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:D

Yes, pretty great, I agree, and I think that J.S. Mill would also agree.

No, that's a misrepresentation. You have misunderstood. It's not that it doesn't matter, it's a matter of priorities.

(Y) I am quite content to be associated with that particular comment, consequences be damned.

The key word there is "seems", and you don't seem to have taken on board my point about effective communication being relative or context-dependent. M...

Cring Bosby. That's another better name than @"Buxtebuddha".

Fair to the power of ten divided by the sum of the square route of perhaps.

How could they think such a thing? I'm the nicest thing since sliced breast.

Mayhap. Yes, something like that. Perhaps he went back into the sea from which he came.

You're welcome.

I have a dream that one day the sons of those who speak frankly and the sons of those who wax poetic will be able to sit down together at the table of...

Balls. If you were to have said "balls", then I think that that would have been a better fit. Balls like a horse - what a lovely thought. Almost as lo...

Welcome. Although it's too bad you're not, say, To Mega Therion. Why can't you be To Mega Therion? Or sheps - remember him? Ah, the good ol' days...

You could take a stab at converting me. :D

Fair to an unspecified degree which may or may not be enough. (Westerners tend to be argumentative?! No we're not. Prove it!)

I totally agree as well. I've seen it. So there's an element of hypocrisy here.

Whether or not it's effective is relative. Effective at what and in what way? If the goal was succinctness, then it would not be as effective. It's mo...

Thanks. I personally think that I am as well, and I think that Benkei must have meant something else, like being a people pleaser, although that would...

Better than what? A minimum level of decorum? Yes, I'm sure I could. But I prefer to express myself in my own style, as I am permitted to do. I value ...

Very well said. I admit that I can come across as condescending. I have admitted as much in the past. Sometimes I think to myself, "This is something ...

My oh my! How appalling. An expletive! Is this evidence of a double standard? Perhaps you will disagree, since you are not a moderator and I am. Yet, ...

You went further than that, for example, claiming that the forum is sexist, and your criticism, in full, was certainly neither reasoned nor evidenced,...

Odd. You begin your reply with an affirmative, as though you are agreeing with me, yet you've changed the subject in a transparent attempt to turn the...

No, Tiff, you're amiss in thinking that that's what I was thinking. I took care with the wording of my prior comment which you referenced. I merely no...

Perhaps. Why? Did he hold similar views?

Indeed. I always used to cut Tiff some slack and go easy on her, because she was always so cloyingly nice and cutesy-wutesy. That was favouritism and ...

Well hello to you too, Kevin, and hello also to your unearned moral superiority, which has once again made an appearance alongside you. One day, Kevin...

See here. @"TranscendedRealms", @"jancanc", @"darthbarracuda", @"XanderTheGrey"

If your discussion is about, say, moral value or ethics, then guess which category it should be under. (Not a trick question). The 'general philosophy...

It is what it is. ¯\_(?)_/¯

Yes, including this one and the other one that I didn't create.

But you are Terrapin Station, aren't you? Or was it DP Brah?

You should listen to Agustino. He knows his stuff. He correctly diagnosed me with Asperger's.

Good. In the meantime, try not to die.

Why am I even talking to you? I can think of better ways to spend my time. Good day, Tiff.

Ew... the fuck? You are joking about the potential tumour, right?

Sure sounded like a lecture, but whatever you say. I have filed your "unsolicited advice" in my "special cabinet". /uploads/resized/files/d4/db1nwkxqs...

:D

Urgh. (N)

I don't need a lecture from you, thanks.

Why would I do that? I do not want you to leave. I will ask you instead not to read things into what I say and then jump to conclusions based upon you...

Oh but that's quite impossible, my dear Tiff.

You seem to be somewhat of a political black sheep, like a Red Tory or Blue Labour, and you seem to make more noise in support of topics associated wi...

Take care not to overrate it.

I'm all for welcoming suitable new members, whether male or female, human or avian. Yes, that explanation would be bogus.

Yes, that's exactly how we should operate. If you're unsuited, then you're unsuited, regardless of your gender. In the case that you're unsuited, you ...

I agree with gender-neutral language to some extent, and put it into practice to some extent. To give a real example, at work, we have a "1 man" and a...

Thank the Lord!

Genetics, I suppose. I like her big eyes.

In terms of how we treat one and other, I'm in favour of gender equality. I think that it'd be interesting, and perhaps preferable or even ideal, if w...