# If you didn't hate Hallburton already...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-didnt-hate-hallburton-already/429617>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 11, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-didnt-hate-hallburton-already/429617 "2007-12-11T15:47:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-didnt-hate-hallburton-already/429617/81 "2007-12-17T11:26:10Z")

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[QUOTE=A Monkey With a Gun]  
**Tagos** may have tried to start the highjack, but his transparent dickishness was being ignored.  
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An off-hand comment is not a hijack. It becomes one when stupid people take umbrage and begin their usual apologetics for barbarians.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-didnt-hate-hallburton-already/429617/82 "2007-12-17T11:34:44Z")

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[QUOTE=tagos]  
An off-hand comment is not a hijack. It becomes one when stupid people take umbrage and begin their usual apologetics for barbarians.  
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Idiot: \<non-sequitur\>  
Rest: \<bemused disagreement\>  
Idiot: “Hah! Apologists!”  
Rest: “Fuck off, would you? We were having a conversation here.”  
Idiot: “It’s your fault for disagreeing with me.”

Why not piss off and insert your dumb crusade into a thread where it’s more relevant? A cookery thread, perhaps.

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