Comments for Fakename2's Weblog http://fakename2.wordpress.com Politics, Animals, Food, and Books...and the occasional Insect Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Some Thoughts on Political Words by fakename2 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/some-thoughts-on-political-words/#comment-2012 fakename2 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:09:16 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=830#comment-2012 I have a clue about debate. In the 7th grade, I was obliged to argue a position I didn't believe in as a member of the debate team. I guess that was supposed to teach me something. And it did. What it taught me is that winning a discussion isn't everything. I hear you about killing. War, abortion, death penalty, self defense..is one "better" than another? My answer: yes. I have a clue about debate. In the 7th grade, I was obliged to argue a position I didn’t believe in as a member of the debate team. I guess that was supposed to teach me something. And it did. What it taught me is that winning a discussion isn’t everything.
I hear you about killing. War, abortion, death penalty, self defense..is one “better” than another? My answer: yes.

]]> Comment on Some Thoughts on Political Words by spencercourt http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/some-thoughts-on-political-words/#comment-2011 spencercourt Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:27:59 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=830#comment-2011 Well, it's been said that "patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." And like "national security" and many other words, they are nothing less than an attempt to define the define. Rule #1 of debate is to never let the other side define the issue. The other side of that rule is, of course, for you to define the issue. Once the issue is defined "your way", then it is often downhill to victory from there. And that is why abortion" is defined, by one side, as an issue of "choice"; but by the other side as "murder." Even "murder" is am attempt to define an issue (killing) into "acceptable" and "unacceptable" types of killing. Which is why a number of "literal interpretation" Christians oppose all killing, such as death sentence, all war, etc. Which is why other Christians had to come up with "just" war, "just" price, etc.... Well, it’s been said that “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”

And like “national security” and many other words, they are nothing less than an attempt to define the define.

Rule #1 of debate is to never let the other side define the issue. The other side of that rule is, of course, for you to define the issue. Once the issue is defined “your way”, then it is often downhill to victory from there.

And that is why abortion” is defined, by one side, as an issue of “choice”; but by the other side as “murder.”

Even “murder” is am attempt to define an issue (killing) into “acceptable” and “unacceptable” types of killing. Which is why a number of “literal interpretation” Christians oppose all killing, such as death sentence, all war, etc.
Which is why other Christians had to come up with “just” war, “just” price, etc….

]]> Comment on More Reading With Fakename: Ziegfeld, et al. by spencercourt http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/more-reading-with-fakename-ziegfeld-et-al/#comment-2009 spencercourt Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:09:22 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=827#comment-2009 You've not missed anything by never visiting Tallahicky or Jacksonville. Now, St Augustine is worthy of a visit.... You’ve not missed anything by never visiting Tallahicky or Jacksonville. Now, St Augustine is worthy of a visit….

]]> Comment on More Reading With Fakename: Ziegfeld, et al. by fakename2 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/more-reading-with-fakename-ziegfeld-et-al/#comment-2007 fakename2 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:52:23 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=827#comment-2007 You may be right, probably are, but give me Tallahassee any day. Jax is impersonal to me...too much concrete and steel. You may be right, probably are, but give me Tallahassee any day. Jax is impersonal to me…too much concrete and steel.

]]> Comment on More Reading With Fakename: Ziegfeld, et al. by masteroftheuniverse http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/more-reading-with-fakename-ziegfeld-et-al/#comment-2006 masteroftheuniverse Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:43:55 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=827#comment-2006 They've really fixed Jax up in the downtown areas, and Jax Beach is becoming gentrified. I kind of miss that down home funkiness that Jax Beach used to have. One thing, there is a lot of money in Jax, probably the best job climate in the state. Jeff They’ve really fixed Jax up in the downtown areas, and Jax Beach is becoming gentrified. I kind of miss that down home funkiness that Jax Beach used to have. One thing, there is a lot of money in Jax, probably the best job climate in the state.

Jeff

]]> Comment on More Reading With Fakename: Ziegfeld, et al. by fakename2 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/more-reading-with-fakename-ziegfeld-et-al/#comment-2005 fakename2 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:32:16 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=827#comment-2005 What a neat story, Fakesister! And as long as we are confessing, I lived in Memphis for 25 years and never went to Graceland :) Jeff: true that Jax is on the ocean but once you get out of the water, you're in...Jax. The most thrilling (i.e., harrowing) part of it is that I-10 dead ends there into I-95. It still gives me nightmares. What a neat story, Fakesister! And as long as we are confessing, I lived in Memphis for 25 years and never went to Graceland :)
Jeff: true that Jax is on the ocean but once you get out of the water, you’re in…Jax. The most thrilling (i.e., harrowing) part of it is that I-10 dead ends there into I-95. It still gives me nightmares.

]]> Comment on More Reading With Fakename: Ziegfeld, et al. by Fakesister http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/more-reading-with-fakename-ziegfeld-et-al/#comment-2004 Fakesister Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:27:26 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=827#comment-2004 Rocky, the statue of Liberty is worth the trip. I took our Mother (that is Fakename's and my mother) there one summer when I was living in NJ. She was unable to climb the multitudinous stairs, more's the pity, but it's a moving site even without scaling the statue. (I know the interior was closed after 9/11 but I seem to recall that it's reopened.) That trip with Mama and a different jaunt to the Bronx zoo with friends, one of whom had a sister who is a keeper there, stand out from that time. On the FL end of things, the backstage tours at SeaWorld were fabulous. Manatee rehab and the living tanks, vs the performing tanks, for the orca. When we lived in Western NC, Builtmore house was the hot attraction. I've never been; hear it's quite the thing still. But the far, the exotic, have their siren call. Rocky, the statue of Liberty is worth the trip. I took our Mother (that is Fakename’s and my mother) there one summer when I was living in NJ. She was unable to climb the multitudinous stairs, more’s the pity, but it’s a moving site even without scaling the statue. (I know the interior was closed after 9/11 but I seem to recall that it’s reopened.)

That trip with Mama and a different jaunt to the Bronx zoo with friends, one of whom had a sister who is a keeper there, stand out from that time.

On the FL end of things, the backstage tours at SeaWorld were fabulous. Manatee rehab and the living tanks, vs the performing tanks, for the orca.

When we lived in Western NC, Builtmore house was the hot attraction. I’ve never been; hear it’s quite the thing still. But the far, the exotic, have their siren call.

]]> Comment on Death to the FDA! Or Maybe Not… by fakename2 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/death-to-the-fda-or-maybe-not/#comment-2003 fakename2 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:16:27 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=823#comment-2003 Omg...thank goodness you were paying attention. If you had actually made it into Canada, you could have been stuck there, forced to survive on food not vetted by the FDA. Omg…thank goodness you were paying attention. If you had actually made it into Canada, you could have been stuck there, forced to survive on food not vetted by the FDA.

]]> Comment on More Reading With Fakename: Ziegfeld, et al. by masteroftheuniverse http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/more-reading-with-fakename-ziegfeld-et-al/#comment-2002 masteroftheuniverse Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:04:25 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=827#comment-2002 I kind of like Jax, and have had some great time there. Jax has some awesome beaches and tasty waves, and surfers in Tallahassee have to drive on I-10 to Jax for waves Jeff I kind of like Jax, and have had some great time there. Jax has some awesome beaches and tasty waves, and surfers in Tallahassee have to drive on I-10 to Jax for waves

Jeff

]]> Comment on Death to the FDA! Or Maybe Not… by Rocky Humbert http://fakename2.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/death-to-the-fda-or-maybe-not/#comment-2001 Rocky Humbert Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:22:14 +0000 http://fakename2.wordpress.com/?p=823#comment-2001 fakename: Thanks for the suggestion, but I cannot make it over the border. The Weather Service is warning that there will be a snowstorm this winter, and it will be treacherous driving conditions ... so they have closed ALL of the roads....permanently. ;) ;) fakename: Thanks for the suggestion, but I cannot make it over the border. The Weather Service is warning that there will be a snowstorm this winter, and it will be treacherous driving conditions … so they have closed ALL of the roads….permanently. ;) ;)

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