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Homer8

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seneca

+seneca

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I always thought that a liberal, by definition is a "fence-sitter/moderate".

 

(also, you left out a choice for "socialist")

 

I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me. geol4.JPG

 

[This message was edited by seneca on September 13, 2003 at 09:22 AM.]

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Planet

+Planet

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If I have to be leaning there is probably a brass rail under my foot.

 

Please don't mix politics and geocaching and religion and sexual preferences and for crying out loud keep everything politically correct!!!

 

From now on everyone is to be called person, people, human or humans, geocacher or geocachers. These last two may be shortened to just cacher(s).

 

Was there a question? icon_wink.gif

 

Can you please describe conservative or liberal?

 

Planet

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briansnat

+briansnat

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Since conservative was the closest choice, I picked that one, but I'm more of a Libertarian. My mother-in-law, who is slightly to the left of Stalin, thinks I'm a right wing whacko. When she introduces me to her friends, she always adds "and he's a Republican", which often draws gasps of horror from her group and they look at me as if they just met Adolph Hitler. Funny!

 

Personal responsibility and limited government...what a crazy concept!

 

And almost as funny, my Buchanannite brother calles me a commie. Go figure.

 

"You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm

 

[This message was edited by BrianSnat on September 13, 2003 at 02:56 PM.]

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Bill D (wwh)

+Bill D (wwh)

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quote:
I wrote:

I'm a liberal. And anyone who isn't should be put up against a wall and shot. Slowly.

 

I've just realised that I'm standing against a wall in my avatar. No, don't shoot...

 

Bill

 

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Team GPSaxophone

+Team GPSaxophone

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quote:
Originally posted by Jomarac5:

quote:
UMC wrote:

How does this fit into geocaching?

Don't ask a question like this unless you want GPSaxophone to call you a forum cop.

 

He's a bit funny that way.

You're the only forum cop around here, Jomarac.

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The person above me didn't write anything about the person below them.

 

Unlike the two people above me, the person below me won't forget to say something funny about the person below them.

 

Three out of the last four people who posted forgot to write something funny about the person below them.

 

The person above didn't post a ******* funny thing about the person below them.

All these from one thread. I could go on, but I think you get the point.

 

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Jomarac5

Jomarac5

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Sax Man wrote:

You're the only forum cop around here, Jomarac.

Seems that I'm not. You appear to be keeping an eye on me. And while you're doing so, you're doing exactly what you're accusing me of.

 

But while we're at it, what does this thread have to do with caching?

 

(And for you Sax Man, I'm not the first to ask.)

 

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Team GeoCan

+Team GeoCan

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Originally posted by Corp Of Discovery:

Chaotic good here!

 

Personally I am Chaotic/amoral, with 45 hit points in politics.

 

Roll three d6 for damage.

 

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Trash-out, EVERYtime

 

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Geo-cach-er, n. generally a highy technically competent person with lots of free time. (see also- "Unemployed", Computer administrator, aircraft technician- defense worker- dot-com executive- systems administrator, et.al)

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Breaktrack

+Breaktrack

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quote:
Originally posted by WildGooseChase:

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Originally posted by cyclist1200:

I tend to go to the left. A little more to the left. Wait, now to the right....more...left again. Stop! dadgum, lost the signal.

 

What was the question again?

 

_Put that fweakin' sandwich down!_

 

Ditto

 

That is a good one, eh? I like it.

 

*PUT THE CANDLE BACK!*

 

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"Afghanistan was a battle. Iraq was a battle. The war goes on."

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gallahad

+gallahad

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I'm neither left nor right. But up; (defined "positive" - don't get cute) now there's a concept.

 

"Today's truth remains valid only as long as it withstands the test of tomorrow's discoveries" - George Hicks

 

[This message was edited by gallahad on September 17, 2003 at 09:17 PM.]

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Team Titus213

Team Titus213

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Originally posted by solohiker:

If political discussions are not allowed it should be included in the forum guidelines.

 

If political discussions are allowed the moderators should not interject their personal opinions of the value of such threads.

 

Just my opinion, not an attack. I am trying to help.

 

Apologies, just re-read something that I had misinterpreted.

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All weal drive, the only way to go!

 

[This message was edited by Titus2_13 on September 18, 2003 at 05:02 PM.]

 

[This message was edited by Titus2_13 on September 18, 2003 at 05:07 PM.]

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BigKodiak

+BigKodiak

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Socialism hasn't worked in any country to date. If everyone was a ward of the state living on handouts, why would you work. If no one worked, the national GDP would be 0 (zero) and the counrtry therefore would crumble.

Screw political correctness. It's a liberal design that keeps those it is supposed to protect from melting into AMERICAN culture.

If a person born in texas can be called a native Texan, and another in Maryland is a native Marylander...Why can't I be called a NATIVE AMERICAN. I was BORN in AMERICA

Let's go play COWBOYS AND INJUNS

Bigkodiak

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umc

umc

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quote:

Originally posted by solohiker:

If political discussions are allowed the moderators should not interject their personal opinions of the value of such threads.

 

Are you telling me that its ok for you to interject your personal opinion wherever you may but the same is not ok for me?

 

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umc

umc

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It is not my personal opinion that politics are off topic. There are lots of other threads that TPTB have closed because they have nothing to do with caching. I hinted at that in every post in this thread. Also if you follow the guidelines you will see the following:

 

The goal of the Groundspeak Forum is to promote the activity of Geocaching and GPS Usage. It is an open forum sponsored by Groundspeak Inc. for discussing all aspects of Geocaching, Benchmark hunting, GPS Usage and Groundspeak related GPS Gaming.

 

It is not for discussing politics.

 

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El Diablo

+El Diablo

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quote:
Originally posted by solohiker:

If political discussions are not allowed it should be included in the forum guidelines.

 

If political discussions are allowed the moderators should not interject their personal opinions of the value of such threads.

 

Just my opinion, not an attack. I am trying to help.

 

As qouted by Hydee in the Fourm Guidelines..

 

"Groundspeak Forum Guidelines

The goal of the Groundspeak Forum is to promote the activity of Geocaching and GPS Usage. It is an open forum sponsored by Groundspeak Inc. for discussing all aspects of Geocaching, Benchmark hunting, GPS Usage and Groundspeak related GPS Gaming."

 

I fail to see how this thread does any of the above. Or am I missing something?

 

El Diablo

 

Everything you do in life...will impact someone,for better or for worse.

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solohiker

solohiker

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It is my opinion that you are missing something.

 

It was a political decision to turn off SA which gave birth to geocaching. If discussing politics is expressly forbidden it should be included in the rules.

 

It is not.

 

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El Diablo

+El Diablo

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Nope...I think I understand my friend. The spirit of the guidelines was to say what was allowed...not what wasn't. If they included all topics that weren't allowed it would be in the thousands. IE; The price of tea in China, Ford vs Chevy, Redheads vs Blondes, Wrestling real or fake?

 

See what I mean?

 

El Diablo

 

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