Proof of the PPOT anomaly - Page 2

Jeff Higgins · 10-23-2006, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by snowman
I call commies, commies in person, as well as on the internet. A commie is a commie, period. An ahole is an ahole. Am I more civil in person, absolutely not.

Must be why you have so much time to spend on the internet.

speeder · 10-23-2006, 06:17 AM

I'm gonna buy some late '70s Fairmonts and Grenadas for $8.00 a piece and park them up and down his block. It'll look like an episode of Charlie's Angels.

fastpat · 10-23-2006, 09:48 AM

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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
Interesting experience tonight, especially given the recent discussions about people's behavior on this forum and the overall decorum of PPOT.

A friend of my wife invited us over for dinner to meet her husband and a few other couples. One of the men is a civil liberties lawyer here in Texas and a card carrying member of the ACLU. He apparently litigates cases for the ACLU against the government all the time. I spent most of the night talking with him and the other guys about various topics, everything from football to kids to politics. Myself and one of the other guys were conservative, another guy who was a civil lawyer was middle-left and the ACLU lawyer was pretty hard left. Anyhow, we had a very polite and interesting discussion for over 4 hours over beers, dinner, football and whatnot. Although I disagreed with some of his views, I listened to his positions and then responded with my own, which he also listened to. We found that many of our ideas were similar, we simply differed on how to put those ideas into practice. Not once were the words commie, pinko, neocon, mouthbreather, Bush'ist, asshat or nazi used. Contrast that to the discussion that occurs on this forum and you begin to see just how far from reality PPOT is.

What your evening's conversation proves, beyond doubt, is just how socialist neoconservatism is. You want the same things as the hard left guy and only disagree on how to get there.

Nathans_Dad · Nathans_Dad's Garage

You are once again correct, Pat.

In fact, the part I left out was when we huddled together in the corner and discussed our needs for Lebensraum...

fastpat · 10-23-2006, 02:05 PM

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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
You are once again correct, Pat.

In fact, the part I left out was when we huddled together in the corner and discussed our needs for Lebensraum...

In Bush'ist speak lebensraum = spreading democracy world wide. No matter how many people they murder to do so.

Pure Trotskyite socialist to the core.

dd74 · 10-23-2006, 02:42 PM

Isn't "Lebensraum" German for "spreading love"? Sorry, my German is a bit...nonexistent.

Nathans_Dad · Nathans_Dad's Garage

Lebensraum was the Nazi term for "living space" if I'm not mistaken. It was their policy of annexing and conquering their neighbors to allow the German people to have "living space".

It was a facetious comment in repsonse to Patsy's usual drivel.

Howard Agency · 10-23-2006, 03:29 PM

Moneyguy1 · 10-23-2006, 06:02 PM

living space is correct.

The whole Nazi idea was to conquer an area, eliminate the residents, and import good, solid German stock to populate the now vacant spaces.

fastpat · 10-24-2006, 06:03 AM

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Originally posted by Moneyguy1
living space is correct.

The whole Nazi idea was to conquer an area, eliminate the residents, and import good, solid German stock to populate the now vacant spaces.

Eliminate enough of the aboriginal population to enable enslaving those remaining was the idea.

The bush'ists don't plan to move to Iraq, but they are quite willing to enslave anyone necessary to achieve their stated goals.

Christien · Christien's Garage

Another take on this: what about online arguments developing into flame wars in a forum where there's a chance you might know or meet the person in real life? Case in point, I recently got into a bit of a flame war (or at least one-sided insult-fest) on the rennlist Canada forum. I've never met the other party in person (at least not to my knowledge) but very likely will run into him someday as we both attend the same track events. He took issue with my line of questioning and ended up resorting to somewhat humourous insults (none of which I got because I didn't know the references he was making). Would the conversation have deteriorated so badly in real life? Not likely. Would we be acrimonious if we were introduced by screen name in real life? I would like to think not, but maybe.

Nathans_Dad · Nathans_Dad's Garage

I'm not so sure. I think there comes a point where someone's actions online might begin to color your perceptions of that person if you met them in real life. I think this only applies to the extreme ends of the spectrum, the trolls as it were.

fastpat · 10-24-2006, 07:40 AM

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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
I'm not so sure. I think there comes a point where someone's actions online might begin to color your perceptions of that person if you met them in real life. I think this only applies to the extreme ends of the spectrum, the trolls as it were.

By definition, you're a troll.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

Rodeo · 10-24-2006, 07:50 AM

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Originally posted by fastpat
By definition, you're a troll.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_troll

Kingmaker!

Moneyguy1 · 10-24-2006, 09:17 AM

Reference to George Carlin and his observations on human nature, and considering the internet is about as separate as people can be from each other:

"Have you ever noticed that the further away an individual is, the bigger the ********* he is?"

cool_chick · 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Nathans_Dad
I'm not so sure. I think there comes a point where someone's actions online might begin to color your perceptions of that person if you met them in real life. I think this only applies to the extreme ends of the spectrum, the trolls as it were.

I must share a personal story.....

I could not stand Fintstone. He was going to go to that Vegas thing. At lunch, I was telling a couple people that I do NOT want to meet that *********. At drinks that evening, he claimed he was "Tabs friend." I talked to him for an hour before they told me who he was. He joined us the next day.

But honest to God, he is one of my favorite people here. I dont' want to describe him so as to ruin his "on-line persona gig"....but I have the utmost respect for that guy (just not his management techniques LOL, side story....).

I'll never ASSume anything again about people on this board....

legion · 10-24-2006, 11:41 AM

Are you saying that Fint is a flaming bleeding heart in real life?

scottmandue · 10-24-2006, 11:54 AM

I dunno, there is a pretty good group of PP 944 (and Porsche owners in general) here in S. Cali. and most of them show very little interest in meeting me, perhaps because of my inane ramblings here in PPOT. I try to interject so much silliness because so many people do seem to take the Internet way too seriously IMHO.

So where can I get one of those asshats anyway? How much do they cost and do they come in different colors?

cool_chick · 10-24-2006, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by legion
Are you saying that Fint is a flaming bleeding heart in real life?

No. And he knows I'm not either.....

fastpat · 10-24-2006, 11:57 AM

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Originally posted by scottmandue

So where can I get one of those asshats anyway? How much do they cost and do they come in different colors?

Fintstone has one, but I think it's on his butt so tight that he'd have a devil of a time getting it off to give it to you.