Pogs for sale! Pogs for the masses! Pogs to fit all your dubious needs!

Dick Butkus pogs for the sports fans!

Eagles pogs for fans of classic cocaine rock!

Bikini Open pogs for all the wrong reasons!

…and the creme de la exploitive creme:

O.J. Simpson “Trail of Blood” pogs! (If one was going to commemorate the so-called “Trial of the [previous] Century,” low-grade collectible discs of stamped cardboard would be the ideal venue to do so.)

(This post dedicated to the Firesign Theatre, Kato Kaelin, and Mike Sterling.)



On the post Gwyneth Paltrow: No trust funds for her kids, over 100 people feel compelled to comment:

Jan:

Oh Gwyneth, I didn’t criticize you when others were having plenty to say about a celebrity mom naming her baby after groceries, but I can’t let the statement about buying cigarettes out of tips go.

Why on earth would someone who says that they were struggling think that they should buy cigarettes? Couldn’t Gwyneth have put some gas in her car rather than to blow her cash on tobacco and inhale poisonous, toxic substances into her lungs?

Donna

Oh, Jan, we’ve heard it over and over again. Give it a rest. She knows what is “correct” and what is not. She was trying to make a point regarding her past, not the political ideology of today. You people who want to criticize and “direct” people on what they should or should not do with their money need to take care of your own life.

MBurger

How about raising your kids properly and letting them use their share of your wealth to invest or start a business.
It’s sad when a parent would deprive their children of their inheritence because of their own retardation.

ninainindia

It might not make any sense to us, but I always see “poor” people smoking, which to me means they are not poor.

Gc

We all know that Hollywood acts like a bunch of groupies: what one does they all do. They all name their kids weird names, they all are liberal Democrats supporting Barack Obama and now the new thing is to place their kids in poverty at age 21. Watch what happens 20 years from now – a bunch of resentful kids coming out with expose books about their greedy parents. No one says you have to give your kids a silver lining but a little head start is the least you can offer especially if your kid’s name is a fruit.

S.Lane

My brother feeld the same way. He won’t give his kids any money and he has plenty. He feels they should develop a work ethic. He is the same one who forgets his wallet when our famillies go out and eat….twice!

rivirivi

GWYNETH, DONT BE A MORON. YOU START THE TRUST FUNDS AND DONT TELL YOUR CHILDREN. AS LIFE GOES ON AND AN EMERGENCY COMES OR AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MORE MONEY LIKE A BUSINESS, OR SO, YOU CAN GIVE THEM THE SURPRISE WHEN THEY ARE 30. THEY WILL THANK YOU!

sue

MAKE ME ILL HER DAD DIDN’T GIVE HER ANY MONEY MY BUTT SHE HAD HIS NAME AND GOT JOBS IN HOLLYWOOD…………………………..FUNNY HOW BOTH HER AND HER BROTHER WENT INTO SHOW BUSINESS, SHE IS JUST FULL OF HER SELF IS ALL.SHE DOENS’T KNOW WHAT HARD WORK IS. FUNNY HOW ALL THESE HOLLYWOOD PEOPLE ACT LIKE THEY HAVE HAD IT OR HAVE IT SO HARD THEY ARE ALL CRAP. MOST HAVEN’T EVEN FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL. LIKE ANGELINA EVERYONE PRAISING HER FOR HAVING ALL THOSE KIDS I COULD HAVE ALL THOSE KIDS TOO, WITH NANNIES. AND WHY DOES SHE ADOPT FROM OTHER COUNTRIES BECAUSE SHE WANTS PRAISE AND ATTENTION, SHE IS A FREAK THAT WEARS BLOOD VIALS ON HER NECK FOR GODSAKES. GO INTO THE COMMUNITIES THAT IS WHERE THE HEROES R NOT THESE FAKE HOLLYWOOD PEOPLE

L_snooki

Gee Gwyneth are you going to leave your monies to some charity so they can put it in the own pocket instead of helping some one with it I feel real sorry for your kids to be that dam selfish not to help them. Have you check the news how bad everything is getting.
And you want to make sure you kids end up on the streets poor and homeless. Your are a hell of a mother to do that to your children. Amen to that one ppl



Twitter is a microblogging platform that lets people post short “status updates” online in tiny 140-character bursts. I like it because it lets me get out brief, pithy thoughts that aren’t quite worth an entire blogpost or that tread too closely to the “talking about yourself is a no-no” guideline that I set up in my head a few years back for my personal blog. It’s also one of the prime examples of Web 2.0 wherein it offers a platform for expression and very little else. Its growth has been meteoric, with something like nineteen bazillion active members online at any one time, thus causing the usual growing pains, with the past week or so featuring a few outages and disabled features while the development team attempts to scale up their operations to match the new masses using the service.

Twitter is, it should be noted, free to use. This is why people display an extraordinary amount of vitriol and condescension in the comments for a recent post apologizing for the downtime and explaining what’s happened.

Joe Manna shoots out of the gate with some hard technical questions:

Why can’t twitter just purchase the equipment and get the OC-12s they need? Didn’t you folks just raise $15M in funding?

I strongly suggest twitter sets up geo-located Co-Lo’s around the world and the states.

Basically, West Coast, Midwest, East Coast locations. Then make the twitter servers round-robin from their localized server to other ones. So at least outages can be isolated to regions instead of the whole service.

It’s frustrating that when I finally give Twitter a chance, your servers bite the dust.

Yes, Joe. I’m sure they’re very sorry that the world is missing out on your taco-eating updates and will take your advice as the impetus to immediately launch into action.

David gives one of those “If I were…” comments that make me want that throat-chopping-over-IP technology even more:

if i were an investor, i’d be asking to see your tech department’s letters of resignation right about now.

He’s joined by someone who knows where they can find a sudden replacement for the tech-void David’s suggestion would create:

Time to just go to Wall Street and hire a real database person from Bloomberg or Reuters – someone that knows how to move massive amounts of data in short-form.

It’s obvious that the SF/SV engineers are not up to the task. Hire someone that is up to the task and get this shit done.

Yes. Silicon Valley and San Francisco engineers don’t know how to GIT-R-DUN.

Hang on! Erazmus has a fantastic idea:

Enough already. How about monetize this thing? Some of us would actually pay for a working Twitter.

That $19 is going to go a long ways towards fixing this problem, I’m sure.

Oh, hey, someone’s about to talk about the competition!

dear twitter. i’ve had enough of your on again / off again attitude. i’m leaving you for friendfeed. all the cool kids are making the switch. sorry. you fail.

As a cool kid, I can assure you this is not the case.

Kiki has an analogy I don’t quite understand:

I don’t pay to vote, either, yet I’ll certainly complain when that’s flawed, too. But I’m not going to leave the country on account of it, and I’m not giving up on Twitter, either.

The Mad Doctor is a materials scientist in Silicon Valley and has some ideas:

Break down and do a few things with the VC funding:

(1) Hire a systerm architect.
(2) Hire someone who has worked with large databases and rapid data transfer.

You could recruit for (2) at SLAC which, until Google, was moving the most data in the world the fastest. Maybe they still do. And, they just had a layoff!

I digress (and yes, I was at SLAC from 2002-2004; great people, great place.)

(3) If you haven’t already, get rid of that silly toy known as Ruby on Rails. It’s shite.

It’s amazing how someone can make a fine, fine argument and undo it completely with a hackneyed Britishism they picked up in their college theater classes.

Chris Thomson is emo:

Good luck with getting Twitter back up. Oh, but then it’ll probably crash again. :(

This pretty much sums up how Twitter’s been working lately:

http://twitter.com/_evan/statuses/819151648
:-(

Is there an emoticon for hanging yourself because a free internet service isn’t working over a holiday weekend when you should be fucking off with your friends? I hope so!

For some reason, I hear Ward Cleaver when I read this comment:

I have never seen a tech company have so many failures and outages than Twitter. People will only put up with it for so long.

Finally, a suggestion from the staff here at GOTI. Visit Whentwitterisdown.com. It can help.



Perhaps as a way to demonstrate hatred of the French, fan fiction authors explore the works of Alexandre Dumas

The Gay Musketeers

D’Artagnan struggled to get up, only to have Athos gently push him down. “Ah, a lovers argument I fear. My partner and I were travelling from Paris to Gascony and we had a slight tiff regarding some small issue. One thing led to another, and then we were crossing swords. I beat him to the ground and he looked up at me in horror. I could not bring myself to bring my sword down upon him. In an instant, he had struck me full in the shoulder and that was the last instant I remember until now”.

Athos sighed and nodded. “You have taken a man to your bed, D’Artagnan?”

D’Artagnan looked ashamed as he replied, a reddish hint infecting his cheeks “After my experiences with women, I think I will stick with what I know best. I thought I had found my ideal partner, obviously not”.

Athos busied himself with D’Artagnan’s bandage. “Nothing to be ashamed of, D’Artagnan. I understand completely”.

D’Artagnan looked at Athos coldly.

“Its true” Athos said softly “I myself have found greater comfort and love with a man in my bed instead of a woman. I understand completely”

D’Artagnan looked faintly surprised, then he smiled. “We have something in common, dear Athos”

Athos smiled and blushed a little.

“What a lucky incident it was for me to find you once more” D’Artagnan sighed. He coughed a little and Athos helped him to sit up and drink some cold water.

“Rest easy” Athos said softly. “I will stay by your side”.

D’Artnagnan smiled affectionately at Athos.

Athos blushed and turned away.

My Archangel

“Good… well, I think it’s morning.” Armand was pleased to see that Gabriel apparently didn’t regret his decision to sleep together. It’d always hurt Richelieu to find out that a warm and loving man at night became cold and disgusted at the break of dawn, seeing his nightly actions as sin and praying for forgiveness during the next mass. It was an immense relieve that Gabriel wasn’t one of them.

“A good morning to you too.” Armand chuckled. “Have you slept well?” Gabriel gave him a warm smile. “Yes, very well. Thanks for staying.” The cardinal snuggled up to the other man some more, gently stroking his injured, but strong chest. “It was my pleasure.” This time, the younger man chuckled. “Yes, I got that idea.” So Gabriel knew… and he didn’t mind… out of gratitude? Or did he feel the same? The strong arms still holding Armand and the hand that was absent-mindedly playing with his hair, indicated the last.

“Feeling better?” Richelieu hadn’t forgotten the state in which he’d found Gabriel. If he’d ever find out the names of those guards, he’d see to it that they were executioned straight away. How dared they hurt this beautiful man… this angel.

“Much better, thanks to you… Armand, was it?” The older man’s heart summersaulted. He’s remembered! Despite his weakened state, Gabriel had taken the effort of remembring his name! But was it everything the young man knew of him? Did he know of his status? Well, only one way to find out… “Yes, Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu. More commonly known as cardinal Richelieu.” He both anticipated and feared the other man’s reaction.


Make With Your Hands

The date is April the twentieth in the year one thousand six hundred and sixty two of our Lord. Dios todo misericordioso perdone todos nuestros pecados. Amen.

Athos has woken up earlier than usual today. He usually sleeps in for a while. An hour, maybe, a bit longer every day. He’s getting old. We’re all getting old. My neck aches as I rise from where I kneel at the foot of my bed. It must be around six in the morning. I pull my sleeping robes over my head, leave them in a pile on the floor.

As I pull on breeches, shirt, coat, lace it up as best as I can, grab my boots from behind the dresser door, I hear Athos moving around in the kitchen below. He’s got a fire going, the flames burning low. God bless his balding head. It’s freezing in this place. Porthos’ bedroom is silent behind his door as I pass on my way down. Philippe’s even, troubled breathing drifts out from behind his. I slow my pace as I walk past it.

From below, I can hear Athos battling down a hum. He stifles a yawn. I crack open the kitchen door and place the boots I have not pulled on yet on a stool. Athos looks up from his place at the cutting board as I come in. He’s smiling.

“Aramis,” he says. “Good morning. Are you aware that you have no green peppers?”

I pull out a chair, drop on it with a grunt, drag the stool with my boots on it closer. It takes a while to pull one on, the small of my back complaining from the strain. “No,” I say. “I was not aware. What are you making, and why does it need green peppers?

I hear him pause in his methodic slices at the carrots I brought in last night. He opens his mouth, takes in a little air, presses his tongue against the roof of his mouth, holds it there. I start to pull on the second boot.

“It’s an old recipe,” he says at length. “My mother used to make it.”

The boot slides in after a few, hearty tugs, my back groaning and shooting thin needles of pain down my arms and chest. I give Athos a long, silent look when I straighten up. He slices away at the carrots, pushing them off the edge of the table and into a bowl placed below. It’s a while before he meets my gaze. God, he’s smiling like a child. He knows I hate peppers.

“I thought you’d like a change in the stew, for tonight. Not that you need worry. As I’ve pointed out, you have no peppers. “

Albert’s Adventure

Breathing heavily she pulled away and took his hands, “We can’t very well do this here. Let’s borrow one of the rooms.” Albert was only two steps behind her as she led him to a room on the second floor; she had a marvelous sway to her step. As they entered the room it was barely a second before Albert had closed the door and turned around before she had him pressed against the door and was kissing him. He immediately let her lead and it wasn’t soon before their tongues were exploring one another’s mouths. She was adept at this and he groaned loudly as her hand slid to his waist and then lower. She had her hand placed lightly over his growing erection and was kissing his face around his mask. She slowing removed his mask and took a moment to look at his features. As she was doing this Albert moved his hands to where her mask was held in place and slowly removed it as well. She was divine although she didn’t look exactly like the girl he had seen earlier in the week. He was about to say something when she put her finger to his lips. “Don’t ruin it, I was in the carriage, just not her, she belongs to another but I couldn’t let you down,” she slide her finger down from his lips to his bulging pants. Then she renewed her attentions to his face. His hands were roaming over her body and hers rose from his erection to his cravat. They started to undress each other; their impatience to feel the other’s skin growing.



Etsy does Superheroes


by evilolive


When I saw Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns in 2006 (Was it really that long ago? O, how the days pass, ever fleetingly!), I mainly remember walking out of the theater-plex, thinking, “Well, that was a film. Not the best I’ve ever seen, but not awful, either. It was OK.” Some, however, saw an affront to a beloved character, a call to action! (comics), an inspiration to found SaveSuperman.com.

SaveSuperman.com is a place for fans to come together as a unified group and be able to send a long overdue message to those who run Warner Bros Entertainment. Marvel has proven time and again that it is completely possible to turn a comic book into a film that both comic fans and the general public can enjoy. DC Comics has many heroes, not just Superman, that can be enjoyed the same way. For some unknown reason, Warner Bros just hasn’t figured out how to do it yet. But never fear, help is finally here.

Yes, help in the form of that grand internet tradition, the ineffective online petition-

In response to the interpretation of Superman created by Bryan Singer, that we perceive as portraying our beloved character as being selfish, a stalker, and a dead beat dad, we have joined together with this petition to plead our case that the Superman franchise be restarted from the beginning and placed in the hands of someone who cares about the character and the generations of fans which have supported him, rather than someone who has lucked out in the past on certain films, once and for all placing the character of Superman above corporate greed.

I don’t know about you, but I liked Singer’s luck-filled directing of The Usual Suspects. Luckily, the angry nerds’ demands are quite reasonable-

1. The writers, producers, and director must all have deep knowledge of the character prior to being hired. The writers should have experience in comic book storytelling specifically about Superman and the supporting characters of Superman comics.

AND NOT JUST TRADE PAPERBACK COLLECTIONS. WE’RE TALKING ORIGINAL RUNS, HERE, PEOPLE.

2. The franchise should be built around what made Superman great for generations. Comic films that are made solely for the general public, while forgetting the elements from the comics that fans have supported for decades, will only alienate longtime fans and cause angst…

Because, really, nothing expresses your love for a character like referring to it as a “franchise.”

3. The actors/actresses must not only have the talent to portray their character, but must also have the proper look of the character. As an example, Superman must look like he is in his mid to late 20′s, stand between 6′ 2″ and 6′ 5″ and have an obvious muscular build and wide frame, not the slim swimmer type Bryan Singer went for, with no need of padding or special effects. When looking at the actor, one should immediately think, “Now, that is Superman!”

When looking at that demand, one should immediately think, “Now that is really stupid!”

Perhaps they would be happy having Alex Ross art of the main character just digitally inserted into the scenes, interacting with real actors, with Clutch Cargo lips. Oh, right, though! I almost forgot- another windmill at which these folks tilt is the battle to get Smallville (Jesus, is that still on?) actor Tom Welling cast as the titular hero in the next Superman-based photoplay. Yes, it is another petition (with awesome art by “Mike”).

But if real, direct and measurable action is more to your liking, you also have the chance to send stuffed monkeys to entertainment executives-

For a donation of only $3, you can send a 6″ stuffed monkey to Alan Horn or Jeff Robinov. Each monkey will be tagged with the SaveSuperman.com logo and can be customized with a special message from the sender. There will be two versions giving senders a choice. A regular one with just the logo or one holding a sign that reads “Welling for Superman”.

Want to let the world know that you have grave concern for the issues in this world that really matter? Why not pick up a bumper sticker, complete with “Kryptonian” lettering that was created by some bored comic book writer/artist years ago and is the property of a multi-national entertainment content production company and not at all a REAL FREAKING LANGUAGE. Seriously- you start using this stuff and you’re one small step above those people who hold Klingon language camps in public parks, wearing their sad, sad costumes.

Something to keep checking for in the future- the upcoming promotional videos. Right now, it’s only a casting call and a dream.

Here are the specifications for each role.

Batman: caucasion [sic], dark hair, mid 20′s – 30′s, 6’0″ – 6’3″, well built

Wonder Woman: HAS BEEN CAST

Green Lantern: african american, mid 20′s – 30′s, 6’0″ – 6’3″, body builder

Supergirl: caucasion [sic], blonde, mid 20′s – 30′s, 5’5″ – 5’8, very fit

Flash: caucasion [sic], mid 20′s – 30′s, 5’10″ – 6’0″, well built

Lois Lane: caucasion [sic], dark hair, mid 20′s – 30′s, 5’5″ – 5’8, fit

Superman: caucasion [sic], dark hair, mid 20′s – 30′s, 6’3″ – 6’6″, body builder

Lex Luthor: caucasion [sic], bald/shaved head, mid 20′s – 30′s, 6’0″ – 6’3″, athletic build

Darkseid: any ethnicity, mid 20′s – 30′s, 6’5 – 6’10+, body builder

For more details, send an email with at least one head shot and one full body photo to: casting@savesuperman.com

***Please note this is a non-paying job that could lead to future paying roles.

Yes. The inevitable SaveTheIncredibleHulk.com Web site will be definitely be needing actors for videos after the first weekend that train wreck goes off the cliff.

What else is there? Oh, yes, the forums- You know, I just don’t have the energy to comb through those. You kids go on ahead.



San Francisco Chronicle:

I guess that major earthquake will occur in California sometime soon. God will punish this disgusting ruling. ALL FEDERAL FUNDING MUST BE CUT OFF. Sanctuary Cities, Homosexual marriages, Criminals let off the hook. This state is the downfall of America and her values. I’m disgraced to be a Californian, I’m moving to West Virgina.

Predicting an earthquake in California, as a sign of God’s wrath, is right up there with Sylvia Browne predicting a celebrity death at New Years…

The People of California VOTED against this by over 60%. RADICAL judges overturn the people’s will. THE PEOPLE still have the power, this will be overturned.

You’re going to hear this complaint a lot for the next few months, from people who failed High School Civics and don’t know what the role of judges is in our legal system.

Those dasterdly Republican judges on the California Supreme Court…

I think I’m going to start calling my CAT: “A DOG”! I know it’s NOT the same thing, but the California courts can re-define the meaning of “DOG”. It’s shouldn’t matter that the traditional definition of what a dog is has been around for hundreds of years! Lets change it for the CATS….Then in 10 years, the three blind mice can join together and be called “a DOG” too!!! In Fact, why not start re-defining everything….Cows are now “Horses”….Farts are now “Perfume”…and, 2 gays are now “Married”.

When working on a bill before it is voted into law, legal aspects are researched. Citizens on several occasions have voted that a marriage is a one man, one woman union. By the courts overturning the will of people, what are we voting for??? Moral issues are being ignored and we wonder why the children of today have no respect for others. Look at ancient history people-everytime great nations started going in this amoral mindset, it speeled the descent of their power. It is a matter of whether we want to repeat history or stand up and fight for our future.

Yeah! Just look at Rome! Oh, wait, their Empire didn’t collapse until they all converted to Christianity, and then Europe was plunged into the Dark Ages…

Los Angeles Times:

I have been a California resident since 1942. I have always been proud to be a resident of this God given beautiful state. But thanks to You THAT has changed, drastically changed FOR THE WORST!!. Where and when does it end??? OR WILL IT EVER. Have we truly become the Sodom and Gomorrah of these United States?? California and America are going down the drain flushing God at the same time. The oranges have disappeared we have become an orchard of lemons…

But…we’re famous for our lemons in California…

Every time we try to post something unflattering to gays, there is a SERVER ERROR?! Who is CENSORING this stuff? and WHY?

Clearly your computer is gay and is sabotaging you.

The State Supreme Court members who chose to strike down this law are not eligible for their jobs any more. they have proven they are insane. They are not eligible for workers comp or a retirement as this insanity is not caused by their jobs, merely they have never been sane as proven by previous decisions. The proof of their insanity on this decision: The institution of marriage has always been between a man and a woman or a man and multiple women. never between men and men or women and women. It was invented this way.

Wow, using a PRO-polygamy argument to attack gay marriage…that’s a new one.

California is already slowly falling into the ocean and burning up, why in GOD’s name would try to rush it. Allowing same-sex marriages is against the will of GOD. Get your bible and look for it.

The courts are going to be flooded with lawsuits for a lot more reasons than just this one. Whats going to happen if a minister or a justice of the peace refuses to marry gays? Lawsuits *which do cost taxpayers” are going to be flooding the courts. Hence judges will be able to justify above average pay raises and lawyers are going be making fortunes. The courts aren’t ruled by money? Then how do rich people get away with murdering someone? They pay lawyers that are corrupt and then they become corrupt judges.

Yes, you’ve stumbled upon our clever plot…use gay marriage as a means of creating a pay raise for judges…

This decision has major ramifications for public schools. No one in a school will be able to voice the opinion that same-sex marriage is wrong and unhealthy, despite morality or scientific studies. Teachers will be fired because of this. Schools will be required to adopt curriculum that encourages children to become homosexual.

And this is…bad?

Its our own fault. Give an inch, and they take a mile. Legislature allows for domestic partnership, and so the supreme court says that its not good enough. Our state allowed same-sex couples to adopt, and so now the supreme court says they need to step in and protect these children from the awfulness of being parented by only domestic partners. For these children, this decision will not make a hoot of difference. But for all the rest of our children, it will make a big difference.

How?

It is a shame that gays feel that they should be able to get married. Marriage is a joining in the physical and emotional and spiritual level and there is nothing natural about gays. If they want marriage then make up a gay word and go with it. What they have is not marriage and will never be marriage. They are an abomination before God and they will be dealt with by God and Hell will be like a big reunion for these abominations.

Well in the words of the Bard, sinners are much more fun.

THE WRONG DECISION WAS MADE. Californians voted 61% to define marriage as between a man and woman.How much more clear can the people be.It amazes me how a handful of radicals have the power to change the will of the people. All u homosexuals who push for rights u say you’re entitled to, put a sock in it. Ur just asking for special treatment.U want ur lifestyle granted special rights crying discrimination.Since when was marriage a right of the people. It’s a common good not a special interest. Stop trying to redefine marriage. The mere defintion of marriage is A UNION BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN. Find your own union and stop trying to change ours

This is horriable. Marriage is defined between a man and woman. The Bible,The Constitution al says this. I pray God has mercy on California. The Last Days spoken about in the Bible are here. Come Lord Jesus!

THIS IS A DAMN SHAME!!!!!WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO.ITS SICK TO SEE,ITS MAKES MY STOMACHE TURN.IF IT WAS OKAY FOR PEOPLE TO BE GAY THEN NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE TODAY.I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS OKAY.IT IS NOT.THEY WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH GOD.

He is making law which is not his job. The people spoke and he ignored them. Time to put him in the tuna boat, place cement shoes on his feet, and let him swim vertical.

Hey, FBI, the user name of the guy who just threatened a judge is “sdsunandfun.” Might want to look into that.

God gave the presidents and judges authority to make sure that God’s precepts are engaged in people’s social interactions.They will be judged too if they lead people wrongly.It is a sin and no matter how you can argue it is true and whether you can be so blinded,your spirit inside really knows the truth

I wasn’t aware that God wrote the Constitution.

Why should laws or rights for Gay/ Lesbian/ Transgender/ Bisexual etc.etc be placed into Law? What of the thousands upon thousands who have returned to their natural anatomical state of mind and said, “Whew, that was a weird trip, I’m glad I’m back to normal. I’m a man (or woman).” If these thousands have changed back to who they were born to be, are we then inacting laws for nothing? By the way, Whats the true definition of a minority?

Someone is clearly a bit confused as to how homosexuality works…I don’t think it’s me.

Let the court spend its time on why this state has no balanced budget. Is there fiscal mismangement within the legisla-ture? Hmmm. Lets have the court asses penalties for bad job performance. Men and women, stop discriminating against yourselves. If you see a bird, are you going to call it a car? I think not. A bird is a bird is a bird. You are what you are. You can do and think what ever you want about your body. Drugs, alcohol, psychiatry various operations, shots and hormones may sway your mind or change the outside. But at the end of the day, you will know deep down that your are a man or woman.

The PEOPLE have spoken. Due to those who are bitter, the court has ruled and nullified the WILL of the PEOPLE. The judiciaries eyesights’ skewed on this matter. Question… Can you turn an orange into a pear? Answer…No. So, if once an orange, always an orange. If your a man or woman, you will always be a man or woman. Not sure? Check your natural anatomy. Why do the parts function/ fit correctly between a man and woman? Mistake? I think not. So is the court ruling on, FACTS? Or desires, wants and emotions? I think the latter. Men and women you are what you’ve been born to be. Return to your naturally born anatomical state of mind.

I suppose one would have to possess a sort of defiant, “in your face” attitude just to exist as an “out” homosexual; perhaps that explains the abundance of said attribute shown on this board. Ironically, the characteristic that allows you to survive may be the very thing that holds you back; your demands for acceptance make you, well, unacceptable.

Maybe the reason all these gays seem to want to violate social bounds is because THEY were violated as children, and maybe that is why they’re so perverse? Maybe they have become addicted to violating boundaries, pushing in where they are not wanted! So now they are cramming their sick lifestyle down the throats of Americans, just to somehow try to balance or “heal” their injured lives. Well, that’s tragic, all right, but why take it out on all of the rest of us?? Everyone has SOME sort of violation or injury in their past, but they don’t have to perpetuate and extend it like this to ruin the whole of society!

Children do best when they have healthy, well-balanced parents of male and female gender supporting and rearing them. Nobody said anything about hate. You gay people all think that those folks who are opposed to your gay “marriage” and adopting of kids HATE you, but they don’t. They just don’t feel you are QUALIFIED (stable enough) to be parenting innocent children. Hate has nothing to do with it. They just don’t want to see you raising children and distorting them. Get over yourselves and that chip on your shoulder.

Gee, with friends like you, no wonder gay people have chips on our shoulders.

You Are Heterosexual As the sun of the earth must rise To give sustaining warmth, light and life The son of man must rise For he has a purpose too To rise up and bring forth life With all that God has given him To honor and protect To defend the blood of his offspring To give and receive this love It takes a heterosexual The blueprint of the Creator You are heterosexual Praise Jesus!!!

gay marriage is wrong! and so are gays, its not normal nature and wasnt created so that 2 men or 2 females could reproduce.Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve, i dont care if your not religious. It’s still wrong and all of you know it. Whats next allowing people to marry animals? Our world has become so screwed up due to all this sin we put up with.

As a Christian for 27 years, I am sadden by their decision. I have an adult daughter and I feel I have to explain myself to other’s that she is my daughter,when we see one another we embrace with a kiss on the cheek. In other words I do not want othe’sr to think we are Lesbian. There is only a 16 years difference between my daughter and I. I have grandchildren’s and it sadden me to think that in school they are going to be taught that same sex lovers is okay, not to mention marriage. ;-(

I’m heterosexual and have been married for over 17 years w.5 kids and loving it. My husand and I still get our freak on doing just about all thing the gays do. What’t the problem with being straight? it is NATURAL. Why is it hard to hug and kiss the opposit sex. Why use artificial equipment when you can have the REAL DEAL?

MONEY talks. It is UNNATURAL to have intercourse with the same sex. Sex is for making babies. There is no such thing as old/new testament. The Bible is the Bible all of it. We can’t judge you but God can and he makes no mistakes. The Bible also says that man shall not kill. I guess we chose which part of the Bible to follow as long as it doesn’tg interfer with ones lifestyle. Guess now CA will decide that it’s ok for man to marry ANIMALS. You know how CA loves their pets and it wouldn’t be right to DISCRIMINATE.

I pity people who work at banquette facilities.

I think I like the anti-gay non-sequiters the most!

What an all time scum bag this judge is! Perversion is never a right or a way of life! This damn fool open the door to every other type of perversion you can thing of! Next thing you know family members will want the very same rights to marry their own brothers ans sisters or even their dog or what ever! This isn’t a real judge at all,this is a moron that has no respect for the common man or his family members either! This S.O.B. is just as sick minded as they are!

I am gay and stay in the closet. Looking at this judge. To me he looks gay and probably was his easiest lie to do. Same sex need to go back to the closet. Your screwing those of us that want to remain out of the lime light. Besides trying to force it down main stream AMERICAN. Your all sick!! Leave straight AMERICA alone and stop pushing your personal agenda down their throats. Many of us live our lives unabated and happy. SO, JUST SHUT UP!!!! YOU ARE NOT REPRESENTING ALL SAME-SEX PARTNER’S.

I think someone’s fibbing a little about being gay, in an effort to make a little “point.”

hey! god created you and he and the holy savoir disaprove of gay actions. and while your on the subject, have you heard of the man boy love assciation? yah they defended a gay whole idnapped a child raped him, killed him and then raped him again. so you can take you little mind of the table, you blinded hypocrit

Taxation without representation is so common now that they don’t even see any wrongdoing. The Constitution has been corrupted this is all to create a distraction and slip in 60k -120k year jobs for their cronies and give themselves fat cost of living raises. How dare the economy affect their standard of living! Wait and see when the voters vote this ruling down in the fall and the gay marriage doesn’t pass. The gay’s will be taking it in the behind and be mad at the voters for not wanting new taxes and departments of…. to oversee the new law when it was these money loving judges that will be the only ones that benefit as usual.

Gayness is a mental disorder. Its sole function is a virtual thinning of the heard through attrition. It is a good thing, It insures less competition for those men and women who’s brains function normally and who’s genes are sutible to be passed along to the next generation, AHHHH ! Nature at its finest….. I’m all for less competition .

Did these judges take in mind the costs associated with gay “marriages”? 1. Wouldn”t health insurance companies have to pay benefits to so-called “spouses” of same sex marriages? 2. SS benefit fund will go broke earlier when it has to cover survivors of same sex marriages? 3. Businesses will be forced to provide time off for illnesses of “spouses” in same sex marriages? I am sure that there are more financial ramifications. Added,just what we need in a collapsing economy,lets see illegal aliens costing over 300 billion a year because their corrupted government failed them too

*ahem* Actually, studies have found that there is a net economic bonus to legalizing same-sex marriage. But why let facts get in the way of a good hate rant?

Again and again the butt is not design for anal sex and the court should know that when you have sex in the butt you are creating health and medical conditon that will cost us more than you’ll ever know.to love is one thing but to feel it by the butt is wrong… point blank judges must be gay also.

NO They did not make the right decision ! It should have been left up to the people, this is supose to be a Demoracy ! They are training people to be used to having no rights and being run by a bad goverment ! This country is becoming week and turning our kids into Homo lovers. WE should be shooting these gays not accecpting them, and the Illegals as well. These two groups are destroying our country and I for one am doing my part when ever I have a chance against these two enemies!! Save the U.S. of A.

We should ask the Marines to come in and clean out the depraved minds and people that make these decisions. Their goal is to devise ways to make more money, feed corrupt lawyers, judges and politicians. Their god is money and finding more ways to make it. Thats what this will do, create more taxes, bet on it! The Marines are sworn to protect this country from all enemies, foreign and domestic. This isn’t a democracy, if you believe that they have brainwashed you. I would trust men that would lay their life on the line for me before this corrupt goverment.

So…your proposal is that we should go tell it to the Marines?

WE HAVE BECOME THE “ULTRA-HYPOCRATIC” SOCIETY THANKS TO NEW YORK CITY POLITICS AND ATTORNEYS FROM NYU.

This goes on for 300 pages, but that seems like a good place to stop…

And lastly, Free Republic…(you may want to don a HAZMAT suit):

the interest in retaining the traditional and well-established definition of marriage — cannot properly be viewed as a compelling state interestWell, I should just call myself a doctor then, because it’s just a traditional title right? And the court just ruled that “traditional and well-established definitions…cannot properly be viewed as compelling state interest”.

“Furthermore, in contrast to earlier times, our state now recognizes that an individual’s capacity to establish a loving and long-term committed relationship with another person and responsibly to care for and raise children does not depend upon the individual’s sexual orientation, and, more generally, that an individual’s sexual orientation — like a person’s race or gender — does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights. We therefore conclude that in view of the substance and significance of the fundamental constitutional right to form a family relationship, the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual, and to same-sex couples as well as to opposite-sex couples.” Sexual orientation – like a person’s race or gender…(shakes head)

Er, yes, exactly. That was rather the point of the ruling.

And Sanda Day says it is wrong to target supreme court judges and all judges even if they make very stupid decisions?
These clowns need to be taken to the public square and held in stocks and have rotten veggies thrown at them at the very least.

Ya’ know…I truly don’t care that there are homosexuals in our world, our Country, or our State.

I really, and honestly do not care if they “do” each other all day long, and into the night…in the privacy and BEHIND the closed doors and curtained windows of their abode. It bothers me, not in the least.

My problem is my Constitutionally guaranteed right to pursue happiness has been abrogated by a Court in favor of the homosexuals’. And that ain’t right.

I have lived 55 years abiding by the Constitution, and the cultural traditions of this Country that we’ve had since, even before, it’s founding. And now, I’m forced into relinquishing my right to appease this minority group of immoral, unclean, unsafe, tools of satan.

Worse, I’m forced to pay for it, and I’m NOT even ALLOWED to voice my opinion in public; Or to or within earshot of, the object(s) of my discomfort, lest I be arrested and charged with hatred, which of course, is immoral also, but is made a crime by the same appeasers that force me to subjugate my happiness and rights to the more immoral minority filth and disease spreaders. And as a fine how do you do, kick in the pants, to top it all off, our children are being taught that their parents are bad people, and the same sexers, homesexual knee benders, are righteous and, gee whiz, just good, decent folks!

remember their argum,ent is they love each other

well you can love a sheep

they are not hurting anyone
well neither are you with the sheep

it is their buisiness what they do in their bedroom
well it is yours to with your sheep

every argument they use can used for having more thna one wife or marrying an animal

maybe the polymists should get the law changed in Utah using the very same arguments and see how the homo’s will go mad and not say about civil rights after all where is their civil rights

another sham marriage comes to a state

Seriously, what is WITH them and the bestiality arguments? My theory is, secretly they fear that they would marry a sheep, if only it were legal.

Which, by the way, it is in more states than gay marriage is legal in.

what about the civil rights of a kid, I grew up in foster homes and I always wanted a father and a mother, so what about kids today does a girl have to settle for two daddies

bizarre
to think outrage about a man having more than one wife at that ranch yet no outrage from libs about two men poking each other and thinking they should get married

very bizarre indeed

I think it’s time us Texans just close all borders surrounding Texas: the Mexico southern border and the U.S. north, east, and west borders.

Unsurprisingly, most of the rest of the country agrees with you…

And to think, people once made light of folks that married a cousin, and today condemn polygamy, while allowing the most disgusting, disease-ridden, subpopulation on the planet to legitimize their deviant behavior. Just as in ancient Rome, homosexuals will quickly access young boys, demanding leadership and access positions in the Boy Scouts. Already they enter schools to groom the little boys for what homosexuals have to offer—a version of the Will and Grace show.

Oh, there’s a surprise. The California Supreme Court supported the right of sodomites? Surprise, surprise, surprise. The cultural jihad of the left continues.

Again, worth repeating, these were Republican judges with a reputation for being STRICT Constitutionalists.

“California will be a third world country in 25 years.”

Umm… it is, NOW.

That’s why you see traditionally-minded Euro-Americans departing the state in increasing numbers.

I say…. let California go wherever it is going. We really don’t need it anymore, and California’s continued attachement to the “other 47” will serve only to drag the rest of the continental U.S. down.

Don’t agree? Then let me pose these questions:
If – today – California were no longer part of the United States, would the political “tilt” of the nation as a whole be more liberal, or more conservative?
If – today – California were no longer part of the United States, with its electoral votes removed, would Republican candidates have a better chance of winning the presidency, or worse?

Actually, I confidently predict that within 50 years, “Atzlan” (into which California will eventually be absorbed) will have become a reality, either as an independent nation, or a reunification with Mexico. The only way I can see it remaining part of the U.S.A. is by striking some kind of “autonomous home-rule” agreement, a la Serbia and Kosovo….

Aieee! La Reconquista!

NBC News just called it: “A big victory for gay rights!” The MSM is a disgusting propaganda machine for the homosexual agenda. They now use the same terminology as the homosexual thought police…using euphemisms like “gay rights.” Boycott all GE products. The earthquake cometh soon.

Even if there is a homo gene, it is still abnormal pathology. There is a gene for Parkinson’s disease too. People don’t choose to have Parkinson’s disease. But we treat it and we recognize it as a disease. We try to help people with it the best we can but we don’t say that it is natural and normal to have Parkinson’s because it’s not.

And lastly, this charming fellow from another Freeper thread on the topic:

38 posted on Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:37:53 AM by Lancey Howard


While the recent Iron Man movie gave the world a Robert Downey Jr who has regained his hotness, it also inspired plenty of fanfiction:

Monday, Monday

“Dr Doom does not schedule appointments!” says Dr Doom. “I demand to see Mr Stark at my convenience!”
Pepper tries to inject some semblance of civility into the conversation, knowing as she does so that her efforts will be in vain, that her life is now too ridiculous to be saved.
“I’m very sorry, Mr von Doom–”
“I am Dr Doom!”
”Dr Doom,” she says, with all the dignity she can muster. “But Mr Stark is not in the office at this time. He is a very busy man with a very full–”
“Pah!” says Dr Doom, his contempt audible through the static. “A paltry excuse befitting a man of such cowardice.”
He settles for the 5:30PM slot and hangs up with an ominous cry of, “Your assistance will not so quickly escape my memory, but so, too, shall Dr Doom remember your defiance. Good day, Miss Potts!”


Nothing Tylenol Won’t Fix

It was difficult, very bad to her nails, somewhat embarrassing, and, she had to admit to herself, also quite hot.

Hot? Goodness, where did that come from? She shook her head and returned her attention to the armored shoulder she was working on.

There was so little space that her face almost touched the armor, and her knees rested against his thigh. He was drenched in sweat, the armor dented and cracked, there was blood on him… She must be out of her mind to think there was anything “hot” in working on getting him out of the suit. Then again, he was doing his best to keep her distracted.

“That’s it, Pepper, yeah, just like that, a little more, come on… Yes!” he muttered, his lips so close to her ear that she could feel his breath.

Change of Heart

“Can I interest you in a dance, Ms. Scott?” Tony asked, turning his mahogany eyes back on Lilly.

“I don’t know, Mr. Stark. I’ve heard stories about you. Some that give you an ill reputation concerning women,” Lilly responded smartly, immediately wincing inwardly as she hoped that comment didn’t sound as caustic as she thought it might. Despite her jangling nerves and her insistent inner yearning to dance, touch, do the unthinkable with this man, she was determined to keep poised and protect herself.

“Do you really believe everything people tell you? And please, call me Tony,” he said again, flashing another dazzling smile. Then before she knew what was happening, her drink was suddenly gone from her hand and Tony was leading her out onto the dance floor. A slow song was playing so Tony reached an ideal spot then turned and pulled her close to him, resting one hand primly on her waist, and offering her the other.

“I don’t bite, I promise,” Tony reassured when Lilly hesitated in taking his hand, even though the grin he was giving her suggested exactly the opposite. She glanced into his eyes, still unsure, but slowly placed one hand on his shoulder and her other hand neatly in his offered one. Once they assumed the position, they began to sway back and forth in time with the music, their bodies separated by a few inches that Lilly made sure was always maintained.

“So, Ms. Scott, what is it that you do?” Tony asked in a low voice. With his mouth placed right next to her ear, Lilly shivered ever so slightly at the warm breath of air his words sent past.

“I’m a neurosurgeon,” she answered plainly, readjusting her fingers in Tony’s hand. She felt Tony pull back and look at her oddly. She met his gaze and chuckled.


Yes, Virginia, There Really Is An Iron Man

Pepper didn’t dare breathe for almost a full minute until Tony shifted beside her and dragged his aching left hand down into her hair.

“You’re going to turn purple,” he commented.

Pepper breathed in through her nose. Mistake number one.

She was immediately submersed in Tony’s very masculine smell—motor oil, clean shampoo and aftershave.

He tightened his arm around her waist unconsciously as she tipped her head further into his palm. He couldn’t stop his eyes from dancing across her face—taking in every freckle and cataloging the details of her smooth skin in his mind. Her eyes were aimed at the ceiling and Tony advantageously stared at their color and depth.

For a brief moment, Pepper bravely looked Tony in the eye and what she saw there shocked her.

She had never seen him look at anyone like that before. Gone were the usual restraints he inflicted upon himself and all that was left was a complete warmth of total trust and admiration.

She really was all he had.

A New Ballgame

Tony froze.

Standing in the middle of his workshop, arms crossed over a broad chest, was a man. He wore a rough beard that lined his jaw, and his hair was dark, wild and beast-like. His features were chiseled and rugged, and he was clad all in leather. His black gaze flashed across the distance between them–a fierce and animal-like scowl.

Tony reacted. Reaching for a new piece of plate armor on the table–sharp and hard as granite–he grasped it in his hand and threw it as hard as he could at the intruder.

The man moved. But not to evade. He spread his stance and flung out his arms, his hands clenching to fists–

And three metal blades lanced out from each fist–each blade a foot long. With a bear-like swipe, the man lunged forward and slashed at the piece of armor–and cut through it as if it were butter.

He then dodged, and the pieces of armor clattered to the floor all around him. Silence fell.

A shudder ran all through Tony’s body, and his jaw tightened.

“Relax,” the man spoke in a deep voice, stretching his neck and relaxing his stance. “If I’d wanted to kill you, you’d have been dead hours ago.”

For once, Tony could think of nothing glib to say. He just stared at those wicked claws, until they retracted back into the man’s hands with a snap. Tony lifted his eyes and met the fearsome gaze.

“Who are you?” he demanded.

“My friends call me Logan.” The man shrugged noncommittally. “But my fighting name is Wolverine.”



It was announced yesterday that Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) has a malignant brain tumor. As you’d expect, the political blogs and message boards were abuzz with the news and its potential ramifications for Bay State and national politics. Surprisingly enough, many of the bigger conservative sites and forums showed (via proactive moderation) a rare glimmer of class, and put aside the usual partisan rancor to offer the Senator and his family their empathy and best wishes, with only the occasional backhand swipe thrown into the mix. It’s a shame it takes an invasive form of brain cancer to bring out the decent side of those folks, but still…

Those of you jonesing for a fix of pure uncut stupidity need not worry, however, because the Newsarama forum thread on the subject is there to help you meet your RDA of internet-based idiocy:

From “Cyphon,” who isn’t afraid to wear his douchebaggery on his sleeve:

What is it with Kennedy boys and problems with their heads?

Yes, that was tasteless, but kinda funny, in a morbid kinda way.

Also, in a morbid kinda way: finally, Ted and Mary Joe will be reunited.

“Tabula Rasa” wants folks to know he’s not a total prick:

My first thought when Ted went into the hospital last weekend was some higher being must have struck him down from all the “moral” judgments he’d been tossing around for the last couple of weeks. Who is this guy to decide who has a better moral compass when he’s got blood on his hands? Too bad DNA testing wasn’t around during that era.

Best to his family though.

“spiderrob8″ states that doesn’t want the discussion to focus on the Chappaquiddick incident, then naturally posts repeatedly about the very same:

also, don’t people complain when people bring up Clinton when someone says Bush did something wrong?

What does Laura Bush’s thing when she was 17 have to do with Ted Kennedy and his leaving a woman-drowning or drowned-in a car for ten hours?

It’s irrelevant and an attempt to shift focus from his, documented, behavior.

Not the speculation-drunk, speeding, affair, etc-but the documented, factual behavior.

“GOSD” offers this nugget of wisdom, which misappropriates a complex philosophical concept to justify his warped line of reasoning:

His judgement = cowardice.

I consider his recent health issue karma.

“royce73″ explains why he’s living in his mom’s garage and pulling the night shift at Arby’s:

When I was in HS, I had to do a report and presentation on Teddy Kennedy. The presentation needed to have two visual aids. I choose a Matchbox car and a Ken doll wearing a night shirt and no pants.

God speed, Edward

For the record: This is why whenever anyone asks me what I think is wrong with comic books, the first answer that comes to mind is “the fans.”



MimsyBorogroves posts a thread called “How to Have a Gulag Themed Wedding

shimmy-ya:

Not to pick on anyone, and I know it wasn’t meant that way, but using “gulag” to describe this is somewhat offensive. You wouldn’t say “Auschwitz-themed wedding” or “African slave plantation wedding”, would you? Not to be overly PC or anything, but it would seem “gulag” deserves the same respect bc many millions of people suffered and died in gulags, and I don’t see how any wedding fiasco can compare. Just bc we don’t know that much about gulgags in this country does not mean we should be insensitive to the fact that the word recalls a terrible catastrophe that should not be made light of. Just my 2 c, for what it’s worth (2 cents?)

MimsyBorogroves:

Um….yeah.
I know what purpose the Gulag served in the Soviet Union. It was designed to break people with work and hardship. I stand by my title as an accurate description, though certainly exaggerated for effect of the event in question

As the author of the original post, I am exercising my right to poetic license and hyperbole. If you are offended by my using the term “Gulag” because people have suffered, please direct your attention to anyone comparing a harsh work environment or school to a jail or prison because people have suffered there as well. Also, anyone using the term “ghetto” should be reprimanded by you as that is offensive to the many who suffered in Warsaw. You need to get busy, there are many more posts which will offend you on this board alone.

shimmy-ya:

I am not trying to censor you, or to say you should change it. However, gulags had a lot more than just pain and suffering. They were concentration camps with millions of deaths. You can say whatever you want. I just wanted to say that at least for me, yes, it’s an offensive statement. I know it’s the Internet, and I know you were very frustrated at this wedding, and I understand that. Contrary to what someone said, i am NOT easily offended, and I have been reading indiebride a lot and do not find much that offends me.

Honestly though, would you call your post “How to Have an Auschwitz Themed Wedding”?

If this reminds you of your experience at this wedding, then sure, compare it to a gulag:

http://www.videofact.com/english/gulags.htm

MimsyBorogroves:

If the brides intention was to exterminate me, yes I would. Since her intention was to reform me with work, Gulag works just fine. You must not go to many comedy shows. I recently saw Chris Rock and Lewis Black. Both of their shows were incredibly offensive to some, though I found them both to be hilarious.

Here are some other transgressions of mine for which you may chastise me:

I have also referred to really hot days as being “hot as hell”, which is potentially offensive to those who believe that family members might have ended up in hell after death due to transgressions and affronts to god.

I did not capitalize god there, so I have probably offended many devoutly religious people.

I have also referred to our neighborhood association, when they have sent us letters to inform us that our grass was not the proper shade of green as “Yard Nazis”. I figured I was ok, as I am of Jewish descent though it is several generations ago and mostly I am kinda WASPY. I apologize for offending any Catholics by using the term WASP there, my bad.

I also refer to myself as a “shoe whore” which probably is demeaning to women who have suffered in the sex industry at the hands of men.

My apologies to men. That was a sweeping generalization and was not meant to demean or belittle the many sensitive, new age guys who would never use the advantages afforded their gender by society to subjugate women.

shimmy-ya:

No one has to apologize to me. I was just pointing out that it can be seen as offensive. And for the record, I never said I was not offended. I am offended. I think it’s terrible to use “gulag” flippantly to describe something that is not even close to a gulag. And somehow doing it in writing seems to make it worse. My great-grandfather died in a gulag and my other great-grandparents disappeared there without anyone knowing what happened to them, and many other relatives disappeared in repressions. I didn’t want to bring that into it, but the term did offend me, perhaps bc of that family history, perhaps not, i have no way of knowing. I did not intend this to become a liberal dick measuring contest or whatever, I just wanted to mention that yes, it’s possible to find that usage insulting.

Also – I did not chastise you. My tone was not chastising. I merely stated that perhaps you didn’t think about it, but this usage can be offensive, WHATEVER you choose to do or not do about that now or in the future. I know I can make no one do anything, and it was not my intention.

Anyway, I think i’ve made my opinion clear now, and I will stop posting on this matter, bc there’s nothing else to say.

Thanks for listening, and thanks to those who defended my right to express my opinion.



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