# To Emacknight: calm down in GD **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 22, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468 "2011-10-22T20:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/21 "2011-10-23T19:25:58Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > No, that’s not it. > > The one central sincere idea behind **emac** ’s position, as near as I can determine it, is that if regulations aren’t 100% perfect, we shouldn’t have them at all. Deaths still happen despite the existence of traffic laws? Then we might as well not have traffic laws at all. Yes, he brings this particular idiocy to many different topics. Although a recent favorite was that healthcare in Canada sucks because it does not cover the Tim Horton’s doughnuts that someone has to buy on the way to a medical appointment. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/22 "2011-10-24T00:33:51Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > [But it’s okay for you, huh?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14384332&postcount=108) Dude, that’s [nothing](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580852). And I ain’t gonna look to see where the stupid starts for fear of increasing the brain damage I already suffered from him in that thread. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/23 "2011-10-24T04:32:44Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > But before I go, here’s a link to an article I haven’t read that is in no way related to the discussion > [The Next Steve Jobs | HuffPost Life](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeffrey-sonnenfeld/the-next-steve-jobs_1_b_1024229.html) Hey, hey… no need to bring **Sam Stone** into this, now. Go get your own tactics. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/24 "2011-10-24T06:46:23Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Nope, but you’re getting closer. You probably think your stance is something reasonable like “Let’s get rid of just the bad regulations, the ones that don’t work,” but because you’re such a shitty debater who cannot drop the sarcasm and misattribution of others’ positions, nobody can actually understand what the fuck your stance actually is. And here you are being a coy little bitch who thinks he’s being clever by, again, not posting in good faith. You’re like a **Rand Rover** wannabe, and that’s sad. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/25 "2011-10-24T07:29:28Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Nope, but you’re getting closer. If I get any closer, I’ll get some on me and I’ll have to take a shower, won’t I? ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/26 "2011-10-24T13:32:02Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > If I get any closer, I’ll get some on me and I’ll have to take a shower, won’t I? Looks like someone just learned that the reality of bukkake parties aren’t as fun as they are in the mind… I kid, I kid ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/27 "2011-10-24T15:40:27Z")
\*\*emacknight \*\*is basically the unfunny reincarnation of Diogenes the Cynic, minus the personal insults and also minus the entertainment value. He’s just another sad little troll who somehow believes he knows everything about everything. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/28 "2011-10-24T16:13:11Z")
Close enough! ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/29 "2011-10-24T16:19:42Z")
Internet glibertarians are a fucking plague. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/30 "2011-10-27T20:51:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Yes, he brings this particular idiocy to many different topics. > > Although a recent favorite was that healthcare in Canada sucks because it does not cover the Tim Horton’s doughnuts that someone has to buy on the way to a medical appointment. This so perfectly sums it all up. That thread was started because I was correcting **Gonzomax** ’s lies that nobody in Canada goes bankrupt because of health care costs. But because that lie was told in support of socialized health care, anyone that corrects it must be a Republican and must be against UHC. Did I at any point in that thread say that healthcare in Canada sucks? Did I even allude to it? I spent three pages trying to explain various medically related expenses to you, but all you could do was say, “uh yuk yuk, someone went bankrupt buying a doughnut.” ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/31 "2011-10-27T20:55:31Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > You probably think your stance is something reasonable like “Let’s get rid of just the bad regulations, the ones that don’t work,” but because you’re such a shitty debater who cannot drop the sarcasm and misattribution of others’ positions, nobody can actually understand what the fuck your stance actually is. And here you are being a coy little bitch who thinks he’s being clever by, again, not posting in good faith. You’re like a **Rand Rover** wannabe, and that’s sad. I love that you accuse me of that, after you wrote: > [@Bosstone](#): > > No, that’s not it. > > The one central sincere idea behind **emac** ’s position, as near as I can determine it, is that if regulations aren’t 100% perfect, we shouldn’t have them at all. Deaths still happen despite the existence of traffic laws? Then we might as well not have traffic laws at all. Fail. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/32 "2011-10-27T21:04:54Z")
Again with being coy. What about that is fail? That was an honest assessment of your beliefs to the best of my understanding. If it’s wrong, it’s because you really, really suck at debates. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/33 "2011-10-27T21:59:45Z")
And I fear has mistaken mass bewilderment for mass giving-a-shit. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/34 "2011-10-27T22:23:41Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > This so perfectly sums it all up. That thread was started because I was correcting **Gonzomax** ’s lies that nobody in Canada goes bankrupt because of health care costs. > > But because that lie was told in support of socialized health care, anyone that corrects it must be a Republican and must be against UHC. > > Did I at any point in that thread say that healthcare in Canada sucks? Did I even allude to it? > > I spent three pages trying to explain various medically related expenses to you, but all you could do was say, “uh yuk yuk, someone went bankrupt buying a doughnut.” I guess it’s because you seriously brought up the cost of going to lunch on the way to the hospital in a debate about going banckrupt due to medical expenses. You turned the thread into a joke all by yourself. ---
**Author:** ![FasterThanMeerkats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/278dde/32.png) [@FasterThanMeerkats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FasterThanMeerkats)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/35 "2011-10-28T15:21:47Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > :smack: This septimus asshole thinks he’s so smart but if he’s any kind of a savant, it must be an idiot-savant. > > Vehicles per kilocapita. And here I was wondering where I had put the keys to my other 827 vehicles.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/36 "2011-10-28T22:53:42Z")
> [@emacknight](#): > > Fail. How is that a fail? Isn’t that precisely your argument in [this thread?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629446) > [@emacknight](#): > > So why do we have so many superbugs popping up in the US and Canada? Shouldn’t the regulations have prevented it? There are plenty of countries that allow people to buy antibiotics without prescriptions, do they have significantly more superbugs that the countries that regulate them? How is this not the exact position ascribed to you in **Bosstone** ’s post? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/37 "2011-10-29T02:20:12Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > [But it’s okay for you, huh?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14384332&postcount=108) I am not rude. I do my best to deal with the subject at hand. It is rightys who immediately resort to name calling because they are devoid of arguments. If you don’t understand that, then you are a righty. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468/38 "2011-10-29T04:23:58Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > I am not rude. I do my best to deal with the subject at hand. It is rightys who immediately resort to name calling because they are devoid of arguments. If you don’t understand that, then you are a righty. Okay, take a deep breath, because I’m about to Blow.Your. Mind. You just called me a name. Righty. (The other issue is that your comment in the other thread was insulting, boorish, and most likely based on a wild ass guess on your part) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-emacknight-calm-down-in-gd/600468.md?page=1)