# Is this freedom? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447 "2004-12-12T14:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/261 "2004-12-20T16:45:59Z")
He has gotten awful quiet on this thread, as has the Dipstick from Manchester. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/262 "2004-12-20T16:48:28Z")
> [@GomiBoy](#): > > He has gotten awful quiet on this thread, as has the Dipstick from Manchester. That’s a _bad_ thing? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/263 "2004-12-20T17:14:58Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > I don’t think you’ll get an answer, considering Brutus’ posting history. He might surprise us all though. And the moon might be made of green cheese. Well, if not **Brutus** , then I hope _someone_ who has both the balls and the brains will get into that thread to explain his views. I even promise to be polite. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/264 "2004-12-20T17:22:22Z")
> [@Q.E.D.](#): > > That’s a _bad_ thing? Nope, but it was a bit fun proving him so horribly wrong! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/265 "2004-12-20T17:45:02Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Well, if not **Brutus** , then I hope _someone_ who has both the balls and the brains will get into that thread to explain his views. I even promise to be polite. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/266 "2004-12-20T19:04:56Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Well, if not **Brutus** , then I hope _someone_ who has both the balls and the brains will get into that thread to explain his views. Aren’t the two mutually exclusive? brains != moronic conservative ideas Balls, yes, but any moron can be egotesticle… ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/267 "2004-12-20T19:54:19Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Aren’t the two mutually exclusive? > > brains != moronic conservative ideas I used to think so. Turns out I was wrong. I’m still right about everything _else_, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/268 "2004-12-20T20:49:25Z")
The thing about Brutus is that he almost always just makes potshots in political threads. Presenting coherent arguments would let other posters pin him down. He can be entertaining, witty and eloquent in threads that are non-political, though. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/269 "2004-12-20T21:03:22Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > **Brutus** : since you refuse to answer questions and have complained that the Pit is not the place for a serious discussion about this matter, I opened [this Great Debates thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=5629928). Feel free to pop in with your view. You need serious help, and then you need to stop stalking me. Every other word out of your mouth is, ‘_sniff_ **Brutus** won’t answer my questions!’, when it is fucking obvious that I have. You’ll excuse me if I don’t hang on your every word, and I am certain that you don’t like myanswers, sure, but don’t be such a drama queen; your questions have been answered as I noticed them. And still you cry about the lack of attention. Sad. Gutsy move, though. Starting a GD thread by calling one person a troll and then trying to get a goad a bit of a reaction out of another. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447/270 "2004-12-20T21:15:38Z")
> [@Brutus](#): > > You need serious help, and then you need to stop stalking me. I’ve tried to get help, but the psychiatric profession keeps claiming I don’t need any. Asking you to answer questions is stalking? > [@](#): > > Every other word out of your mouth is, ‘_sniff_ **Brutus** won’t answer my questions!’, when it is fucking obvious that I have. Oh, I must have missed your answer to “Would you worry if another country was the biggest kid on the block and gave itself these powers?”. Let’s do a quick scan of your posts since… Is the answer to that one “Probably because you are making illogical comparisons” and the quoting of **Apos** was just to throw me off? Otherwise, the answer must be in your latest post. Let’s read through it again… So, your answer is to tell me to get help (what for? who knows?), claiming you’ve already answered, calling me a drama queen and saying I cry about lack of attention. Original and impressive, **Brutus**. Or not. Come on. What’s so horrible about answering me? What’s so scary about presenting your view in the Great Debates thread? Have I been unpleasant or impolite to you in this thread? Have I insulted you? Have I shown a refusal to consider your side of the issue at hand? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-freedom/279447.md?page=13)