Palpatine in '08

[Frag]

Hi,
This thread was civil enough until some jerk decided to be a censor.

Respect? Earn it and I'll give it. Meanwhile, look at the Jefferson quote in your signature. Either you don't understand what you quote or you are a hypocrite -- which should I respect?

--Pete

I wasn't talking about respect for myself, I was speaking of respect for the OP and his topic. Hell, Pete, I wasn't even considering what you'd posted in the thread so far as really what was at issue (You mostly responded to questions or offered insight, not trolled). As for my quote, 'now and then' means just that, not constantly pushing the envelope because one gets their jollies from the rush.

I'm not too sure too what you are reffering, because I have been following this topic and all it's threads with mild interest and haven't seen anything I'd mistake for a "flame" quite yet. Yeah, the possibility is there if someone will reach out and take it, but I feel most of us here are too civil to take that bait. Perhaps a missed a thread, but even if so, shouldn't those people who infringed be warned in a private PM?

Here's some of the things I saw skimming the thread that were hotbutton, though really the problem I saw was that again one of my friends make one of their first posts here about something that found interesting or witty or whatever and yet again it was pulled off topic, and nearly or did run into flames and left them with a recalcitrant feeling.

American's have no clue what liberty or freedom mean anymore, why should they care that their government has descended into kakistocracy.

It's all well and good to be high-minded and post-racial, but perhaps one might want to wait for at least one president from each historically excluded category (non-white ethnicities, women, gays, non-christian religions, atheists...) before you start lecturing people over it.

Voting for dead people and convicted felons, of whom you know they will never get the job, just because you don't want other candidates to have their chance? Is that common practice over there? If so, maybe many of you deserve the circus that poses as your elections glare.gif

All of those followed this post:

Here's a video for the Star Wars fans, not sure how old it is so sorry if it's been posted previously.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a863be2...m-fod-team

Just a little election day humor for the lounge.

Which if you'll note is Palpy's second post. Nearly same thing happened with one of my best friends' first post here.

I don't have any power here more than my arguments can sway for me, and thus I didn't feel making a PM would have any more impact than just asking that we all follow the forum rules we agreed to abide by when we signed up here.

Regards,
~FragB)

Edit: Golden Rule & Idiocy