Welcome To The Wild West???
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UPDATED: Monday, April 7, 2025 06:19
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Quote:They've obviously not been studying English or History though. But hey, throwing a tempertantrum because I'm not swayed by you fallacious appeal to authority? Guess I was right about the moron part.
Originally posted by Geezer:
Better than people who've spent their entire career studying the law and its interpretation? Looks like I was right about the ego part.
Quote:Well, it's you that said your opinion was worthless (you also said mine was), so the supercilious there is actually yours, buttercup
...and the supercilious part, with a bit of the bratty schoolboy thrown in.
Sad little king of a sad little hill.
. Ah, and the trollish part. Hows that discussion of a topic, any topic going for you geezer? It's not, now there's a surprise...Sad little troll, under a sad little bridge.
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
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Originally posted by citizen:
But hey, throwing a tempertantrum...
You mean like:
"In contrast your opinion is backed by the fact that you're an ignorant prick and a troll, so at least mine is more substantial than yours, eh. Your lack of a reproductive organ isn't my concern, you unbelievably stupid piece of worthless shit."
Or
"Take your meaningless opinion and put it in the orifice you conduct discourse through perhaps"
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Well, it's you that said your opinion was worthless (you also said mine was)...
Wrong and wrong.
"But I never said my opinion matters. Just the Supreme Court's." So no opinion from me on if my opinion matters, just an assertion that the Supreme Court's does.
I never said your opinion is worthless either, just implied that it's worth less than the Supreme Court's, absent any proof of expertise in law on your part. I then suggested a practical test of the application of your opinion versus theirs.
This lack of ability to correctly parse a couple of simple sentences doesn't do much to support your claim as someone who's able to correctly parse constitutional law.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Ah, is signym not giving you enough trolling material at the moment? It's sweet you thought of me. You just can't help but prove me right that you're a troll can you. You can't come up with an argument of you're own, so you start attacking me with personal insults, then get all indignant when they're thrown back. Well, hypocrisy and childishness, now there's the Geezer we all know and ignore.
I get it geezer, you think because the 'authorities' have ruled, the topic is no longer open for discussion, unless it's to say how right the boss man is. That's fine for you, but we're not all of an authoritarian mindset, and if continued discussion after your authorities have ruled upsets you as it so evidently does, no one is making you stay here. You've obviously got nothing useful to add, you've posted you're link to the Supreme Court, and unless you just want to start flame wars and act like a troll, you might as well slime away under the rock you came from, because adults are talking and you're getting in the way. You don't want to start flame wars and just act like a troll, do you Geezer?
Remember, don't feed the GeezerTroll.
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Ugh.
I haven't visited you lot in a bit, because I've been fairly irritated by the debate tactics here. The dishonesty of them.
I don't agree with Citizen's view on guns, but I try not to use flawed arguments to cut him down.
If the Supreme Court had ruled against individual gun ownership, I suspect we would all be railing against the decision of those learned men of law.
Instead, they ruled in favor of it, and now we are telling Citizen it is foolish of him to second-guess that supreme body of judges.
Second-Guessing authority is about the most American of pasttimes, and Citizen is welcome to do it, as are we all. The mere act almost makes him an honorary Yank. ;-)
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Quote:Geezer, there are many areas where your opinion and mine intersect, this, unfortunately, is not one of them. Studying something for an entire career does not make one great, it makes one experienced. This is meaningless if one is a government tool, or just a plain schmuck. Mob bosses study criminality all their careers- should they be placed on a pedestal for their abilities?
Originally posted by Geezer:Quote:
Originally posted by citizen:
I just said my opinion is as good as anyone else's.
Better than people who've spent their entire career studying the law and its interpretation? Looks like I was right about the ego part.
You're so out of touch with reality on this one, man.
Reality-checking Chrisisall
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Quote:Hear hear, Tony!!!
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Second-Guessing authority is about the most American of passtimes, and Citizen is welcome to do it, as are we all. The mere act almost makes him an honorary Yank. ;-)
Yankedisall
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Mob bosses study criminality all their careers- should they be placed on a pedestal for their abilities?
No. But they're probably more effective at properly running a mob than you and I are. That's how they got to be the bosses.
Simalarly, Supreme Court Justices have worked their way up through the Judicial Branch of the government by being effective in their rulings; usually through administrations led by both parties. This gives them pretty good cred, especially considering that they have to be approved by a Congress that, in recent years, has been pretty evenly split between the parties.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Originally posted by citizen:
you think because the 'authorities' have ruled, the topic is no longer open for discussion,
No. You can discuss it all you want. I just pointed out that your discussion, and your opinion, are moot, since the Supreme Court's decision is law, and your opinion is just... opinion.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Quote:And that would make their opinion on something more credible....how?
Originally posted by Geezer:Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
Mob bosses study criminality all their careers- should they be placed on a pedestal for their abilities?
No. But they're probably more effective at properly running a mob than you and I are. That's how they got to be the bosses.
As a car mechanic could fix you vehicle more competently than maybe you could, but still look down upon you for owning what they considered to be a 'piece of crap', so too are judges merely human beings, subject to all the vagaries of the human existence, and no better at looking at the big picture than you or I are. Wisdom does not come FROM experience or knowledge, it is a quality that comes from the continual striving to make one's self better. Can you tell me that Supreme Court Justices are all like that? Or is it possible that they think they are as brilliant as you would make it seem from your comments here?
Hmmphisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:
... so too are judges merely human beings, subject to all the vagaries of the human existence, and no better at looking at the big picture than you or I are. Wisdom does not come FROM experience or knowledge, it is a quality that comes from the continual striving to make one's self better. Can you tell me that Supreme Court Justices are all like that? Or is it possible that they think they are as brilliant as you would make it seem from your comments here?
And if they upheld the gun ban in D.C. would you be so quick to point out their perceived failings? Or would their judgement and expertise be sitting more comfortably with you then?
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