Who cares what were “important cultural traits” to Ghengis Khan? Even if I were to concede that basic human decency is not a “human trait” but rather a “cultural trait,” you concede it is in fact a trait of our culture. How is that an argument for disregarding it?
Well, then he should have started a new discussion-THAT was not the thread to make jokes in.
Or raise an ironic and skeptical eyebrow while maintaining a bemused but dignified silence. That would work.
Well I have a wide selection of goats available it that doesn’t work out for you.
You just let me know. Where did that brown one go…
This sentiment is going to pass with nary a comment, except to accuse Sarahfeena of “flouncing off” after reading it? Unfuckingbelievable.
[punchline to the ventriloquist joke]
“Before we go any further, that sheep on the end’s a liar!”
[/plttvj]
Probably better that way.
Regards,
Shodan
Damn! I forgot to buy some Scotch…
I commented, but I think the microphone was off.
The thing I can’t understand Polycarp, is why you don’t have the human decency to be ashamed of yourself for writing the above. Better to have hung a millstone around your neck and cast yourself into the sea.
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you, that you actually typed that, and clicked “submit reply”?
Hey! No hijacking my Pitting!
I think you mean “better to have been driven over a bridge with Teddy Kennedy hanging around your neck”.
Regards,
Shodan
Yeah. When the floodgate of the Chinese was opened, their dry-cleaners mafia completely ruined the economy. It destroyed my childhood dream of washing clothes for a living, because my Cantonese is so poor. But as a result, I had to deliver food for a Chinese restaurant all night during college because of financial aid cuts. It affected my grades, but now I have an “in” with dry-cleaning mafia.
Sorry, I missed it. I agree with your sentiment to the letter, and Lemur866’s. I hope Polycarp comes back to this thread and makes amends.
FWIW, I just read it, and I’m both surprised and appalled. Polycarp, what on earth possessed you to make you think that was in any way an appropriate thing to say? Sarafeena’s posts in this thread have been reasonable and appropriate; if your first instinct was to wish gang-rape on her, that says some pretty awful things about you, but nothing about her. She’s not the one that needs to spend some time in deep reflection, IMO.
Daniel
Waitaminut…POLYCARP said that shit? What would the Gay Teen Messiah think?
Give him a break, please. It’s not easy turning the other cheek all the time. You get tired of wiping the shit off of yourself.
Whether it’s fair or not, in my eyes Polycarp (along with a few others) stands on this board as a representative of Christianity as it should be, and seeing such a comment is extremely jarring. From my perspective, Polycarp did not by any means wish any harm; he was stating his initial irrational opinion. Still, the fact that it comes across so passive-agressively mean and also seems so out of line with Sarah’s comment is mystifying indeed.
I actually read this page before going back and reading the second half of page two, and I can’t possibly understand what set Poly off like that. I didn’t see Sarah gloating over Senator Kennedy’s looming demise, only questions and concerns regarding justice. I join Ruby and Jodi in wishing for his return and an amicable ending.
We are giving him a break. What he said deserves a much more extreme negative reaction, but everyone is so surprised that Polycarp would say something that mean-spirited and awful that we’re just waiting for him to post that someone stole his login ID and it wasn’t him, or some other rational explanation.
Bridget Burke’s nasty comment, however, surprised no one. 
Polycarp, I hope you’re OK. Rage like that sucks. It will fuck you over. For your sake, please try to make amends.
On topic : Well, I can’t exactly cast any stones at Shodan for his posting on Kennedy, except to say that I don’t think that was the thread to post them in.
Thanks to you and Shayna for the kind words. I’m fine. Having now seen both parents go though long bouts with cancers (Dad passed in '01), however, I just really, really hope I don’t have to go like that, and I’ve got no compelling reason to wish it on anyone else.
Let’s be very clear for a moment.
Do you think being raped is worse than dying?
PS: I’m sure Polycarp never wished that on her for even a moment, and of course no one would. He was making a point.