Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT: October 19-23, 2009
TheReaper:
I'm not going to quote what's-his-name, as I really don't want to, but one thing really stuck out:
Gay folk (according to kill-whatever) aren't committed enough to stay with one person for any length of time, but they're committed enough to collectively attempt to destroy marriage?
How does that even work?
ink slinger:
--- Quote from: Jace on 23 Oct 2009, 01:40 ---We can send them to Canada.
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We'll take 'em! Well, maybe not the terrorists...
(And, yes, I know you were not serious.)
syrupykeyboard:
--- Quote from: TheReaper on 23 Oct 2009, 11:47 ---I'm not going to quote what's-his-name, as I really don't want to, but one thing really stuck out:
Gay folk (according to kill-whatever) aren't committed enough to stay with one person for any length of time, but they're committed enough to collectively attempt to destroy marriage?
How does that even work?
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It doesn't.
"She's" not using logic.
"If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people."
Killbot: "Everything you know is wrong, black is white, up is down, and short is long, and everything you thought was so important doesn't matter; everything you know is wrong, just forget the words and sing along, all you need to understand is, everything you know is wrong!"
:laugh:
Tormuse:
Firstly, I want to say that I'm enjoying this arc; I haven't felt like posting in this forum for a while, but the last couple comics, between Maurice's "You were serious?" line and the reconciliation today have been both funny and touching. Way to go, Jeph! :-D
Of course, I suppose I should have expected that I would be walking into the middle of a flame war... :roll: At the risk of being perceived as joining in, I'll toss some of my thoughts in. :) Particularly, I want to address one thing that Killbot said:
--- Quote from: Killbot on 23 Oct 2009, 00:58 ---How many times does it have to be said? homosexuals don't WANT to get married, they don't want that much commitment and responsibility (after all, variety is the spice of life. can't count how many times gay "friends" told me THAT line)...
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We live in an almost infinitely diverse world in which every person is different in every way imaginable. There exist in this world some heterosexuals who want commitment and some who don't, and there also exist some homosexuals who want commitment and some who don't. Killbot, I gather that in your experience, the gay people you have met fall into the category of not wanting commitment. I would like to invite you to consider the possibility that there are other gay people out there who really do love their spouse and want that level of commitment. It doesn't make sense to me to deny marriage to such people purely based on the fact that they are members of the same sex. After all, if we only allow marriage based on desire for commitment, we would have to deny a lot of heterosexual marriages too, considering how high divorce rates are these days. :roll:
--- Quote from: Dliessmgg on 23 Oct 2009, 07:27 ---I know it's not entirely clear in my previous statement, I never said that. I said that many liberals don't respect narrow-mindedness.
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Too true. I consider myself liberal, but nothing makes me feel like facepalming like liberal people who claim they're open-minded and show it by bashing people who aren't open-minded. You're hurting your own argument, guys! :)
Killbot:
--- Quote from: Near Lurker on 23 Oct 2009, 08:46 ---Killbot, you were doing pretty well at first, but you lost me with the rant. Sorry, (wo)man. Keep pushing Poe's law!
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HAhahaha Poe's Law.
From Conservapedia (I know what you're thinking, and I'm only quoting from them because Wikipedia is only listing the "real" Poe's law currently, quite unusual for them to avoid such an easy potshot against people of faith): "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
From that same page: "Poe's law is often used to mock conservatives and fundamentalists, based on its implicit assertion that fundamentalists and conservatives are so absurd as to be indistinguishable from parody. However, there is a fundamental flaw in this assertion. One might as well argue that genuine works of art are indistinguishable from cheap knockoffs, because some people are unable to distinguish between the two. Clearly, the cause of the mistake is not that the genuine article is no better than a mockery; rather, the cause of the mistake is that some people lack the critical thinking skills and/or experience to differentiate the two -- particularly in cases when an artist (or a parodist) goes to special efforts to emulate the genuine article."
I really think that says it all, wouldn't you agree?
--- Quote from: syrupykeyboard on 23 Oct 2009, 12:08 ---
--- Quote from: TheReaper on 23 Oct 2009, 11:47 ---I'm not going to quote what's-his-name, as I really don't want to, but one thing really stuck out:
Gay folk (according to kill-whatever) aren't committed enough to stay with one person for any length of time, but they're committed enough to collectively attempt to destroy marriage?
How does that even work?
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It doesn't.
"She's" not using logic.
"If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people."
Killbot: "Everything you know is wrong, black is white, up is down, and short is long, and everything you thought was so important doesn't matter; everything you know is wrong, just forget the words and sing along, all you need to understand is, everything you know is wrong!"
:laugh:
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Quoting Weird Al REALLY helps your case.
--- Quote from: TheReaper on 23 Oct 2009, 11:47 ---I'm not going to quote what's-his-name, as I really don't want to, but one thing really stuck out:
Gay folk (according to kill-whatever) aren't committed enough to stay with one person for any length of time, but they're committed enough to collectively attempt to destroy marriage?
How does that even work?
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they'll only commit to something if it's fun. that and they're directed by people with FAR more patience and capability for strategic thought.
--- Quote from: Ghanima Atreides on 23 Oct 2009, 06:39 ---Win! <3 I simply loved the recent developments, minus the various biblethumpers who all of a sudden decided to come out of the woodwork (funny how that never happened when Tai was banging two other girls or when people were busy shipping Hannelore with every possible female character.... :roll:). I can't wait for the celebration/wedding shenanigans!
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haven't been reading that long. For the record, I find lesbians to be as reprehensible as gays (perhaps even more so, from personal experience *shudder*)
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