Psychoblues In or Out?

[Samantha]

do you think of jfk as a great president?

I'd say only marginally above average.

Typical dodge.

He answered it exactly!

Less than average, quite a bit less.

In what way? I think he was a great President. He started new efforts in outer space. He led the way for us to land on the moon. He fought for civil and human rights. He started the Peace Corps.

Responding to ever more urgent demands, he took vigorous action in the cause of equal rights, calling for new civil rights legislation. His vision of America extended to the quality of the national culture and the central role of the arts in a vital society.

He wished America to resume its old mission as the first nation dedicated to the revolution of human rights. With the Alliance for Progress and the Peace Corps, he brought American idealism to the aid of developing nations.

He diffused a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

Kennedy now contended that both sides had a vital interest in stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and slowing the arms race--a contention which led to the test ban treaty of 1963. The months after the Cuban crisis showed significant progress toward his goal of "a world of law and free choice, banishing the world of war and coercion." His administration thus saw the beginning of new hope for both the equal rights of Americans and the peace of the world.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html

[OCA]

Kennedy had a hot wife and banged Marilyn Monroe....other than that, nothing, nada.

Kruschev diffused the Cuban Missle Crisis btw, Kennedy's only option was war and was within 12 hrs of launching an invasion, it was Kruschev's call.

[Kathianne]

He answered it exactly!



In what way? I think he was a great President. He started new efforts in outer space. He led the way for us to land on the moon. He fought for civil and human rights. He started the Peace Corps.



He diffused a nuclear war with the Soviet Union.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html

I get the feeling you were not around for JFK presidency. All was loser, but then he got killed, stuff of martyr, though he wasn't one.

[loosecannon]

No Forrest, you tell us.

Clinton! LMFAO! The guy was a sexual predator, no better than some asshole who hits on underage girls. But what do you expect from the party of underachievers and degenerate lovers?

But then again you are the kind who finds the World Wrestling Foundation to be a legitimate sport, Beebus and Butthead contemporary philosophers and McDonalds a restaurant.

You couldn't answer the question could you?

Just admit it, it was a six foot one inch question over you five foot three inch head.

Come clean.

[loosecannon]

I get the feeling you were not around for JFK presidency. All was loser, but then he got killed, stuff of martyr, though he wasn't one.

I was around, I remember. JFK's credentials are completely outta the realm of the modern era esp considering how short his term was.

You wanna debate this honestly? Cuz really this is a slam dunk.

[Kathianne]

I was around, I remember. JFK's credentials are completely outta the realm of the modern era esp considering how short his term was.

You wanna debate this honestly? Cuz really this is a slam dunk.

Actually, his legacy is less than ok. Loses all over. Now may have been different if he'd had time, but not in the cards.

[loosecannon]

Actually, his legacy is less than ok. Loses all over. Now may have been different if he'd had time, but not in the cards.

Whaduya got?

[OCA]

But then again you are the kind who finds the World Wrestling Foundation to be a legitimate sport, Beebus and Butthead contemporary philosophers and McDonalds a restaurant.

You couldn't answer the question could you?

Just admit it, it was a six foot one inch question over you five foot three inch head.

Come clean.

You know you are quick to go ad hominem motherfucker, you sure you want to go down this path with me you treehugging , polesmoking loving faggot.

I will fucking destroy you if this is where you want to go.

[OCA]

I was around, I remember. JFK's credentials are completely outta the realm of the modern era esp considering how short his term was.

You wanna debate this honestly? Cuz really this is a slam dunk.

You were around my balls with your tongue back then.

[Gunny]

Whaduya got?

Kennedy's greatest achievement was actually only partly his call. He got backed into a corner and since most Americans back then still had some balls, he made the only choice he could have without being booed off the stage.

His next greatest achievement was selling himself on the first televised debates better than Nixon.

After that, the greatest thing he did was get shot in the head.

But then, he is the one that escalated the military involvement in Vietnam.

Had he not been assasinated, he'd have been crucified.

[Samantha]

You know you are quick to go ad hominem motherfucker, you sure you want to go down this path with me you treehugging , polesmoking loving faggot.

I will fucking destroy you if this is where you want to go.

You were around my balls with your tongue back then.

So you are calling him a faggot while you fantasize about him licking your balls?

Interesting.

[shattered]

So you are calling him a faggot while you fantasize about him licking your balls?

Interesting.

...and that post (OCA's), IMO, would be indicative of a personal attack.

This one from Loosecannon also falls into that category:

yawn

Gaffer is still a paranoid gas bag who sees death threats in every post and behind every muslim.

You are still quintesentially useless trailer trash without a clue.

But please knock yourself out, spew some vomit, I will go back to the threads with content and leave you here to suck on your bud.

So.. Lame-ass pales in comparison, and is hardly worthy of notice.

(Given the example was posted there, I decided to comment here, rather than moving it all to the Courtesy thread).

[Samantha]

...and that post (OCA's), IMO, would be indicative of a personal attack.

This one from Loosecannon also falls into that category:



So.. Lame-ass pales in comparison, and is hardly worthy of notice.

(Given the example was posted there, I decided to comment here, rather than moving it all to the Courtesy thread).

I agree. Both are nasty and gross. I don't come to these boards to read that kinda bile. I come to learn about politics. Post my opinion about what's going on in our country and the world. There are degrees of nastiness in personal attacks and insults. These are on the nasty end, lameass is on the weak end. All are personal attacks and insults.

The key to figuring out what is a personal attack and what is not is this:

If you are directing your insult to another poster, you are personally attacking them with an insult.

If you are directing your post to the issue, you are posting about the issue.

[shattered]

I agree. Both are nasty and gross. I don't come to these boards to read that kinda bile. I come to learn about politics. Post my opinion about what's going on in our country and the world. There are degrees of nastiness in personal attacks and insults. These are on the nasty end, lameass is on the weak end. All are personal attacks and insults.

The key to figuring out what is a personal attack and what is not is this:

If you are directing your insult to another poster, you are personally attacking them with an insult.

If you are directing your post to the issue, you are posting about the issue.

...and when POSTING on a message board, you need to don your thicker skin suit, because you're going to get all kinds.. You can choose to stay and deal with it, or you can choose to leave.. You can not make demands that people change to suit your particular posting style.. (I'm using "you" in a collective sense).

[loosecannon]

You know you are quick to go ad hominem motherfucker, you sure you want to go down this path with me you treehugging , polesmoking loving faggot.

I will fucking destroy you if this is where you want to go.

Bring it on chump.