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Old 12-30-2006, 09:09 PM   #37 (permalink)
analog
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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
So, if I have a teenage kid and share the opinions of analog, does that make my opinion valid or does it make me a pariah for saying that raising a child is not the most fulfilling thing I can do with my life?

Are we still allowed to disagree in here, or are we now required to give vague approval with the standard disclaimer that everyone is different?
I think you'll be beaten for not agreeing with the breeding masses- in fact, you'll be branded a traitor. I think they hang folk like you.

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Originally Posted by filtherton
It probably depends on whether you try to claim that everyone who disagrees with you is delusional.
What I called delusional was the insistence that it is a universal truth that all human beings are incapable of any fulfillment greater than that of having a child. JumpinJesus is just one example (beyond myself and many other child-free people) that you are, in fact, wrong-

-and so I will say plainly, yes, you are delusiona if you try and force, by uncompromising assertion, your opinion which asserts a universal, unbendable "truth" on all other people against their will or personal feelings.

There are clearly people for whom it is not the case- even those who have had children and are still not "on your side". Saying it's true for every person is just stupid, as would be any blanket statement made about any other subject.

That'd be like me saying "Catholicism is the best religion for every person in the entire world, because I say it is, and you're not Catholic so you don't know- so therefore anything you say is wrong."

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Originally Posted by spectre
Wow. I'm beginning to wonder if we should tag threads with "please don't respond if you're not going to agree." This is getting silly. The point of everyone being 18 or older here is to over the "fuck off n00b" attitude." We seem to be moving away from that with threads like this where if a person disagrees with you, we get a large group doing nothing but attacking anyone that disagrees with them. I keep hearing how people are saying, "I'm offended by that post," only to turn around and attack that person much worse than they ever did in the first place. Grow up.
Mmhmm.

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Originally Posted by tecoyah
Just dont have Kids Analog...seems the logical course.
Uh... yeah. I thought that part of my opinion was very clear.

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Originally Posted by *Nikki*
There are seriously some people who should NOT reproduce, you being one of them with the feelings you have on this matter.
Woah, woah, hold the fuck on.

It doesn't matter that I don't want kids- asserting I should not have children is just as offensive to me as anyone else. If I told you that there are some people who should not reproduce, and listed any kind of reason whatsoever, you would flip out- and rightfully so.

How is it possibly acceptable for you to tell me that I shouldn't be a parent, when if I said the same thing, it would be a terrible offense? Acceptable levels of respect in discourse run as a two-way street... you don't get to say something because you think you're right, when the same comment turned to you would be a great insult.

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Originally Posted by filtherton
It's also cute how you co-opt the words of bill hicks without actually co-opting any of the funny.
You've mentioned Bill Hicks twice now, and if I take nothing else away from this thread, it will be this: I've barely heard any Bill Hicks, and I never found him to be funny... so, I have no idea what you're referencing when you say I sound like him. To be honest, I'm a little (jokingly) insulted that it's being said I seem to be trying to use his "comedy". lol

Last edited by analog; 12-30-2006 at 09:48 PM..
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