# I forget, do we have a general HurricaneDitka Pit thread? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952 "2018-01-06T00:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/61 "2018-01-12T23:01:44Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > This clown is a full circus short of a pantload. Are you in the military? “Remember, pillage before burning” If so, am I hitting close to home for you? Did you join out of ignorance, malice, or ambition? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/62 "2018-01-12T23:03:00Z")
Is this the first time someone hijacked a pit thread about someone else and insisted that the pit thread should be about them, instead? How much did HurricaneDitka pay you to take the heat, Will? Show us on the doll where he touched you. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/63 "2018-01-12T23:05:34Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Is this the first time someone hijacked a pit thread about someone else and insisted that the pit thread should be about them, instead? > > How much did HurricaneDitka pay you to take the heat, Will? Show us on the doll where he touched you. He seems to be succeeding. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/64 "2018-01-12T23:09:32Z")
I thought I had made it about the US military, but of course, this board being populated by liberals, there is significant worship of the government henchmen. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/65 "2018-01-12T23:20:22Z")
See, being a tedious, dogmatic shithead is not a way to actually win arguments or entice others to ponder your ideas. You just end up stuffed into everybody’s “FRAGILE” carton. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/66 "2018-01-12T23:20:35Z")
Liberals are known for worshipping the military? What? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/67 "2018-01-12T23:23:52Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Are you in the military? > > “Remember, pillage before burning” > > If so, am I hitting close to home for you? Did you join out of ignorance, malice, or ambition? Not in the military, but I’m thankful for those who have served and are serving. If it wasn’t for them, assholes like you couldn’t rant like a madman on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/68 "2018-01-12T23:32:11Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Liberals are known for worshipping the military? What? And you thought **SamuelA** had an imagination. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/69 "2018-01-12T23:40:24Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Liberals are known for worshipping the military? What? Of course. Wilson to FDR to LBJ to Obama. > [@Morgenstern](#): > > Not in the military, but I’m thankful for those who have served and are serving. If it wasn’t for them, assholes like you couldn’t rant like a madman on the internet. The Heroes make enemies for me mission after mission. Nobody would want to hurt me if it wasn’t for their lust for adventure. Who would stop me? None of the people slaughtered by the Heroes could ever do anything serious to me or any other person in the country. Lol. Your world is one of great paranoia. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/70 "2018-01-12T23:42:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > See, being a tedious, dogmatic shithead is not a way to actually win arguments or entice others to ponder your ideas. You just end up stuffed into everybody’s “FRAGILE” carton. I’m fragile for speaking unpopular truths to people I know will hate me for it? No the fragile ones hold on to their ideological belief in state violence because questioning it would shatter their world. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/71 "2018-01-12T23:44:01Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Liberals are known for worshipping the military? What? Haven’t you seen all those liberals at Nascar events making a giant fucking production of the National Anthem? With their liberal stealth bombers flying over, and their liberal country stars sangin’ the anthem? (With a prayer to Jesus, of course. Oh Jesus, if one of these drivers ends up crushed in the wall, please don’t let any car parts decapitate a spectator, amen, Jesus.) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/72 "2018-01-12T23:47:26Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > The Heroes make enemies for me mission after mission. Nobody would want to hurt me if it wasn’t for their lust for adventure. > > Who would stop me? None of the people slaughtered by the Heroes could ever do anything serious to me or any other person in the country. > > Lol. Your world is one of great paranoia. Whose **WillF** translation box is working? Mine is broken. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/73 "2018-01-12T23:51:44Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Of course. Wilson to FDR to LBJ to Obama. > > The Heroes make enemies for me mission after mission. Nobody would want to hurt me if it wasn’t for their lust for adventure. > > Who would stop me? None of the people slaughtered by the Heroes could ever do anything serious to me or any other person in the country. > > Lol. Your world is one of great paranoia. You’ve got more loose screws than an old Dodge. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/74 "2018-01-12T23:53:47Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/75 "2018-01-13T00:06:44Z")
Hopefully you’re a happy and non-insane person in real life, **WillF**. On this board, there’s no point in engaging with you, since you’re constantly enraged and incoherent, in addition to your fantasies of psychic abilities. Best wishes and happiness to you and your family! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/76 "2018-01-13T00:16:58Z")
Before anyone actually takes anything **WillFarnaby** has written in this thread as something that should be given any thought, so say nothing of a reasonable response, let’s just remember that in his world, Abraham Lincoln is a war criminal and Donald Trump was “the peace candidate.” Just think about that for a few minutes, then we can all just get on with our lives without getting involved in this freak show of politics. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/77 "2018-01-13T00:17:18Z")
Salty as a bag of Doritos, half the nutrition. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/78 "2018-01-13T00:27:25Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Whose **WillF** translation box is working? Mine is broken. No, yours is working fine. You will know it is broken when the output start to make sense. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/79 "2018-01-13T00:32:53Z")
I have no fondness whatsoever for the military, or its ‘heroes’, but this: > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Anyone who joins the military does so because of ignorance, malice, or ambition. If they are ignorant at the beginning, I doubt they remain so, therefore they fall into the other two categories after awhile. is just so spectacularly stupid that even I can’t let it pass. Most people who join the military do so because it’s a _paying job_ that they’ve been told will _teach them skills for free_ while letting them _help their country_. You could, in theory, argue that it requires ignorance to believe that being a member of the military helps the country. You can’t possibly make a sane argument that wanting a paying job or free skills training is evil, and you can’t make any sort of coherent argument whatsoever that malice or ambition has anything to do with it at all. That’s just crazy. Look, I don’t think there’s anything praiseworthy about being a soldier, but it’s mouth-frothingly deranged to claim you have to be some kind of demon to want to be one. Stuff like that gives you so much credibility that if you told me it was sunny outside I’d grab an umbrella. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952/80 "2018-01-13T00:39:59Z")
There’s a reason I have this guy on Ignore, and it is demonstrated every time he posts. You’re wasting your energy trying to engage him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-forget-do-we-have-a-general-hurricaneditka-pit-thread/805952.md?page=5)