Context - The Serious Version aka The Wit and Wisdom of EA

[Joubert[$]]

So we have "Context", which is great fun and a brilliant idea. I would like to propose "Serious Context". That is, a post made somewhere at EA when you simply say, "Amen" or "WTG!" or some other good words.

This is not a place to discuss whether those words are correct or whether you happen to agree with them. It is simply a place where you can recognize something someone said and show our world, "Hey, I like this. Good thought."

So the ground rule that will be enforced: No negative commentary permitted on any of the threads quoted here. If you don't agree, take it to a PM or to the original thread.

But it just seems overdue.

[Joubert[$]]

Found in The Symposium in the thread about military recruiters on campus:

eplovejoy said

It's long past time for people who reflexively support the military to recognize that one of the reasons we maintain a military is to maintain the right to dissent.

[theworm[$]]

pippadaisy said
It seems that the more righteous you tend to be, the more you find folks who use their righteousness to hide something else.

[phoenixx[$]]

From Kalynda:

Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of
office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to
uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand
on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

magenta321 said

Maybe the beauty of America is that there are no universals.

[pippadaisy[$]]

theworm said

I find it disturbing that we can't separate the topic of marriage from sex.

[Joubert[$]]

rhunter said:

No. You teach your values to your children. The schools should be teaching them general social values -- what is known as the social ideals, norms and mores (things like getting along with each other, playing fair, working hard, all that sort of stuff). Your personal values are your responsibility to pack into their little heads.

Bravo

[hadassahchana[$]]

Amy said

I think professors need to understand that college students are adults who are making choices for their own education. If the behavior isn't cheating or disruptive, I say leave it alone. If the student flunks the course, that's the student's problem.

I wish I'd said that!

[hadassahchana[$]]

A twofer from a single thread!

First:

theworm said

Disagree with the people. Disagree with their politics, but calling them insane, nut-fudges, harpies, etc really reduces the level of our humanity.

The second:

Deb said

Ann Coulter speaks for the Republican party like Michael Moore speaks for the Democratic party.

[Joubert[$]]

On whether supporting the troops and supporting the Iraqi war are mutually exclusive:

wivabef said

So, you support them [the troops] in whatever way you feel necessary. I don't think that says anything about supporting the actual war. It's acting like a loving human being...I hope you survive this mess.

[phoenixx[$]]

DrMomentum said:

Sometimes I think our society gets inappropriately aroused by thoughts of punishment.

[hadassahchana[$]]

Gosh, JP is good today:

JP said

It's hard every day?

Try supporting a family on minimum wage, assclown.

[hadassahchana[$]]

Amy said

I'm not going to trust a Buddhist candidate wielding a fly-swatter, but wouldn't bat an eye at an atheist weilding a can of
Raid

[hadassahchana[$]]

Leslie said

"I see stupid people! They're EVERYWHERE. They don't even know that they're DUMB!"

[theworm[$]]

God wants you to have great sex

I KNEW it!

[Joubert[$]]

MNM on the press attention given to the death of celebrity bimbo Anna Nicole Smith:

I would suggest that it would be better if our society were to spend even a small fraction of the outpouring of news on the four marines killed today in Anbar province rather than on a mess of a woman who managed to really put the fun in dysfunctional...

[hadassahchana[$]]

Wonderful, MNM. The TV coverage tonight was appaling. I don't usually watch news on TV, so it all came as a real shock. Bleah.

[hadassahchana[$]]

JP said

Our information landscape has changed at a pace faster than our ability to learn how to deal with it, like a person who suddenly has access to every drug possible without the knowledge of dosage and uses. And I think people are swallowing stuff they should not by the handful.

I think that's one of the smartest things anyone's said this past week. Or month, even.

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

drmomentum said

Don't fark with the chocolate.

Amen.

[drmomentum[$]]

Ha - I'm on a roll. My secret? I've been letting a thousand or so monkeys type up my posts for me. The huge volume of material they produce virtually ensures that somewhere in there, there is a quotable gem.

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Send Bananas,
-JP