You're REALLY hilarious, Riz! You ask Lindsey NOT to use derogatory terms! And you say I KNOW NO BETTER! So WHEN did calling people "useless: and "unintelligent" STOP being derogatory? You have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how fatuous your posts are, DO YOU, Riz? You complain about OTHERS DOING THE EXACT SAME THINGS YOU'RE DOING! And TRY to represent yourself as the "RIGHTEOUS" one! And the SAD thing is, that YOU BELIEVE yourself! You're an egotistical elitist, with an inferiority complex! You're a REAL "work of art", Riz! But KEEP POSTING! You're getting to be as funny as LeeNOTSOCharming!
I HAVE to agree with you, Rachie! The MAJORITY NEVER speaks up, in/on the threads! IF they DID, Riz WOULD BE GETTING a LOT MORE grief, than he's getting NOW! You're WELCOME to think that a majority would support him, IF you wish! There's STILL a lot of people that choose to believe the world is FLAT, TOO! And, WHO KNOWS? They MIGHT BE RIGHT! "I" don't know! And I'll put EVERY CENT on the line that YOU DON'T KNOW, EITHER! You THINK you do! But THAT is JUST AN OPINION. Rachie! But allow us PEONS to have an opinion, TOO! IF you would, PLEASE?
Hum? Okay. It IS your right to say WHATEVER YOU WISH, HOWEVER you wish, in ANY country! Yours! Mine! or THEIRS! I'll fight for that! But it's JUST AS MUCH Rainy's, and mine, and EVERYBODY ELSE'S! If you THINK it's ALRIGHT, for YOU, WHAT MAKES IT WRONG, for HER? Sorry, but I MUST have MISSED something! Is the double standard De Rigueur, now?
Thank you, Riz! NOW, since we're ALL "free" to speak our minds, would you PLEASE STOP trying to PUSH REGULATION DOWN OUR THROATS! You're WELCOME to IGNORE WHATEVER you wish! But STOP TRYING to tell us we CAN'T SAY it! Thank you! For LETTING US HAVE our "rights"!
"I" READ VERY WELL, Riz! I READ what you SAY/WRITE! NOT your mind! IF "I" had NOT "understood" WHAT you said (AGAIN, SORRY, but you CAN'T HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE for NOT reading your mind!), I PROBABLY WOULDN'T have commented! But THAT IS one of YOUR problems, Riz! You DON'T SAY what you MEAN, very well! You CONSISTENTLY say things, and THEN, WHEN somebody calls you on WHAT you said, YOUR DEFENSE IS "Oh! That's NOT what I MEANT!" Well, IF it's NOT WHAT YOU MEAN, then DON'T SAY IT, Riz! SAY what you MEAN! And MEAN what you SAY! Or does THAT on;ly apply to us LESSER beings?
Restrictions, of ANY type, ARE restrictions, Riz! Hence, BY DEFINITION, Riz, they ARE LIMITATIONS! And YOUR TRYING to SAY THEY AREN'T, DOESN'T MAKE THEM LESS SO! Either you're FOR freedom of speech! Or you're AGAINST freedom of speech, Riz! Or are you a LITTLE BIT pregnant?
As far as WHEN HAVE you RESTRICTED or IMPOSED, "censorship"? You're RIGHT! You HAVEN'T! YET! BECAUSE, as of NOW, you DON'T HAVE THE POWER! But THAT IS what this WHOLE ARGUMENT IS about! You WANT "the POWER"! You're TRYING YO CONVINCE EVERYBODY that GIVING "THAT POWER" TO somebody IS a GOOD idea! And IF you CAN convince them to DO that! THEN YOU are going to want to TRY TO CONTROL that "power"! It's INHERENT, IN your argument, Riz! So SAVE your MISDIRECTION for those that ARE susceptible TO it, Riz!
No offense, Riz, But, for a teacher, you have POOR abilities! You MAY be the repository of a LOT of postulated "FACTS"! You MAY be able to recite the dictionary, from memory. But you have NO CONCEPT of HOW TO "THINK", rationally or logically!
I THINK that most of us would agree that George Bernard Shaw was a MORE than averagely intelligent man, and, since you wish to be able to distinguish the intelligent from the stupid, Riz, I'll contribute a few of the distinctions that HE made, to help guide you. (ME? I'd rather be classed among the stupid!)
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.
Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
Beware false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance
ALL quotes are those of George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
And, since you're such a respectable man, Riz, I'll leave you with his thoughts on respectability.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
Sure there is, Riz! The same way it's been happening since time immemorial! It's called "Survival of the Fittest!" NOT ALWAYS pretty! OR nice! But it works JUST FINE! You can COUNT ON the stupid to pretty much get LOST, in the shuffle! Fall by the wayside!
But let me ask you a question, since YOU use it as a "qualification". PLEASE, EXPLAIN to all us poor dummies out here, WHAT IS the difference, between "Socialism", and "Communism"? I AGREE! THERE IS a difference! But I wonder whether YOU know what it is! And so, MIGHT qualify (by your OWN yardstick), as intelligent, or stupid? OR, like MOST people, only have an OPINION about the matter?
The PROBLEM, here, Rachie, is WHO are we gonna appoint/elect to BE the accountability monitors?
Sorry, But I come down on the side of let people be people! GOD will sort them all out, and hold them accountable, in due time! And I trust HIM/HER/IT - MORE - than I trust ANY man/woman/child! JMO
Just one simple little question for you, Riz! There are 7,000,000,000 people on the planet, more or less. Out of ALL those people, HOW MANY do you THINK have ANY TRAINING in HOW to think? Which IS, sorta, a PREREQUISITE, to intelligence, don't you think? !,000,000; MAYBE? So what you're advocating is turning 6,999 out of EVERY 7,000 people on the planet - who CAN'T tell the difference between "a driving passion and outright hatred" - loose! To wreak havoc on each other? GOOD FOR YOU, RIZ! THAT oughta take care of our population problems in SHORT order!
And what gives a Swiss man the right to tell Americans HOW they should live, and WHAT they should do? If you'll remember, kind sir, the constitution that exists, was created THROUGH THE BACKDOOR, by way of a war of change/revolution! Or have you forgotten that part? One thing that people seem to forget, we Americans tend to be an UNRULY lot! Always HAVE been. And HOPEFULLY, always WILL be! And you'd be best served to let us fight amongst ourselves. We're happy and pretty harmless, when left to our own entertainments. But when you start trying to tell us what and how to DO - ANYTHING - we'll STOP fighting each other, and gang up on YOU! And, MOST LIKELY, you WON'T enjoy THAT! Because EVEN IF you were to win the fight (and it WILL be a fight), EVERYBODY loses! You, included.
You're welcome to state your case, Conrad. We Americans are BIG on free speech! But a word of advice. Tread carefully! And watch your back!
I WOULD say "Congrats" and wish you luck, like everybody else! And, while I AM happy to hear that you've found an appropriate partner, I MORE inclined to congratulate THEM - on having the good sense to pick up on such an extraordinary woman as yourself! It's hard for me to imagine that you don't have half (the MALE half) of Latvia camped out on your doorstep! And, as far as the "luck" is concerned, I have complete confidence that you're no fool! And IF I guy was good enough to pass YOUR curriculum, then I'm sure he's adequately vetted! I don't see that "luck" will have much, if anything, to do with the success of your engagement! Unless there's some unknown health issue that might limit the length of your run!
So let me just wish you Happy Days! Many Smiles! And be glad to hear that you've found a bedwarmer, to heat up those cold Latvia winter nights! ALL the best - of EVERYTHING! (Can I go to my room, and pout - in jealousy, now? (-: )
If you'd quit commenting on her post, you nut case, I'm sure M would GLADLY ignore you! And you don't EVER try to make peace! You just try to suck up to people, while you run off to private hater blogs to vent your anger and frustration behind closed doors!
And BEFORE you go calling me a member of M's "clique", I'm NOT! But if I had to choose between the 2 of you, it WOULDN'T BE a choice! M! Hands down! At least she's REAL, and FUN! Which YOU are neither! You take yourself WAAYYY too seriously, man.
But M and I DO correspond, sporadically. And I'm NO GREAT SHAKES on the "social" scene! But at least she'll talk to me! But apparently you've never even tried to talk to her, personally, one on one. If you wanna make a move on a woman, a bit of advice, friend Lee, DON'T DO IT PUBLICLY! That way, when she turns you down, the "fellas" DON'T HAVE TO KNOW! You've just made yourself a B-I-G-G-E-R laughing stock than you WERE! Don't you EVER get tired of screwing up? Making mistakes? And appearing the fool?
Now go cry on Rainy's lap! She'll dry your tears and tell you you're a good boy! Whether she BELIEVES it or not, is another question, which I DOUBT WE'LL KNOW! But IF she'd talk to me, I THINK she'd say that she has NO INTEREST in you! Sorta like EVERYONE ELSE!
The night descends And takes away The colors Of another day
And I am left To wonder why Why do we live Why do we die
When all we know Is loneliness A life cut off From all the rest
It seems to be No simple thing I know no tune No song to sing
Whose rhyming words Might calm my fears Or speak to you And call you near
And so allow Our minds to meet Two souls entwined 'twould be so sweet
To know that I Am not alone To find, at last My heart, a home
A warming hearth To sit beside A caring heart To there abide
Is that so much For me to ask I wonder why It's such a task
Current thoughts? ANOTHER scammer bites the dust! I swear, anyone claiming to be under 50 (well, MAYBE 45) writes me AGAIN, I'm deleting it! Not even gonna read it. I've been on this site for almost a year and a half, now. And SO FAR, out of 473,926,013 messages, I've made 2 friends, that I email regularly, on my personal email. A couple that I correspond with semi-regularly, here (one of which just told me to shove it!) Have NEVER meet anyone from here. And no real romance in sight! What's a poor ornery opinionated crazy white boy American supposed to do? If you're over 50, only the scammers will talk to you!
But it's another sunny day, in SoCal! And I'm STILL on the sunny side! So it's count my blessings! Be happy! And lust after all the young girls on the beach, I guess! Life COULD BE worse!
Sorry all, but this IS a "Say Anything" thread! Just thought it'd be good to get the frustration out of my system.
When it comes to relationships, "I" tend to focus on the person I'm having the relationship with! The number of phones, or cars, or houses, or VEGETABLE SLICERS they owned WOULDN'T come into the equation! Sure! I'd NOTICE if we went off to Tahiti, and didn't have to stay in a hotel! Just like I'd notice if they showed up in a different car every time I saw them. I'd be curious HOW/WHY they had so many cars at their disposal! And I'd PROBABLY ask some questions! (I'd CERTAINLY ask SOME questions!) But If I learned that they owned 5 car dealerships, it wouldn't be a blip on my radar anymore. 2 phones. 3 phones. 5 phones. I don't see that it makes any significant difference! It's WHAT he (or she) is using the phones (or the cars, or the houses, or WHATEVER) for! Personally, I have 5 email accounts. And NONE of them are for any nefarious reasons. I created one of them, just as a screening mechanism, for people that want to email, from CS! It's not even under my name! I use it to give me a chance to separate the scammers from the real people, here. (Don't feel like giving scammers any important information about me.) And I have a couple of people that I've transferred from that email address to my personal private email address. And we message regularly. NOTHING romantic going on, there. But regular conversations. No problem with ANY of them.
ANOTHER beautiful day, in sunny southern California! In the upper 20's C. Not a cloud in the sky, a maybe 5 kph breeze off the ocean! And NOTHING particular to do, but chat with you folks, or go down to the beach and watch bikini clad hot hard bodies flash everybody! Helofa choice! If I wanna go down to the beach, I'm gonna have to get up and move! And it's just so pleasant, to sit here, in the sun, drink my fruit juice, listen to Gabor Sazbo, and waste the rest of the day.
Knock! Knock! Hello. I'm the newly appointed OFFICIAL Royal Australian Hoo Haw Inspector. And our office has been getting some SHOCKING information! There's a VICIOUS rumor going around that YOU wax your Hoo Haw! And I'm here to inspect said Hoo Haw, to INSURE that she's SMOOOOOOOOOOOTH, to code standard! If we could just step inside, I'd like to PERSONALLY inspect your Hoo Haw. We HAVE to ABSOLUTELY SURE the nation's Hoo Haw waxers ARE maintaining standards! If you'll just drop yer drawers, and bend over, this inspection SHOULD be over in about 4 hours! Thank you for your CO-OPERATION!
I'm depressed! Whasa MATTER, Dee? "I" AIN'T "unruly" ENOUGH , for ya? And ALL this time I thought "I" was the one everybody loved to hate! I tell ya "I" JUST DON'T GET NO respect!
RE: Should there be a license to use the internet?
You're REALLY hilarious, Riz! You ask Lindsey NOT to use derogatory terms! And you say I KNOW NO BETTER! So WHEN did calling people "useless: and "unintelligent" STOP being derogatory? You have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA how fatuous your posts are, DO YOU, Riz? You complain about OTHERS DOING THE EXACT SAME THINGS YOU'RE DOING! And TRY to represent yourself as the "RIGHTEOUS" one! And the SAD thing is, that YOU BELIEVE yourself! You're an egotistical elitist, with an inferiority complex! You're a REAL "work of art", Riz! But KEEP POSTING! You're getting to be as funny as LeeNOTSOCharming!