what do you think the reason was for writing something like this ?
I believe it. What’s WITH YOU PEOPLE???
I cannot BELIEVE THE CYNICISM !!! Why, it was almost yesterday when the War Of The Worlds happened !!!
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Considering that I’ve seen any number of countries in variations of this, including versions where the ship and the lighthouse are from the same country, I’d say it’s merely another example of the mutability of stories as they are told and retold.
I think the real question is in why you posted this; my guess would be a horribly mistaken belief in our gullibility and a misplaced attitude of superiority.
Please don’t. Expanding on it would probably involve even more smilies.
If your goal was to prove you are a pseudo-intellectual, imbecilic twit, I have good news for you and your false Socratic method.
You’ve accomplished your goal. Twit.
So - tell me if I’ve got this straight - the logic you’re using is “People tell jokes about group X having characteristic Y; therefore it must be true, or why else would they tell those jokes?”
So, by extension:
People tell jokes about Canadians being lumberjacks who live in igloos and eat blubber, therefore it must be true.
People tell jokes about the English being stuck-up prigs, therefore it must be true.
People tell jokes about Jews being greedy, therefore it must be true.
People tell jokes about black people being stupid and violent, therefore it must be true.*
Have I got that right?
Also, I note that you haven’t had the guts to take up Revtim’s suggestion of telling us your nationality so we can all mock you properly.
[sub]*no, I’m not comparing anti-American sentiments to prejudice against black people and/or Jews, I’m just using this as an example of how ridiculous the logic is.[/sub]
Yes. And also the attitude of people from Canada, England, Australia, and where ever the hell “Baile Átha Cliath” is. And this is without counting the folks who left their Location blank or put in something funny. Nice attempt at stereotyping, though. Better luck next time.
Baile Átha Cliath is in Ireland, specifically, it is the formal name, in Irish, for the city known in English as Dublin.
Baile Átha Cliath referred to a specific ford over the River Liffey while the term dubh linn referred to a tidal pool closer to the Irish Sea near which the Dublin Castle was built.
Ohhhhh… so you like getting piled upon? Kinky. What are you doing this weekend?
[sub]I’m not asking for me, of course… you see, I have this friend, well, more like a friend of a friend… hey, why are you looking at me like that!!![/sub]
So you could make a complete and utter fool of yourself?
Oh, what the heck, I’ll bite.
The U.S. Navy is so tough that this story is meaningless. Because, see, the lighthouse should yield, it’s inablity to move notwithstanding.
If it doesn’t, the Lincoln and it’s task force could and happily would create a harbor on the site of the (former) lighthouse.
Happy now?
I never thought I’d see it from someone of manhattan’s caliber, but I’m afraid that I have to point out the difference between its and it’s. You see, when you’re discussing possession, such as the inability of a lighthouse to move, or the task force associated with a certain aircraft carrier, you use the version without the apostrophe.
Nope
my goal was to illustrate a bad attitude (even if the story was false).
Congratulations, you have illustrated your bad attitude.
And you did. Your own.
A made-up story does not illustrate anything save the attitudes of its author. Or in this case, its poster.
And you did. Your own.
A made-up story does not illustrate anything save the attitudes of its author. Or in this case, its poster.
the story illustrates a bad attitude
Yes, but the story is not true. So what have you proven so far, POWER_station?
Oh, and while I can’t vouch for nationality, I can state that our friend resides near a shitload of fjords.
Ah, I was afraid of that.
The thread has taken a turd for the Norse.