# A pitting of Liberal and the Mods that let it happen. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723 "2007-02-18T17:54:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/441 "2007-02-20T15:28:30Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] In the Liberal-p.r.r. fight Bryan says that the mods were all right He points out, quite gentle-ly Liberal’s competent, mentally, But refuses to offer a cite. For $125, I will stop posting limericks here. [/QUOTE] Fuck no; the limericks are the most coherent part of this thread. But I’ll give you a buck and a quarter if you continue. (This deal is contingent on you posting another limerick within two hours, otherwise you’re dead to me.) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/442 "2007-02-20T15:34:56Z")
The pressure, it weighs on my mind For it seems that I now cannot find A rhyme that will work Well enough for this -crap Shit shit fuck shit shit fuck shit goddamn. Now I’ll stop posting limericks here for $250. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/443 "2007-02-20T16:19:09Z")
Pay us for reading them. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/444 "2007-02-20T16:29:05Z")
[QUOTE=hawthorne] You’ve got sizzle. I’m sure you’re working on your sausage. But right now, $500 versus some wheezy pseudonymous tonguing isn’t saying “unit shifter” to me. For either deal. [/QUOTE] Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/445 "2007-02-20T16:30:45Z")
[QUOTE=saoirse] The pressure, it weighs on my mind For it seems that I now cannot find A rhyme that will work Well enough for this -crap Shit shit fuck shit shit fuck shit goddamn. Now I’ll stop posting limericks here for $250. [/QUOTE] “… jerk So I’ll just go and kick his behind”. I suppose a hundred bucks for that helping hand would be out of the question? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/446 "2007-02-20T16:31:49Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] “… jerk So I’ll just go and kick his behind”. I suppose a hundred bucks for that helping hand would be out of the question? [/QUOTE] I’ll kick in a buck forty-five towards that. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/447 "2007-02-20T16:36:23Z")
I just hope that this new idea of buying off posters to make them leave the board does not repeat itself. I find the whole idea distasteful. I enjoy seeing a variety of people and points of view here. Concerning the idea that the Poster A, after convincing Poster B to perform an act by waving the Almighty Dollar in their face, seems to think that they have shown any superiority over Poster B: I tend to disagree with the conclusion. I am sure that I could convince some frat boy college student to eat a bag of cockroaches for $500, but I don’t see how either of us comes out any better than the other at the completion of that transaction. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/448 "2007-02-20T16:38:18Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Very impressive. I wish I could cite message board posters instead of people like Suber and Plantinga. [/QUOTE] I didn’t impress? Oh well, I’m not as desperate as you are for that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/449 "2007-02-20T16:39:38Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] I just hope that this new idea of buying off posters to make them leave the board does not repeat itself. I find the whole idea distasteful. I enjoy seeing a variety of people and points of view here. Concerning the idea that the Poster A, after convincing Poster B to perform an act by waving the Almighty Dollar in their face, seems to think that they have shown any superiority over Poster B: I tend to disagree with the conclusion. I am sure that I could convince some frat boy college student to eat a bag of cockroaches for $500, but I don’t see how either of us comes out any better than the other at the completion of that transaction. [/QUOTE] But how much would you pay for a [romantic walk on the beach with me?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2553909&postcount=116) ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/450 "2007-02-20T16:41:07Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] “… jerk So I’ll just go and kick his behind”. I suppose a hundred bucks for that helping hand would be out of the question? [/QUOTE] I think you’re misunderstanding my business model, here. The worse the limericks are, the more valuable their surcease becomes. Now my price has fallen $200, so you owe me $50. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/451 "2007-02-20T16:43:01Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] I am sure that I could convince some frat boy college student to eat a bag of cockroaches for $500, but I don’t see how either of us comes out any better than the other at the completion of that transaction. [/QUOTE] I think the frat boy would disagree with you. $500 buys a lot of beer and pizza. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/452 "2007-02-20T16:45:44Z")
The limericks have started a bidding war. And surely there’s not a more fitting war. For it’s surely a waste Of our fragile good taste Though it does get some users submitting more. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/453 "2007-02-20T16:54:28Z")
It’s not clear how much damage is done To the Dope and its ethos, when one Reaction to uproar Is to go and create more Limericks intended to stun. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/454 "2007-02-20T16:55:40Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] But how much would you pay for a [romantic walk on the beach with me?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=2553909&postcount=116) [/QUOTE] A memory like a bear trap. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/455 "2007-02-20T16:57:46Z")
[QUOTE=Contrapuntal] Damn, that guy was funny! What happened to him? [/QUOTE] I e-mailed him a short time ago. He’s chillin’, he’ll be back. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/456 "2007-02-20T17:01:34Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] A memory like a bear trap. [/QUOTE] And a body to match! ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/457 "2007-02-20T17:02:03Z")
[QUOTE=Arnold Winkelried] I enjoy seeing a variety of people and points of view here. [/QUOTE] Me too. I’ve enjoyed Gaudere’s explanations of why no deity is required to apply a moral imperative. I’ve enjoyed Spiritus Mundi’s dissection of the cosmological argument. I’ve enjoyed Darwin’s Finch’s explanations of evolution and natural selection. I’ve enjoyed Voyager’s careful arguments articulating the differences between religious faith and scientific confidence. I’ve enjoyed SentientMeat’s almost unassailable defenses of physicalism. I’ve enjoyed it every time a poster has expressed a point of view that rose above the level of “neener neener”. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/458 "2007-02-20T17:06:37Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Me too. I’ve enjoyed Gaudere’s explanations of why no deity is required to apply a moral imperative. I’ve enjoyed Spiritus Mundi’s dissection of the cosmological argument. I’ve enjoyed Darwin’s Finch’s explanations of evolution and natural selection. I’ve enjoyed Voyager’s careful arguments articulating the differences between religious faith and scientific confidence. I’ve enjoyed SentientMeat’s almost unassailable defenses of physicalism. I’ve enjoyed it every time a poster has expressed a point of view that rose above the level of “neener neener”. [/QUOTE] Ah, but which one gets $500 and a 500 post thread? ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/459 "2007-02-20T17:16:06Z")
[QUOTE=Uncommon Sense] Ah, but which one gets $500 and a 500 post thread? [/QUOTE] […shrug…] I guess someone has to get the booby prize. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723/460 "2007-02-20T17:19:29Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Me too. I’ve enjoyed Gaudere’s explanations of why no deity is required to apply a moral imperative. I’ve enjoyed Spiritus Mundi’s dissection of the cosmological argument. I’ve enjoyed Darwin’s Finch’s explanations of evolution and natural selection. I’ve enjoyed Voyager’s careful arguments articulating the differences between religious faith and scientific confidence. I’ve enjoyed SentientMeat’s almost unassailable defenses of physicalism. I’ve enjoyed it every time a poster has expressed a point of view that rose above the level of “neener neener”. [/QUOTE] Could you express that in limerick form? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pitting-of-liberal-and-the-mods-that-let-it-happen/392723.md?page=24)