Can we have a moratorium?

[pthouron]

Of course, if a moratorium can't be held, anyone not wishing to read a political or religious topic can always just ignore it.

~Larry

Excellent point! This way we can still rant and rave and those not interested can ignore us. We can still ALL love and play the whistle!!!

[pthouron]

(i didn't even know what a moratorium was)

A moratorium is like an auditorium, only bigger.

[Wombat]

That is interesting indeed. Like Jerry I missed it, focusing on what I believed to be your intent.

Does seem like a rather odd way to get folks to not post on political topics.

Tom

I didn't see anything in Steve's post complaining about politcial discussion in general; rather he seemed to me to be complaining about a tendency to discuss politics as though everyone here were American.

[lixnaw]

(i didn't even know what a moratorium was)

A moratorium is like an auditorium, only bigger.

i'll start rehearsels right now, after half an hour i've forgotten this word

[TomB]

That is interesting indeed. Like Jerry I missed it, focusing on what I believed to be your intent.

Does seem like a rather odd way to get folks to not post on political topics.

Tom

I didn't see anything in Steve's post complaining about politcial discussion in general; rather he seemed to me to be complaining about a tendency to discuss politics as though everyone here were American.

You're correct. I mis-read the post. I guess I'm free to comment away on the "institution of marriange" post.

Thanks.

All the Best, Tom

[StevieJ]

BTW, what do you mean dysfunctional, bucko? ... At least here one can always aspire to and have some real hope of making it at one foolish enterprise or another without being shot, imprisoned or maimed for the aspiration.

Are we getting hot under the collar, Phil? Bucko, indeed!

To explain my comment briefly, I think all countries could be classed as dysfunctional (in the sense of a dysfunctional family - one that survives and carries on with the business of living but with a lot of internal strife and tension).

However I think that the US fits this description more than most countries I'm familiar with, no doubt on account of its sheer size, its tremendous power and its particular history.

I'll leave specifics out of it, because as has been rightly pointed out, I should have left that comment out if I wanted to avoid another off-topic flame war.

[burnsbyrne]

(i didn't even know what a moratorium was)

A moratorium is like an auditorium, only bigger.

Is that anything like a natatorium? You're in hot water now.
Mike

[susnfx]

Bucko, indeed!

Of all the things I've called Steve, "Bucko" hasn't even entered my mind!

*files it for future use*

Susan

[lixnaw]

(i didn't even know what a moratorium was)

A moratorium is like an auditorium, only bigger.

i'll start rehearsels right now, after half an hour i've forgotten this word

it's a blessin' to forget dreadful thing like politics and what was the other word again

[Azalin]

Hey Az,

pass the pretzels, please. BBBEEELCH! Ah, better out than in.

You know, that's not fair. I've been trying to stir up some good fight for the past few months, with no success, saying things like "Margin Bergin sucks" and "Canada is the best country in the world".

I'm humbly kneeling to Stevie's knees: not only is he a master of irish music, not only is he the "proof of the pudding", he also knows where and how to hit!

[TonyHiggins]

From a totally unrelated thread (related to Irish music, in fact), I copied this quote:
"Knavery seems to be so much the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this country. - George III about the 13 colonies."

I certainly run into knavish oafs around here. Would that be a good t-shirt print?
Knave

Buffoons and poltroons, we also have in abundance. (Gotta go look up 'knave' in the dictionary.) Casts confusion on the nursery rhyme: "The knave of hearts, he stole the tarts, all on a summer's day..." Hope this wasn't too political.
Tony

[Flyingcursor]

I would happily like to hear more of what's going on in other parts of the world.

For example I would have had no idea that Luxembourg had a health fair in March in Bereldange or that Deputy President Jacom Zuma is being accused of defrauding parliment in South Africa if I hadn't left the sanctuary of Chiff and Fipple to seek news "out there".

So please let's hear more of what's going on in your country. You have to be here in the US to appreciate how redundant and full of hogwash the news really is.

[antstastegood]

If that sort of discussion will continue here, maybe it needs a different mark, like P for political, e.g.

P: Let's have an irrational argument about WMD!!!

instead of just calling it OT

[lixnaw]

i knew the word moratorium very well before i opent this post. thought someone on the board died. the word is misused just to lurk everyone into politics again,with the excuse to bury politics but the funny topics all losing again to the so called reasoning.
any post that's OT and where there's no OT in the topic should be deleted.

[fluter_d]

A moratorium is like an auditorium, only bigger.

Is that anything like a natatorium? You're in hot water now.
Mike

What IS a natatorium?

We don't have them in Ireland. They're not a feature of our country.
Although, since I don't know what one is, I could be wrong...

(It's nothing to do with 'natal', is it?)

Deirdre


Thought that one was completely off-topic, didn'cha??? Well??? HA!