, on free-to-air commercial TV, and on a regular basis. And you can see it here (see link below), 3rd video down. 'A V8 is a kind of car engine, so it's only natural to assume it works on the same principle as any other overtly masculinely named drink - it's packed full of sugar and caf

Reply to Why any kind of sex with an American is sex with a child in Misc JoeUser Forums

'I'm not above making blogs or users disappear from public view simply because they got on my nerves.' Well, I suppose that must come in handy in the absence of anything resembling an argument. Alternatively, if you don't like it you could always just choose not to participate. Otherwise you come across like the kid who takes his ball home and thus kills the game just because his side

Reply to Why any kind of sex with an American is sex with a child in Misc JoeUser Forums

Ridiculous. What would be the reaction if LW and EoIC indulged not in S&M but in bungee jumping, for instance? Iconoclast might not like the idea, he might not think it sensible, it could well be something he would never, ever want to do it himself, but I doubt he would be making such pathetic attempts at clinical diagnosis, let alone character assassination. The only difference is that S&M (like homosexuality and all those other things with

Reply to Does it require Faith to be an atheist. in Religion JoeUser Forums

'excuse me! this article does not spring from Reconcilliation. It springs from a totally different source.' But I'm not going to tell you what it is ... Bakerstreet is right; apart from quoting somebody else in the initial post, this is the same ill-conceived and half-baked nonsense Foxjazz was spouting on his 'Reconcilliation' (sic) thread. He lost the argument there

Reply to Why any kind of sex with an American is sex with a child in Misc JoeUser Forums

'Oh, you're SSSSSSOOOOOO right, furry! I need to go out and screw several guys, transsexuals and various livestock to know who I am! Thanks for the liberating words!' Enjoy!

Reply to Why any kind of sex with an American is sex with a child in Misc JoeUser Forums

'The idea that a homosexual or cross-dresser is a woman trapped in a man's body isn't confusion? Please.' Well, it's certainly confusion in your case, iconoclast. 1. People who believe themselves to be trapped in a body of the wrong gender (it happens the other way round too. incidentally - men feeling trapped in women's bodies) are transsexuals. Homosexuality and cross-dressing are different things altogether. Neither homosexual

Reply to Reconcilliation in Religion JoeUser Forums

'Ah, did I hurt some feelings. Step on some toes?' Of course not. That you imagine you could suggests you are suffering not from humility, but from acute self-importance. 'You calling yourself an atheist, and then calling if faith. You don't have a clue. As I have stated before in many previous posts. Atheists are WITHOUT faith. So call yourself someting else.' It's you that has no clue. Science can, by definition, contribute nothi

Reply to Reconcilliation in Religion JoeUser Forums

'So, maybe this DOES belong in the religion section.' Spot on, BakerStreet. Foxjazz's faith in the absence of any objective proof puts his belief system squarely in the religion section. What's more, (1) his refusal to entertain the idea that his beliefs might not be innately 'superior', and (2) his zeal for abusing and belittling all those who do not subscribe to his fancies puts his approach shoulder to shoulder with many of the less toler

Reply to Reconcilliation in Religion JoeUser Forums

'So you think einstein needs help. That's classic.' You're delusional. Who said that? Certainly nobody here. Suggest you take your meds. 'I will link it to ya so you can understand it better:' And you have the gall to describe yourself as 'remaining humble'? Ha! 'remaining hypocrital' would be closer.

Reply to Reconcilliation in Religion JoeUser Forums

Perhaps the spelling mistake is understandable. It seems it wasn't a quote at all, merely an obviously half-remembered attribution. Here's the nearest I can find: 'Overnight I became a sun-worshipper. Well, not overnight, you can't see the sun at night. But first thing the next morning, I became a sun-worshipper. Several reasons. First of all, I can see the sun, okay?' But that's not all. This is where it goes: 'So to get around a

Reply to Reconcilliation in Religion JoeUser Forums

'Furthermore, Einstein's religious background was Jewish rather than Christian.' What difference does that make? You cited Einstein within the context of belief in the existence of God, not the assertion of any particular flavour of such a belief. You are defending your position against an argument that was never presented. And there is much evidence that Einstein did believe in a God, such as your own quote: 'I believe in Spinoza's God

Reply to Help, I've been committed!!! in Sports & Leisure JoeUser Forums

'No. Despite what you're going to say, as long as you're careful at the beginning, you'll actually run faster barefoot, and are less likely to get injured, not more.)' But I'm going to say it anyway! You're less likely to get injured running narefoot on SAND, but far more likely on any other surface.

Reply to Why won't my baby take naps? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

'But, we need to work on the routine thing. He doesn't seem to understand that that routine means we want him to nap.' This is definitely important. Every evening we undertake the same routine - bath, dressed for bed, story, feed, bed. Our little one has learned to anticipate the next step in the routine, and often now goes off to bed wearing a big expectant smile! Stick at it.

Reply to How Not to Howl in Art JoeUser Forums

I don't know what 'trepiditious' means (unless it's the same as 'trepidacious'?), but I like that a lot, particularly the last two lines. 'I saw the best poems of my generation cut down by histrionics ...'