Etiquette on forums.

jhuskey

I didn't know that you considered me Irish.

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davidmc

In full agreement here

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Carrera

To my mind it ain't rocket science. Seems to me the American posters tend to be more right-wing than the British posters, who are all very liberal. Not that I'm knocking peoples' political views as such.
There are maybe 3 or 4 liberal Americans like DaveMc but these same liberals across the pond are still more to the right than the most right-wing U.K. posters
I mean, Darkboong and Lim seem very liberal - both great posters and articulate but no red-necks by any stretch of the imagination.
Mountain Pro seems to be the most centre right - not quite as liberal as Darboong.
Myself I'm maybe a mystery but I am, in fact, liberal (but to the right over certain issues and maybe even a left-wing Tory). But remember, I studied in a Russian university and lived abroad some years so I lost my Brit outlook on politics.
Fred C - seems to be pretty liberal and dislikes the Tories as much as Darkboong. He won't be backing Michael Howard
But the majority of Americans aren't afraid to support Bush openly and I hardly ever hear many Kerry supporters?
At the end of the day, it's a free world and free expression. You have to have thick skin and take heat if you can dish it out.

Wurm

Well Carrera, you must have forgotten about me. I'm American, living in NY state, and I don't think anyone has ever likened me to a redneck. I certainly do not support the Bushco thugs, as you well know.

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davidmc

I am Bushco.'s worst nightmare. A relatively well read, voting, veteran who knows BS when he see's it & detest's being lied to. It is apparent that from day 1, of his 1st term, that he was intent on invading iraq. Anyone w/ 1/2 a brain can see this. Him & Cheney mislead the American people n2 believing that iraq was a necessity. It is now "figuritively" blowing up in thier faces & "literally" blowing up in our military's faces Impeachment proceedings should have begun long ago. His admin. has been asleep at the wheel since day 1. They need to be held accountable. Truth is not "left" or "right". Truth is truth. And the truth is Bush is getting people killed for a foriegn affair that was voluntarily undertaken w/o taking into acct. post war possibilities Six month's into his second term he has the lowest "believability #'s of any president in history. He/they have no credibility left, not that they had any to begin with. As far as Kerry is concerned, he ended up being the candidate because the other 2 or 3 "imploded" leaving Kerry as the only Dem candidate left. He was 2nd eschelon. That's why you won't hear people defending him. He was not the 1st choice but the only choice, at the time, to run against Dubya & Co.

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I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
George Carlin
US comedian and actor (1937 - )

Chance3290

This is the second time someone's mentioned thin or thick skin and Carrera, you are sooo wrong. Many of the regular posters are so thin skinned, that its actually fun to prod them. I mean, this thread started because someone mocked a fellow that wanted to show respect for the London bombing victims. Now look where its gone.
I especially like the "if you don't talk the way we do, go away or we'll take our forum and go home" attitude. Elitism at its best.
There are some good threads with intelligent to & fro, but you've also got some real tinfoil hat wearers. And I also like the guy with the hate list that included Bush and Brittany Spears. You gotta love it.
And as far as me going away...no.

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davidmc

Right. I guess we'll just have to accept you as you are then. Thin skin & all, that is

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I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.
George Carlin
US comedian and actor (1937 - )

EoinC

I've taken to using a potato peeler to thin my skin out. Without this constant attention to minimising the gauge of the dermetic layers, I have trouble noticing when someone is insulting me.

Wurm

You gotta drink the Kool-Aid, re: Colorado Ryder, et al.

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"Bush is the first President to admit to an impeachable offense."

- John Dean, former Counsel to the President (Nixon)

The aim of big corporations is to separate fools from their money all of the time and ordinary folks from their money most of the time. The rest of us must fend for ourselves.

Colorado Ryder

You gotta read the conspiracy books and look at the conspiracy internet pages to be as "informed" as Wurmy. By the redundant list of sources that Wurmy looks at for information, it is obvious that he doesn't try very hard to look for other points of view. Yes he has jumped into the tank of kool aid. Let him drown.

Carrera

You're a little bit hard to figure out politically. What I do know for certain is you loathe evangelical Christian influence in the Government. This is something that stands out when you post.
It's also clear you dislike Bush.
In the beginning, I had this idea you were a kind of American version of our own Limerickman but, later on, it turned out you and Lim occasionally disagree on other smaller issues, same as I occasionally disagree with Lim on small matters.
But with regard to myself, it can be kind of lonely out here. I'm the only U.K. poster who holds some very right-wing views and will tend to take the side of Israel against the Arabs.
But there's no way I'm a Bush supporter. Moreover, just because I said I admired some facets of Margaret Thatcher and the Tories, doesn't mean to say I supported the poll tax and miners fiasco.
I wonder why it is, though, there seem to be more Bush supporters on the forum from the U.S. (even considering Lance is a liberal) and that the majority of Brits seem to support Galloway (who's ultra left-wing)? We have a huge political divide and a small middle ground. No wonder we fight so much from time to time.

Carrera

I thought you were a U.K. poster? But where are the rest of the anti-Bush American posters? Is it just you and DaveMc all alone out there?

FredC

I didn't include you in the generalisations as you are from the North, the only one I think.
I don't know what that Chance is on about. A few people in London get blown up, and Bush is getting American lads killed on a daily basis. Thousands of them, notwithstanding the large amount of innocent civilians in Iraq getting killed in the process. Didn't notice that Chance gave them a mention. All those people were just as important to their respective families. Chance seems to think London lives are more important than others.

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Carrera

Well, I agree with you on that score. The deaths of Iraqi civilians or London residents are all equally tragic.
My own view is we should all pull out of Iraq and encourage other Arab nations to take care of security within that country. Iraq is none of our business unless Iraq had actually attacked us - which it hasn't done.
But I still think the mistake politicians made over Iraq doesn't entitle foreign nationals to target British, American or European civilians many of whom opposed the said war. Rather than protest or organise demonstrations, these radical groups choose to murder the very people who may have marched against George Bush.
That kind of defies logic.