# Giraffe: tag, you're it.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 17, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315 "2009-07-17T07:33:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/221 "2009-07-22T20:11:06Z")

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> [@Frank](#):
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> _sigh_ What’s the point of (Kanada), and of Amerika?

It’s the same technique Republicans use when they refer to the “Democrat” Party. It expresses disdain in a meatheaded way.

Also the Google ad for something called the Royalist Party refers to conditions after “democrasy”. I would investigate further but there’s been enough nitwittery and nutbaggery in this thread to last me awhile.

Getting back to anarchy, there’s a song on my Ipod\* I’ve never heard, part of a collection, performed by a group called Haymarket Riot. Come to think of it, Haymarket would be a good name for a dog, particularly one that’s untrainable and craps all over the house.  
\*if you set your Pod on shuffle, does that imply endorsement of anarchy?

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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/222 "2009-07-22T20:59:09Z")

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> [@kidchameleon](#):
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> I’m not sure who he was wooshing, **Shot From Guns** or **SmashTheKeyboard** , or both.

I was really aiming for SmashThe Ceyboard, but I’ll take anyone I can get.😉

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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/223 "2009-07-22T21:35:48Z")

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> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#):
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> I \*\*said \*\*I get how it works on a \*\*small \*\*scale–I want to know how an anarchist thinks it will be feasible on a \*\*large \*\*scale.

And more on point to the thread, I agree with you. Every example cited is a much smaller sckale than Americka (I’m using the “ck” beckause I’m a moderate and I seeck Ckompromise). To state that it’ll work beckause much much much much smaller civilizations have had (limited?)suckcess with it is highly ckquestionable at best.

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**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/giraffe-tag-youre-it/503315/224 "2009-07-22T21:48:35Z")

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> [@Harborwolf](#):
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> To state that it’ll work beckause much much much much smaller civilizations have had (limited?)suckcess with it is highly ckquestionable at best.

A good analogy: open circulatory systems. They work great in small creatures like spiders–but scale that spider up to be five feet tall and it would die.

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