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Displayed name	Slarty
Member number	261
Title	Raven v. Writing Desk
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Homepage	http://www.stripcreator.com/comics/slartyvsdesk/
Registered	Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00

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David Irving Jailed in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Tuesday, February 21 2006 07:36 Profile Homepage #10 I'm not suggesting that the U.S. government was behind 9/11, but you have to admit that's more plausible than suggesting that it didn't happen at all. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 18:59 Profile Homepage #103 To be honest, Synergy, the main reason I get more annoyed at you than at TM is because I expect better from you. TM is a jackass. He doesn't give a crap what other people think. This is both a wonderful, and an unfortunate quality. If I tell TM that he's coming across as a stubborn jackass, he'll say "Duh." If I tell you that you're coming across as pretentious and hard to relate to, I had thought you'd be more interested. You obviously care about being able to relate to other people, and being able to communicate with them is an integral part of that. I'll stop doing that, though, and restrict my commentary to the subject matter itself. EDIT: quote: Doctors and scientists are the new high priests of the latest dominant religion of the west where Knowledge is god. Talk to the average person and see how trustingly and worshipfully they regard and obey both. And many suffer at their hands just as surely as many suffered for blindly following doctrines, churches, pastors, and popes. I'm confused. Is this supposed to be an argument in favor of religion? Because it sounds like you're slamming it... [ Monday, February 20, 2006 19:03: Message edited by: Slartucker ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 18:40 Profile Homepage #97 Originally, it was because I thought you had good things to say, and felt that your righteous rhetoric was making it hard to see them. At this point, I've given up trying to see them and am just annoyed by the damn attitude. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 18:29 Profile Homepage #94 "He said he could move the world if he only had a place to stand." Jesus? No, Archimedes! (TM) quote: Didn't I beat the liberal materialism out of you before? No, I never had any in me. Though maybe I'm not thinking of quite what you mean by liberal materialism. What do you mean by it? (Synergy) quote: It’s not in my words or my attitude. You’ve read that attitude into it. Bzzzt! No, Synergy, we've all been hearing that attitude. Now, it may not actually be your attitude. I doubt you are actually trying to alienate everyone. But that really is how it sounds. It IS in your words, even if you don't mean it to be. quote: I’m in this dialog only because I was interested in discussing it with TM. But, and this is directed at both of you, there is no discussion going on! You're just talking at each other. Edit: Synergy, that post about medicine is ridiculous. You're right that personal care and balanced lifestyles are neglected in our culture, but that hardly invalidates what we know about viruses and infections. Yes, sometimes we get sick because we haven't been taking care of ourselves. And sometimes we get sick because THERE IS STUFF IN THE WORLD THAT CAN HURT US AND WE AREN'T IMMUNE TO THE WORLD. [ Monday, February 20, 2006 18:36: Message edited by: Slartucker ] -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 14:20 Profile Homepage #73 Alorael, regardiny Pliny, which sort of Medium did you mean? quote: Again, there is no room for 'if's' or 'could's' here. Either you have or you haven't. Jewels, if you are not interested in new perspectives, then why in the world are you engaging in a debate about religion? If your mind is truly made up and closed, then your presence is a little disingenuous. Why should other people be open to what you say if you aren't open to what they say? If you plan on interacting with other people in meaningful ways, that question requires an answer that does not rely an experience you have had that can't adequately be understood except by experiencing it. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 10:46 Profile Homepage #69 quote: In order to clarify whether one means prescriptive or descriptive, it makes sense to me to use the term "correct" for prescriptive and "most commonly used" (or simply "used") for descriptive. It'd be nice if that terminology were standard. That terminology isn't standard because those are not always accurate as labels. I don't understand all the intracacies that make things so complicated, myself, but that seems to be the reason no one has delineated things more clearly. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Physics, and a dumb teacher in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 10:30 Profile Homepage #47 Thralni, I think we have a translation problem again. We are not talking about subjects, we are talking about specific courses. For example, mathematics would be a subject while algebra I, algebra II, geometry, and calculus might be examples of specific classes/courses. (I can't imagine that everyone in your whole school is in the same math class.) -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Physics, and a dumb teacher in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 10:26 Profile Homepage #46 I was wondering how long it would take before somebody took that shot at France. 4 minutes... pretty fast. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Physics, and a dumb teacher in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 10:16 Profile Homepage #43 Well, France counts their grades backwards, and that's 50% of the European secondary school systems that I know about, so I figured it was worth checking. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Physics, and a dumb teacher in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 09:28 Profile Homepage #41 Does fourth grade mean fourth from the end, or fourth from the beginning? In other words, how many grades are there and which one is fourth? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Ideas Refreshment in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 09:27 Profile Homepage #18 That's intriguing. What obvious thing did you try to copyright? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 09:22 Profile Homepage #64 quote: Using "he" as a default has fallen out of favor over the past half-century or so. And while using "they" is common, it's not considered correct by anyone. That's definitely not true. To avoid starting another stupid debate on pre/de, I'll just clarify that "they" is not considered correct in "proper" Standard English by anyone. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 08:39 Profile Homepage #60 quote: is "he" the standard English pronoun for a sentient entity of indeterminate gender? No. There isn't really a standard pronoun for such an entity, because, um, entities like that don't exist outside the realms of stories and religion. What you are probably thinking of is that in "proper" Standard English, "he" is the pronoun used to refer to an entity when the identity of the entity is indeterminate, and the possible identities may be male or female. In reality, Standard English speakers often use "they" in that place. Regardless, it's a different situation. For comparison: (1) When Paul Bunyan cuts down a tree, he gets tired. (2) When Queen Latifah cuts down a tree, she gets tired. (3) When the robot cuts down a tree, it gets tired. (4) When a eunuch cuts down a tree, he gets tired. (5) When a waitress cuts down a tree, she gets tired. (6) When a robot cuts down a tree, it gets tired. (7) a. When a farmer cuts down a tree, he gets tired. b. When a farmer cuts down a tree, they get tired. The corresponding situation with a definite entity would basically be Pat of "It's Pat!" on Saturday Night Live. The big gag was that Pat's acquaintances didn't know whether Pat was a man or a woman, and they were always at a loss when they needed a pronoun. There wasn't a pronoun for them to use. I know there are groups of English speakers for whom other rules are in place, like the trans community in New York. But those wouldn't be Standard English terms. An argument can be made that "it" is used to refer to someone whose gender is deemed completely irrelevant -- monsters are sometimes referred to with it even though they might technically have a gender. Pyrog is sometimes referred to with neuter in Ex/Av, for example. However, this is unlikely to apply to a Judeo-Christian-Islamic god who created man in [possessive personal pronoun] image; the divine gender may transcend our understanding of it but it is hardly irrelevant. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 07:58 Profile Homepage #57 Regardless: if you agree with the argument that you don't know God is male, how the hell do you know he's neuter? Answer: you don't. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Physics, and a dumb teacher in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Monday, February 20 2006 07:35 Profile Homepage #37 Out of curiosity, what level class is this? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Eep! Christians! (Split from Christian Radio) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 19 2006 22:16 Profile Homepage #49 Synergy: You keep saying "God is" "God is" and "God is." I wish you would remember that you are talking about something disputed. According to your perception (or whatever you want to call it), that's what God is. But saying "God is" without any qualifiers is ridiculous, unless you want to claim that your knowledge of the universe is inherently superior to mine or anyone else's -- a claim which will surely make me stop paying attention to you. You said above "We’re impatient and unaware of many things out of our sight and knowing." Surely you understand that this applies to you, too. (Synergy) quote: Little children have a nice existence sitting around receiving gifts and having all things done for them. It’s much more satisfying to grow up, prove oneself capable, and go create and procreate. I am sick and tired of seeing these comments from everyone. For many, arguably most little children, that is NOT what existence is like AT ALL. Some children learn that their parents will provide everything they need and protect them from all harm. But there are plenty who learn otherwise, who receive a certain degree of nurturing and protection, and a certain degree of trauma and inadequate care. quote: Becoming greater means becoming mature and proven enough spiritually to be granted further responsibility and authority to bless people. Nothing becomes more satisfying or rewarding. That smells like a very defensive self-world construct to me. Incidentally, since Kel hasn't pointed it out yet, decapitation refers solely to beheading, not to any limbs being severed. The misuse only makes me laugh more at TM's line, but I thought I'd mention it. (TM) quote: Working does not have any positive value. I don't think you can back that one up. You can make arguments that it has solely practical value, which would be irrelevant or redundant in an abstract, ideal situation. But working has value simply based on our biological makeup (production of endorphins comes to mind). Biologically, we are put together to be able to do work. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Ideas Refreshment in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 19 2006 09:40 Profile Homepage #4 Heh. Very nice Alo. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Metal And Ice (The Winter Olympics) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 19 2006 08:58 Profile Homepage #11 What doesn't bring on this antipathy? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Let's Go! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 19 2006 08:53 Profile Homepage #71 For the love of god Thralni, go look up "bang" in a good dictionary. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
STUPIDEST POST EVER!!! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Sunday, February 19 2006 08:49 Profile Homepage #42 quote: just so that people wouldnt become creative and use their clothes to get off of the island ... I once acquired the nickname of "The Professor" (think Gilligan's Island) and even I think that's a bit far-fetched... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Let's Go! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 18 2006 21:15 Profile Homepage #69 Brokeback-style wouldn't really be "coming and going" -- they seemed to pretty much stick to the same, uh, directional configuration. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Metal And Ice (The Winter Olympics) in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 18 2006 21:06 Profile Homepage #9 I'd just like to say that I hate the Olympics. We now return you to the discussion at large. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Hooray. in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 18 2006 19:06 Profile Homepage #14 Some people walk the line. Some people just piss on it... -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
STUPIDEST POST EVER!!! in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 18 2006 17:33 Profile Homepage #37 Oh please. I live in a city with Wacker Drive and Tight End. Can't we be a bit more creative? -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00
Hanged? in General
Slarty Raven v. Writing Desk Member # 261	written Saturday, February 18 2006 15:47 Profile Homepage #111 In that case, it should probably be adopted as the standard post count-based title for new members. Or, possibly everyone. -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 \| Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00

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