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JCC Ender Sigh rags on 'Murica

Discussion in 'Community' started by Ender Sai, Sep 16, 2013.

  1. FatBurt

    FatBurt Sex Scarecrow Vanquisher star 6

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    don't include me in that slanderous accusation
     
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  2. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    All 'Muricans except those who are not. ;)
     
  3. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    The intelligent aren't "out bred" by the dumb; the rich are "out bred" by the poor. I know this is an Ender thread, but they're not the same thing at all. Dysgenetics is a stupid pseudoscience and especially racist in the modern context (white people have a low birth rate almost everywhere).
     
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  4. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    And to be fair, I think the phenomenon is not about people being outbred. It's about the path of least resistance. Look at any Guardian Australia article and you'll find the same symptoms described in that piece prevailant there, in comments which are inherently in support of the Labor party (yet, working class conservative regardless).
     
  5. StarKiller81

    StarKiller81 Jedi Master star 3

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    I find it troubling people are allowed to breed as much as they want without meeting various requirements. I need a license to drive a car. Deciding to have a child seems like a slightly bigger ordeal.
     
  6. Darth Guy

    Darth Guy Chosen One star 10

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    Saying this should disqualify people from obtaining a breeding license.
     
  7. SuperWatto

    SuperWatto Chosen One star 7

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    Yes 10 billion people, good idea
     
  8. Point Given

    Point Given Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    I'm sure that in your mind you'd meet this hypothetical requirements.
     
  9. StarKiller81

    StarKiller81 Jedi Master star 3

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    I find it very strange you would think you can assume what's in my mind. Why do you come off as so defensive about this? I was simply being honest. I think it's child abuse to knowingly bring a child into the world that you cannot financially or emotionally care for.
     
  10. Point Given

    Point Given Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Defensive is the wrong choice of words, as you assume I'm personally offended by what you said, which I'm not. Disgusted would be a better term. I feel that those who advocate tests for having children (or breeding as you so crudely put it) are classist and elitist, and are the same as those who advocate and have advocated for eugenics. And I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.
     
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  11. slidewhistle

    slidewhistle Jedi Knight star 3

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    It's bad enough waiting 3 hours at the DMV, I don't wanna wait 3 hours at the DMB too
     
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  12. anakinfansince1983

    anakinfansince1983 Skywalker Saga/LFL/YJCC Manager star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    I'm not in favor of tests for having kids. I am in favor of advocating the idea that it is OK and even encouraged--not "sinful"--to plan one's family.
     
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  13. StarKiller81

    StarKiller81 Jedi Master star 3

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    So it's disgusting to want people to be responsible? You're fine with people willingly having offspring they know can't take care of? How in the world did you get to eugenics? I am sorry you're so upset. That wasn't my intention.
     
  14. Point Given

    Point Given Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Very easily actually. It's not a large leap between "people with financial issues shouldn't have children" and "people who have negative physical traits or are minorities shouldn't have children." Heck you managed to already bring emotional traits into it.


    Ah the classic non-apology apology. You're too transparent. Like I've already said, no matter how much you hope, I'm not upset by the issue so there's no need to apologize. And if you're just saying it to bait me, well, baiting is against the TOS and I am a mod, so it wouldn't be wise to continue that line.
     
  15. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    I have no issues with people reproducing but I mean, are we actually pretending the working class aren't gross?

    Because nobody told me and I've been openly in disdain. The other day I threatened one of my maids with a "good thrashing" if the cleaning didn't improve!
     
  16. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    They removed those videos already from ****porn.com. Not enough hits and very low marks. Try another career.
     
  17. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    Shane, are you really positioning yourself to take me on?

    I mean, I think it's great that you don't think the respective gulf between us is a challenge, when many would look from your low vantage point and discard the challenge as impossible. Whether this is proverbial Dutch courage or the biproduct of a severe blow the head - which would explain the inanity you churn out with modest proficiency in the election thread, at least - remains to be seen.

    You are not David, nor am I Goliath. Stick to people of your means; and if you intend on "joking about", you need to ensure it meets the sole criteria of being funny.
     
  18. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Bitter bitter. I think it's funny. It's funny because giants never have to tell the world that they are one. People can already see that they are and they simply are. It is self evident. You, however, are a runt.
     
  19. Ender Sai

    Ender Sai Chosen One star 10

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    I just said I wasn't Goliath, Shane.

    As in, you quoted that in your post. It's an instant where saying "literally" is actually appropriate.

    If I'd ever wanted insight into what being savaged by a Chihuahua felt like, I now have it. Ow, my ankle, that hurts, a bit.
     
  20. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I'm not up on my Bible. I seriously missed that. Hey, chihuahuas are pound for pound the meanest and toughest little guys.
     
  21. a star war

    a star war Force Ghost star 5

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    Gracelessly, the two howler monkeys circle each other, screeching incomprehensibly. Their brains, flooded with testosterone, are capable of little else.
     
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  22. TX-20

    TX-20 Force Ghost star 4

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    You monster!
     
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  23. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    [face_laugh] I imagined that narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

    [​IMG]
     
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  24. Diggy

    Diggy Chosen One star 8

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    Saying people should be tested and licensed to have kids is one the dinner ideas, and completely belongs in this thread.
     
  25. ShaneP

    ShaneP Ex-Mod Officio star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I love dinner.