The $%*! frustration thread

[Lord J Esq]

Yeah, skylark, um, about burning gays at the stake...

How you view the bigots in the church today are equivalent to how society viewed black people in the early 20th century; a gross caricature that has no place in a debate.

How wrong you are. Skylark already apologized for excessive zeal, even though he had no cause to apologize for anything. Your post is pure aggravation, plain and simple.

There is all the world between contempt for evildoers and contempt for the innocent. That is such a fundamental property of judgment that I don't know how to put it in simpler terms for you. Tolerance of intolerance is an abdication of self-determination.

On a personal note, I find your equivalency between blacks and homophobes to be absolutely disgusting.

[Truthordeal]

Wait, wait...I think there's been some confusion...

Yeah, skylark, um, about burning gays at the stake...

From Genesis' language it seems that there's been a mix up here. Was he implying that Skylark thought that gays were to be burned at the stake...or...what? There's a lot of ambiguity afoot here.

[skylark]

I wasn't talking about burning gays.

I was talking about the bigots who don't want gays to marry. I don't know where you guys got mixed up.

This is why I usually keep my mouth shut during these things...

[Delta Dragon]

Wow.  300 pages of frustration.  That's either good that it's being vented here, or sad that there is that much frustration here.

[Mr Bekkler]

The last one hundred came post CnD. And to think this site's been around for several years now. More frustrations more frequently, or just more awareness of said topic and more new members posting? That's for you to decide

[Temporal Knight]

I think it would be a combination of today's world and the members noticing that a topic like this exists and are using it to their advantage.


Current new frustration:

Though it is rather old, actually. My grandmother is such a pessimist! Gosh! Just got out of a rant from her complaining how getting into retirement is nothing special, and how it only means you about to die anyway...because of something on television! A commercial, none-the-less!

My gosh, seriously. I've tried so hard to get her to be positive, and yet she refuses to try or do anything. It's nerve racking. I cannot go through a day peacefully because she does something like this every day.

Would anybody mind if I took her, strapped her to a chair and forced her to watch positive childrens' shows or something?

[Uboa]

The last one hundred came post CnD. And to think this site's been around for several years now. More frustrations more frequently, or just more awareness of said topic and more new members posting? That's for you to decide

I do wonder if the amount of posting in the more "casual" forums has increased tremendously since the C&D, since Kajar Labs is no longer open.

[FaustWolf]

Kajar's still open, just not for technical discussion of the games. It's amazing to take a look at all that's left and realize just how much fan aspiration is still with us!

[Uboa]

Ah!  Apologies, Faust.  I have the unfortunate habit of associating Kajar solely with the amazing modding efforts of the Compendium, probably because of the memorable Kajar Labs screens at the beginning of Prophet's Guile.

[Kodokami]

I'm frustrated that when I open an interesting Yahoo! article to read, I find another meaningless evolution vs. religion argument. Sigh. . .

Anyway, the article is pretty neat. It talks about the discovery of many new species being found in the Congo River, and how the turbulent water itself may have caused the separation and growth of new species. Check it out if you want.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/Evolution-in-the-Deepest-River-in-the-World.html

[Temporal Knight]

I watched a show on that not too long ago, Kotokami. It was, indeed, very interesting.

[ZeaLitY]

Fuck this "no abortion funding" business. On the eve of passing health care reform, Republicans have to interject a potshot at women's rights.

Fucking despicable.

[Lord J Esq]

I just watched the vote on that amendment. Democratic sexist Bart Stupak of Michigan proposed an amendment specifically prohibiting federal funding of abortion care in healthcare reform. Naturally the Republicans were behind it all the way, but the galling part is that 64 Democrats also voted in favor of it. Sixty-four! And, with them, the amendment passed.

Sick.

You can see which way your Representative voted here.

[Truthordeal]

Oh, knock it off. At least this way the Republicans can't use this as an excuse to not pass it. Of course, from what I can tell from what's been said so far, I'd probably support this amendment. In any event, this was a crucial step to getting the damn thing passed.

EDIT: Oh lookee here, it got passed. I wonder what turned the one Republican and conservative Democrats that despised it into voting for it?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul

"Potshot at women's rights," whatever. More women benefit from this than the damn abortion thing anyway.

[FaustWolf]

I find it sad in this case, but Truthordeal does have a point: compromise is always part of lawmaking, and the amount of compromise needed is directly proportional to the spread of opinion within the legislature. This is why legislation alone cannot win the social battles of our era. Changes in legislation are a lagging indicator of changes in the wider culture.