IRC/Chat

Their Best Argument

I even found one of them admitting that Al Gore had won the 2000 election and that the country was in dismal shape! This ranks with admitting that there were no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq. But as with everything, there's a spin.

Chatterbox

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Studying for my Turing Test

Human: Do you support the war?

ALICE: I am in favor of all records being broken, at any time.

Politics vs. What is Important

Everyone talks Fear: the Bushites tell me that terrorists prowl the streets, armed with nuclear-tipped balsa-wood gliders; the Kerry-outs tell me that four more years of Bush will destroy the nation and offer no plan for reversing the situation.

It wasn't a mistake, it was one

Just when you think they've exhausted all the ridiculous statements they could make, they come up with a foul ball that is way out past the cornfield, into the badlands.

Overheard on Undernet #political 2

One of IRC chat's lower moments followed immediately by one of its choicest -- if unbearably obvious -- retorts, I think.

Fight Fight Fight

The comment woke me up to the fact that I was nothing more than a gladiator in a pit, one who could never lay a killing stroke, never die, and never transcend the walls of the arena.

Never may Happen

In a year, I will be waving my hands trying to stop the Buffalo Herd from jumping off some new cliff and they will be there, doing it to me again.

Entrapment Rule

Ops should avoid imposing rules that don't serve for anything other than a means to bully people.

More New Terms for the "Debate"

My little dictionary of terms for today's changing political climate continues to grow as friends tell me their labels for particular types

Wimp-O-Matic Democrats

It's time to get angry, folks.

Two New Terms for the "Debate"

Vichy Democrats: Refers to Democrats like Christopher Lieberman, John Kerry, John Edwards, Richard Gephardt, etc. who believe that the surest way to beat Bush is to act almost exactly like him.

More Latin for George W. Bush's America

quid leges sine moribus vanae proficiunt -- what good are laws when there are no morals?

Self Quoting
From Undernet #political_forum: [EmperorNo] "Evolution loves death more than it loves you or me," says Annie Dillard. I disagree. I...

More Latin for Chat

I got the urge to look up more Latin for chat.

Chat Challenges

There are a couple of questions that I like to spring on folks in chat rooms when their eyes grow blurry and they say things like "Oh, the slaves were so well treated. So much better than the working people". Or "We need a free market, absolutely devoid of governmental inference.

Latinisms for IRC

A few phrases that seem apt for IRC discussion from More Latin for the Illiterati

Pessimistic Libertarians and the Libertine Fly Trap

I spent part of this evening talking about "what to do about the world" with a fellow who I guess was a left-leaning libertarian or so he thought. He admitted that he didn't "trust other people with his freedom".

Libertines: We Do Good for Society

We don't promote greed. What we do is take the money where it cannot be used by pressure groups for their own narrow purposes and give it to people who we can trust.

Overheard on Undernet #political
[Warpster] I went to a yacht launching party for a very wealthy and famous philanthropist once, had just realized I...

Double Standard

Right is for harsh penalties against addicts in the so-called "War on Drugs" until one of their own is revealed as chemically dependent. Then we're told that "this is a special case" and we should "show mercy".

Cynicism's True Nature

[20:46] [Songbird] Hey!!!!! you are cynical

No More an Apology than Deserved

Two weeks ago, I mentioned comments by an unnamed American to the effect that John Komyakevich "got shot because he was an idiot". In fairness now, I must face up to the fact that this war supporter was actually referring to the gun man.

Lies, Damn Lies, and IRC

I never stated that I lit fireworks when Americans die. I want our boys home, not in Iraq. Whoever is spreading that rumor is not to be trusted.

George W. Bush: Servant of Satan or Servant of God?

"I'm glad we have a Christian president," said "big_jizo" and I said "We don't."

World Opinion on Iraq

Will my fellow Americans start getting the hint that the world does not want this war?

Turkish News
Another of those stories which doesn't seem to make it to the United States thanks to our so-called "liberal media"...

The Gunfighter Myth

Only the United States puts the first priority on polishing its guns, stocking ammunition, and, from time to time, using them. In the meantime, while we declare our independence from the world, we eat a lot of cold beans, grown and canned elsewhere.

Cherimoyas and the Mouth of Babes

[21:21]  But if you catch them right at the moment ---
MMMMMM!

[21:22] <^Kat> kinda like asking your mom for money

Lost and Found

Welcome back to my life, Christy and Denise!

Suicide Online

"I told u I was hardcore," were his last coherent words.

My MSN Account

If you happen to have MSN Messenger, you can dial me up at gazissax@best.com.

Chat is Cheap

Chat is ephemeral. Logs make it possible, however, for errant bigotry to be enshrined. Pretty cool, eh?

Chat Addiction?

Chatters can fall into ruts and mannerisms.

Hanging Out

"If you don't speak the Truth courageously, then there is no way you can defeat a liar."

Equal Time? Hell yes!

Equal time? You're offering equal time? Hell, yes, on behalf of all liberals and progressives I accept!

Uncool Me

It embarasses me that I turned into a burden because I hadn't been observant of my need for tagamet following the habenero-spiced lunch treat, but aside from that, a lot of good things happened and we parted friends.

Sounds of Silence

I contributed a few observations and ripostes to the chat, then realized that though my words were heard, no one seemed to be talking to me.

Untreated Mental Illness

Paranoia is a mental illness. I open the news web sites and there it is, resident in the White House and spreading down to the population.

American Fear
I asked a progressive friend why she wouldn't sign the Not in Our Name statement. She said: I don't want...

The Latest #politics tragi-comedy

I honestly don't know, but if you're going to claim to follow Jesus when you go off gunning for Bin Laden or Sadam Hussein, I am going to remind you about turning the other cheek.

The Future of Money
Look! I can be flippant when I'm paranoid!: [18:47] * EmeraldPunk has to remember--most ppl seemingly worship money [18:48] *...

American Religion

The people who practice this aren't being Jews or Christians or whatever first. They're practicing the American faith which, conveniently, has as one of its tenets a mocking adherence to individuality ~as long as you don't face off against the American military machine and its ways of violence~

Witness to the Effects of a Spiritual Fragmentation Grenade

I've grown sick because the human rights issues that I have championed over the years are being selectively employed to justify the ultimate human rights abuse, which is murder.

Zoo Animals

[20:36] <EmperorNorton> Do you like zoo animals . ?

[20:36] <dot> why ?

Jeremiad

Yes, all is right in America as we throw billions into preparations for bombing Iraq and let the widows and orphans resort to begging and chasing after vague promises to stay alive.

Prostitution without Pay

It isn't stupidity: it's poverty that drives the numbers.

Burning

When a Texan looks at your weather and gasps "That's hot!" it's time to take notice.

Possessed

Joel the Angel of Wrath came out swinging the terrible swift sword of invective.

You can rest assured....

[19:56] <mimi> great. he believes in enforcing channel policy. he wrote it
[19:56] <EmperorNorton> Great. He will probably agree that you are being especially draconian and making me jump through unnecessary hoops.

An Actual Conversation, with Extension

I'm not about to start hanging out in lesbian bars, passing. But there are other strange little coincidences in my life that make this self-definition interesting.

Agent Provacateur?

In this day when the Attorney General raises the most corrupt of snitches to an honored place at the table of citizens -- over those who work for peace and justice -- one can't be too careful.

If

The word "if" doesn't seem to exist in some chatters' vocabularies.

Is Chat my only strength?

To be quite frank, I get rather tired of seeing my friends in views falling for the same bait every time.

#news_garden debacle

Last night, I was accused by some people of "punishing" my friends for the actions of the predators who have taken over #news_garden.

Chat Asylum?

Perhaps it is just a gladiator's pit.

Trolling

I perceive that trolling, like murder, can be defined in much the same way as a matter of degree....

An Irony of IRC

A clique can hold a channel open for a very long time, though few care to visit it.

Recovery

I understand that my ardent detractors did a victory dance when word reached the channel of my resignation.

Holocaust Denial

Would that the number were only 300,000 as some hope!

I am not a #news_garden op: I am a free man!

The more hours that pass from my resignation, the greater the feeling of relief.

Resigned

One certain sign that things aren't going well is when you spend a lot of time in arguments over who is whose victims.

Secrets

IRC people will tell you nearly any thing in private, so long as you don't blurt it out on the channel.

Fire at #news_garden
Fire at #news_garden With the collapse of the Dow, the thing most on the minds of chatters tonight was the...

We had a good fight

One chatter suggested that we ban "whiners".

They're talking sexual scandal in

How ever will they defeat the Taliban if they can't discipline their own families!"

Self-Important Meatheads
As I write this, I am also watching the activity at #news_garden at Dalnet.com. Usual silliness there. But it can...