19-07-2013, 03:21 PM
In the event that you're curious about the level of discourse being encouraged at The Swamp, I give you the following:
Von Pein-in-the Ass opines: "So, per some conspiracy theorists, Oswald enters the theater prior to 1:10 PM CST. He then decides to leave the theater a little while later and loiter for a few seconds in Johnny Brewer's storefront. And then Oswald goes BACK INTO the same theater he just exited.
"Repeat after me --- That's crazy!"
To which Swamp Moderator Pat Speer responds: "Please edit your comment, David. We're trying to keep the ridicule to a minimum. Something like 'That sounds pretty silly to me!' should suffice."
Conditions at The Swamp have deteriorated to the point at which sarcasm has become indistinguishable from courtesy.
Not to mention inevitable.
Von Pein-in-the Ass opines: "So, per some conspiracy theorists, Oswald enters the theater prior to 1:10 PM CST. He then decides to leave the theater a little while later and loiter for a few seconds in Johnny Brewer's storefront. And then Oswald goes BACK INTO the same theater he just exited.
"Repeat after me --- That's crazy!"
To which Swamp Moderator Pat Speer responds: "Please edit your comment, David. We're trying to keep the ridicule to a minimum. Something like 'That sounds pretty silly to me!' should suffice."
Conditions at The Swamp have deteriorated to the point at which sarcasm has become indistinguishable from courtesy.
Not to mention inevitable.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene