# You gotta love the stupidity of our government **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 30, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281 "2013-06-30T19:46:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/121 "2015-10-16T19:26:31Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Checked what using what method? The fastest way is to look at the thread starters statistic page, unless they created more than 500 threads, the numbers show up there when you look at “all threads started by”, at least for the most recent 500 threads. (and yes, some people have started more than 500 threads here) The other method is to use a search. Both require you to wait 120 seconds before you can do it again. Which is a pain in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/122 "2015-10-16T19:44:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I don’t think it’s true that the linked article was complete bullshit. Apparently the letter was sent and the law does exist. > > But what I feel is also true is that the incident doesn’t indicate any stupidity on the part of the government. Overall, it’s a reasonable law that just looked a little silly in this context. It reminds me of those bullshit mock-outrages about “wacky laws”, like “Did you know in Montgomery, Alabama, it is illegal to hitch an alligator to a fire hydrant on a Sunday between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.?!” On examintion, if anyone bothers to do it, the city ordnance in question typically bans the hitching of _any_ animal at _any_ time to a fire hydrant, in reasonable response to people who were tying their dog leashes to hydrants, thus creating a potential hazard to firefighters responding to an emergency who can’t safely approach the hydrant because there’s a dog who is agitated by all the activity tethered to it. The law didn’t limit the regulation to dogs or specify time limits so while it is true that hitching an alligator on a Sunday afternoon is in violation, such specificity was never in the text. The OP is trying to splash his derp on us. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/123 "2015-10-16T19:46:46Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > The OP is trying to splash his derp on us. We have a winner! ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/124 "2015-10-16T19:47:58Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > nm, got ninja’d on Rocky joke. Yeah, but I saw it before you edited, and it made me Let’s go down to the quarry and throw stuff in it ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/125 "2015-10-16T19:52:35Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > The fastest way is to look at the thread starters statistic page, unless they created more than 500 threads, the numbers show up there when you look at “all threads started by”, at least for the most recent 500 threads. > > (and yes, some people have started more than 500 threads here) > > The other method is to use a search. Both require you to wait 120 seconds before you can do it again. Which is a pain in the ass. Really? You can’t think of any way to get the information without using searches? Tsk, tsk. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/126 "2015-10-16T19:55:37Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Really? You can’t think of any way to get the information without using searches? There you go again. It’s like you can’t help yourself. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/127 "2015-10-16T19:58:06Z")
FYI, since the subject arose, if you use the “view all threads created by” on somebodies profile page, that counts as a search. So when you click on the number of posts, to see who posted, it gives you the hated 120 second wait shit. Bumping a thread to the front page means you can just click on a thread to see who posted. Not that anyone gives a shit. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/128 "2015-10-16T20:04:54Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > No you idiot, I wanted to figure out why liberals call names and throw shit instead of arguing what is on the page. > > The answer was pretty easy to find. How is government bureaucracy extending to a magician’s rabbit a liberal _ad hominem_ issue? “You’re so conservative you think magician rabbits should be regulated!” ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/129 "2015-10-16T21:09:46Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’ve always wondered what the real reason was for the Iraq invasion. Are you saying it was to protect the rabbits? Tell me about the rabbits, George, tell me about the rabbits. (Particularly appropriate for Shrub.) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/130 "2015-10-16T22:16:37Z")
> [@glee](#): > > After the Republicans invaded Iraq (over non-existent WMDs), they disbanded most of the Iraqi army. > Many of those officers helped form ISIS - probably the most dangerous terrorist organisation ever. > > … > > So let me get this straight, Clothahump. > You think that a regulation designed to protect animals (which would simply require a magician to write a short reply) is worse than being responsible for hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths, millions of refugees and setting up ISIS? :smack: :smack::smack: > [@septimus](#): > > I’ve always wondered what the real reason was for the Iraq invasion. Are you saying it was to protect the rabbits? The Republicans under GW Bush invaded Iraq, then disbanded the Iraq army. This led to carnage all over the area, culminating with the formation of ISIS. These are the facts. Whether Bush did it because: - he believed there were WMDs in Iraq - he wanted to overthrow Saddam (who had plotted to kill his father) - he wanted to secure the supply of oil from the region - his advisers wanted to make money through their companies (e.g. Cheney at Halliburton) I don’t know. But it certainly wasn’t rabbits. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/131 "2015-10-16T23:18:16Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I don’t know. > But it certainly wasn’t rabbits. That’s what _they_ want you to think. What do they need such good eyesight for anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/132 "2015-10-16T23:29:20Z")
> [@glee](#): > > I don’t know. > But it certainly wasn’t rabbits. That was Carter. ---
**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 16, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281/133 "2015-10-16T23:52:11Z")
[Moderating] **FX** , don’t bump any more threads for your “research.” This thread is closed. [/Moderating] EDIT: After discussion among the moderator staff, this has been upgraded from a note to a full warning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-gotta-love-the-stupidity-of-our-government/662281.md?page=6)