# An Open Letter to the Writer of This Glurge (long) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437 "2005-10-02T11:03:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/21 "2005-10-07T22:43:06Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > For anyone who belittled Pythian (SleepyDuck???) for bringing up old news: > > [http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=224333](http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=224333) > > It’s only ingorance not worth fighting when the ignorant stop promulgating it. Thank you. And that link is mildly frightening. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/22 "2005-10-07T22:54:33Z")
> [@s.a.g.](#): > > Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn’t spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock’s son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he’s talking about. And we said OK. > > Now we’re asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don’t know right from wrong, and why it doesn’t bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves. [Typical falsehood from the gullible.](http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drspock.htm) - ::: sigh ::: \* ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/23 "2005-10-08T00:10:34Z")
In a similar vein, i’ve always enjoyed the episode of South Park where Cartman gets an amusement park and Kyle gets a hemerroid, to “help” him understand his suffering, Kyle’s parents tell him the story of Job, about how God made a bet with the Devil that Job would praise him no matter what… after they told him the story, the first words out of Kyle’s mouth were (going from memory here, so i’ll probably end up mangling the quote) “what a horrible thing to do to a person, and just to settle a bet with the Devil?, this “God” sounds like a thouroughly unpleasant person…” ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/24 "2005-10-08T03:22:20Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > For anyone who belittled Pythian (SleepyDuck???) for bringing up old news: > > [http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=224333](http://rr-bb.com/showthread.php?t=224333) > > It’s only ingorance not worth fighting when the ignorant stop promulgating it. If you’re so gung ho about fighting ignorance, why not stake your claim in the forum you linked, instead of preaching to the converted here in The Pit? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/25 "2005-10-08T08:46:55Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > If you’re so gung ho about fighting ignorance, why not stake your claim in the forum you linked, instead of preaching to the converted here in The Pit? :dubious: Are you familar with what happens when you assume? I do in fact post over there, in the interest of fighting ignorance. Haven’t posted to that thread, but then they have so much ignorace to be fought, I just can’t get to everything. ---
**Author:** ![SleepyDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@SleepyDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SleepyDuck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2005, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/26 "2005-10-08T10:33:17Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > :dubious: Are you familar with what happens when you assume? No, but please tell me. I’m _dying_ to know. :rolleyes: > [@betenoir](#): > > I do in fact post over there, in the interest of fighting ignorance. Haven’t posted to that thread, but then they have so much ignorace to be fought, I just can’t get to everything. Yet you manage to find the time to disinter this thread for the sole purpose of flaming me with sentence fragments and misspelled words _(???)_ If you _are_ fighting ignorance in your rapturous NG, it sounds like you have a lot of work to do, so chop chop:wally ---
**Author:** ![Pythian\_Habenero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Pythian\_Habenero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythian_Habenero)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/27 "2005-10-09T02:32:58Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > No, but please tell me. I’m _dying_ to know. :rolleyes: > > Yet you manage to find the time to disinter this thread for the sole purpose of flaming me with sentence fragments and misspelled words _(???)_ > > If you _are_ fighting ignorance in your rapturous NG, it sounds like you have a lot of work to do, so chop chop:wally What on earth is your investment in this thread? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/28 "2005-10-09T07:46:12Z")
> [@SleepyDuck](#): > > No, but please tell me. I’m _dying_ to know. :rolleyes: You really don’t know? Not much of an “Odd Couple” fan then? When you assume you make an _ass_ of _u_ and _me_ . Get it? Get it? It’s funny. Well, I think it’s funny but then am amused by shiny things 😃 . > [@](#): > > Yet you manage to find the time to disinter this thread for the sole purpose of flaming me with sentence fragments and misspelled words _(???)_ Well, no. I “disintered” this thread (although I don’t think three days quaifies it for moribund let alone buried) because I thought people who were interested in the OP might be interested in a sighting of this glurge in it’s natural habitate. And might be interested to know it was still out there. I _mentioned_ you (I would hardly call it a flame) because, yes, I thought your dismissal of Pythian’s rather thoughtful deconstruction was not warrented. Particualr the aside about algebra class (oh, right, being up to date on one’s glurge is certainly a sign of maturity :rolleyes: ). Nonetheless it’s not always all about you 🙂 . ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/29 "2005-10-09T14:27:00Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > You really don’t know? Not much of an “Odd Couple” fan then? When you assume you make an _ass_ of _u_ and _me_ . Get it? Get it? It’s funny. Well, I think it’s funny but then am amused by shiny things 😃 “U” make an ass of “U” and me. Ass-u-me, get it? ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/30 "2007-03-07T16:16:18Z")
“When you assume, you make an ass out of Uma Thurmond.” David Letterman ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/31 "2007-03-07T16:21:58Z")
:smack: :smack: Rats. I didn’t realize I was restarting a two-years dead thread. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/32 "2007-03-07T17:14:43Z")
Huh. I’m an atheist because people assign to much power to a mythical god. But after reading this, I am going to have to change my mind. I’m an atheist because I’m way more powerful than god!!! BWAAAHHAAAAAAAHHAA! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/33 "2007-03-07T17:33:58Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] “When you assume, you make an ass out of Uma Thurmond.” David Letterman [/QUOTE] “When you assume, you’re a jackass.”- Stephen Colbert ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/34 "2007-03-07T18:46:00Z")
What I find funny is that rates of murder and other crimes have been going down consistently, the number of abortions are down (I think), Jim Crow laws have been abolished, etc. Maybe that’s an argument Madilyn Murray O’Hair was right. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-open-letter-to-the-writer-of-this-glurge-long/324437/35 "2007-03-07T18:48:00Z")
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