# Uniting not dividing: Adopt an "opposition" Doper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 19, 2004, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639 "2004-11-19T11:58:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/61 "2004-11-23T01:00:39Z")
> [@Freyr](#): > > Despite being on the opposite end of the political and legal spectrum as **Bricker** , I really like his piercing analysis on issues and the way he can clearly explain clouded legal points. It really makes me sit back and think about my own stance. > > Hey, **Bricker** , do you like science fiction (movies, books, etc)? Ever read up on anthropology? šŸ˜ƒ Why, thanks! Iā€™m not much up on anthropology, despite taking a physical anthropology class in college and having read Margret Mead šŸ™‚ I am, as it happens, a pretty big SF fanā€¦ more ā€œhard scienceā€ fiction like the masters of old: Asimov, Clarke, Heinleinā€¦ I liked Ben Bova back in the day, and Lester Del Ray was another favorite. I wasnā€™t so much into stuff like Robert Silverberg, and Harlan Ellison left me running alternately hot and cold. I met Jack Chalker once, and I met Jack Chalkerā€™s wife once. There was a time when I was really into his series; since then, they all sort of blended together. Same thing with Piers Anthony: I liked him once, but he hasnā€™t stood up against advancing age (mine) so wellā€¦ In the movie world, Iā€™m a hopeless fan of the old classics: give me Day the Earth Stood Still, Forbidden Planet, and Day of the Triffids and some microwave popcorn, and Iā€™m set for the afternoon. Newer science fiction movies Iā€™ll answer on a case-by-case basis: NO, for example, to Starship Troopers. So whatcha think? Could we hang out as long as we stayed away from politics? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/62 "2004-11-23T01:06:34Z")
> [@Francesca](#): > > **Xjetgirlx** and I most certainly hold _very_ different political views. But I still consider her a smart person and a friend. Iā€™m pleased to have had my pansy-assed liberal circle of friends widened by alternative views šŸ™‚ Argh! I completely forgot about \*\*Jet \*\*when posting my choice earlier. Even though sheā€™s Christian and Republican, two things I definitely am not, I love herā€¦ sheā€™s one of the sweetest girls ever and I consider her one of my best friends. Now Iā€™m stuck with **Poly**. _::grumble::_ ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/63 "2004-11-23T02:11:04Z")
> [@mangeorge](#): > > Iā€™d adopt **Ringo** , but some might see that as somehow incestuous. Seeing as how he (_she_?) already adopted me. Heh, if I ever meet a woman whoā€™s at all like me, Iā€™ll be married in a Texas minute. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/64 "2004-11-23T08:30:49Z")
I will adopt **Mr Moto**. Heā€™s a cool guy and we seem to be on different ends of the spectrum. Oh, and **Bricker** : Heinlein is da shit. ---
**Author:** ![Brutus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Brutus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brutus)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/65 "2004-11-23T13:15:40Z")
Damn. A) I am looped on vicodin (or generic equivalent thereof), and feeling so good, itā€™s tough to pick any one over any other. I donā€™t _dislike_ any of the lefty posters here, though I do get my hackles raised by some more than others. B) GO SEE YOUR FRIGGING DENTIST NOW! Do you really want an infected root canal? If you want fun, hook up car batteries to your genetalia; Throbbing root canals are _not_ fun, until Mr.Vicodin pays a visitā€¦ Yes, the dentists will try to steal your soul with their bizarre and unChristian machinations, but short of tying a string from the offending tooth to a door, you donā€™t have much of a choice. C) Are we talking ā€˜adoptā€™ in a Woody Allen sense of the word? If so, sorry **Miller** , **Zagadka** , **gobear** and others, Iā€™m gonna go with **UrbanChic**. Ya, not really ā€˜oppositionā€™ per se, but looks helluva lot better in a dress! šŸ˜‰ D) Uhmmmā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/66 "2004-11-23T17:03:16Z")
Bricker, Brutus, and Mr. Moto are all pretty cool, except of course they embrace the ideology that I do not subscribe to. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/67 "2004-11-23T18:30:26Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Okay, Iā€™ll go with **Cowgirl Jules** , because sheā€™s quite intelligent, and always has something relevant to say, and besides, she proposed to me in that thread months ago. Cool! Thanks **Maureen** , does that mean the weddingā€™s still on? Hey, at least weā€™re close enough to go out for drinks one of these days, if life would just stop getting in the way and all. But seriously, Iā€™ve always respected you and the way you put your viewpoint out. Youā€™re one of the most thoughtful, insightful posters I know, and I think we porbably actually agree on many issues which are not politics. And I tell ya, there are days when I donā€™t agree with _myself_ on politics. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uniting-not-dividing-adopt-an-opposition-doper/275639/68 "2004-11-23T20:50:57Z")
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