# A Mild Pitting of The Tao's Revenge

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-pitting-of-the-taos-revenge/490275>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 21, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-pitting-of-the-taos-revenge/490275 "2009-03-21T17:57:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mild-pitting-of-the-taos-revenge/490275/7 "2009-03-21T19:45:33Z")

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Oh wow this is my first pitting. Tender moments ya’ll. You only get one first pitting.

Be Gentle!

I really can’t be arsed to interpret the obsessively convoluted op, but I will post this from that thread.

> [@Devil's advocate: saving America from socialized medicine.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devils-advocate-saving-america-from-socialized-medicine/483032/32):
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> There are other things which happen in the United States but not in Canada. For example, our murder rate is roughly triple yours, mainly because we have a big underclass which is pretty good at causing social problems.

Since most people here seemed baffled at the exact meaning of ‘underclass’ what exactly was I supposed to interpret this odd, uncommon, undefined term as?

**Brazil** here is just upset, I think, because I used his own debate trick against him:

> [@The Evidence Against Global Warming? READ BEFORE FLAMING!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evidence-against-global-warming-read-before-flaming/489897/62):
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> > [@The Evidence Against Global Warming? READ BEFORE FLAMING!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-evidence-against-global-warming-read-before-flaming/489897/60):
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> > I’m a little confused. Are you claiming that recent warming is NOT within the range of natural variation?
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> Are you claiming atmospheric greenhouse gas levels ARE natural?

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