Not just the basis of the OP, but very clearly stated in the thread title.
I think he’s a lying troll. “But I concede there’s no way to prove that assertion. I have a conviction that it’s true…”
I think the problem is much, much worse and more disturbing.
Bricker, you need help. I am completely serious. If you are so deep into your paranoid perspective that it really did take you six pages to see a point that has been hammered at you that entire time, you need help. If you really did believe what you say in the title of this thread, you need help. You are starting to be hateful to your fellow man as a result of your zealotry. What you tried to pull with this thread puts you exactly on the level of a conservative Der Trihs, and I don’t think you even realize it because you’re too far gone. Take a step back, man. Look at yourself. Is this who you want to be?
I wouldn’t give a fuck about it however. Irish people have made very bad decisions in the past, are making them now and will make them in the future. When the decisions or actions were bad only an idiot would go on the defensive just because the person pointing out the silliness was not Irish.
Some here seem to be of the opinion that a foreigner can’t comment on US shit in the negative. Bullshit.
You guys are fractured. The sides are further apart than they have been in a while. Seriously chaps, there are fights to be had but does this bullshit merit a thread of this length?
I’m still waiting for an answer to a question I’ve asked bricker twice. I’m beginning to wonder if my posts are actually visible to anyone but me.
Nah, go ahead. We’d comment on Irish politics but since you guys stopped blowing each other up you’ve dropped to the level of Canada or Luxembourg on the “interesting” scale and you know how deeply Americans care about boring countries. Just don’t complain about how we don’t pay attention to you anymore–you saw what happened to Iraq.
Did someone say something? 
No, it’s mixed pity and disdain for someone who has nothing better to do than to read 6 pages of "shit"and then promptly adds his own fragrant droppings.
“My, what a silly waste of time” posts are a hypocritical waste of time. Find something meaningful to comment on, One-Note Boy.
I didn’t see it, but I might have him on “ignore.”
Well, I don’t know how many you’d consider numerous; I myself would say, given the context of your post, that it would have to be a majority. I’m getting this from you saying “She gets a pass here”; clearly suggesting that the majority of posters in the thread said it was no big deal.
Did you perhaps read my response to your mhendo cite? It was after your post. After. As were all those new three you’ve given me.
Now, your post didn’t say “I expect people will give her a pass here”. It didn’t say “I predict numerous people will say it’s no big deal”. It said, and I quote;
Quite obviously you were basing your view on the posts prior to yours.
So, we’re left back at three (i’ve seen Jackmannii’s post explaining hers, but what matters here is your interpretation before the post, not after). Is three your numerous cites? Or can you find some more,* posted before * your “Wow” post?
On the other hand, the other child actor Jackie, Jackie Cooper, was sufficiently traumatized by the actions taken to get him to cry, that he titled his autobiography, Please Don’t Shoot my Dog, after one (of many) of the threats used to get him to display the “proper” emotion and he campaigned both in the Screen Actors Guild and the California legislature to get rules established to prohibit that sort of behavior by directors and parents and (generally) refused to work in films with kids unless he was sure that the kids would be protected.
However, the chasm between “have mom leave the room until after the shoot” and “threaten to kill the kid’s dog” is wide enough to make comparisons silly.
I’m not taking sides in this silly thread, generally, I was simply adding a factoid, in counterpoint to the Coogan story, in the interest of the Straight Dope. Neither Coogan nor Cooper were at the emotional stage of a toddler and neither was subjected to the same (greater or lesser) inducements to which the toddlers were subjected.
I’m just wondering… but has Bricker ever admitted he was wrong, on anything?
It’s fairly clear he’s in the wrong on this subject. The honorable thing to do would be to admit his error, and ask the mods to either change the title of the thread, or to have the thread closed.
I’m willing to bet that he’ll ask to have the thread closed… but I’m betting we won’t see any acceptance of error.
For the record, Bricker:
I don’t think that what she did was a huge deal. Babies cry. As long as she didn’t hurt them physically, what she did wasn’t even illegal. I know YOU set great store by the letter of the law- time to cowboy up, Bricker.
Also, I don’t like Bush.
However, before you crow “correlation!”, I ALSO wouldn’t care too much about it if her artistic statements were against a Democrat. Or, hell, anyone. Can you say the same? Would this thread exist if the artist denounced a Democrat?
Thanks for the adendum to let us know that, although you are participating, we should keep in mind that you find the thread “silly,” and beneath your attention. Otherwise I may have mistaken you for one of us.
By “one of us”, you mean the knee-jerk morons who will minimize almost literally anything, provided it is anti-Bush? I would hope you don’t make a mistake that grotesque.
Regards,
Shodan
I’m sort of curious as to which values trigger the switch on Shodan-bot, prompting it to spew text. I wish the programmers would provide it with a greater variety of comments, however. Right now, it’s sort of like the old Magic 8 Ball, except that instead of “All signs point to yes,” it says “You’re all Bush-bashers!!!”
Or perhaps, “one of those,” who will pound on every minor outrage, just so long as a liberal’s to blame, while they glibly ignore the abundance of actual suffering by babies that is enabled, ignored, or downright caused by political expediency.
As opposed to the the knee-jerk morons who will minimize [del]almost[/del] literally anything, provided it is pro-Bush?
Just showing off your vast array of useless, Cafe Society-level trivia triggered by but with no real bearing on the discussion? Sorry, tom, I’m back so you can go back to being a respectable poster. Let us pros handle the factoids.
No, they were much older and at a much higher emotional stage requiring much greater inducements, at a level that could be traumatizing. The toddlers were not actually traumatized any more than if their moms had left them alone in their cribs at nap time. One has to stretch it pretty close to the breaking point to make any comparison with their experiences and those of the Jackies.
I made a child cry to make a point on a message board, I must be ten times as monstrous as someone who’d make a child cry for a photograph. I’ve also made children cry for my own amusement (my little boy cries when he sees a particular toy, and I’ve demonstrated this to others for their and my own amusement).