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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st August 2011, 06:39 PM
Replies: 3,945
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Posted By Renfield
I think you have to factor in the fact that they...

I think you have to factor in the fact that they were leaving a bar at 4 am after a long night of drinking. Not a time when peoples' judgement is at its best.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st August 2011, 06:31 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
Yes, but I think their position is that the...

Yes, but I think their position is that the unspoken thing was that he wanted to sleep with her, and since sex focuses on the physical or something, he was in effect focusing on her physically.
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st August 2011, 06:28 PM
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Posted By Renfield
"the higher the risk your pass will fail" ...

"the higher the risk your pass will fail"

Ah, there's always a risk of that. And if you're wrong - misogynist! actually based on my limited knowledge, women aren't usually as straight forward as...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st August 2011, 08:32 AM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
"do not like the unsolicited advances they...

"do not like the unsolicited advances they recieve at skeptic events"

What's it like when they solicit an advance? How do people go about soliciting an advance?

Is there a way to tell for...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st August 2011, 07:49 AM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
Nah, that's how they roll over there. Remember...

Nah, that's how they roll over there. Remember when Dawkins tried to get them to realize how ridiculous the whole thing is by pointing out what real misogyny looks like. They somehow turned that...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st August 2011, 04:03 AM
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Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
I'm just relating what she posted. Actually she...

I'm just relating what she posted. Actually she did say the moderator powers came from an error. Guess I should have been more clear.

Anyway, that's a lot different then being banned for having...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st August 2011, 03:47 AM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
Yeah. I pointed out that she was banned for her...

Yeah. I pointed out that she was banned for her mischief as a moderator, not the sock puppet thing, and she did a quick follow up post where she stated she was banned for banning a friend of hers as...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 11:57 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
Things I learned from the PZ Myers discussion...

Things I learned from the PZ Myers discussion board.

Saying that women in a bar full of drunks should probably expect to have the occasional pass made from guys they don't like = they deserve to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 10:06 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
They seem to spend most of their time...

They seem to spend most of their time congratulating each other on being so enlightened. The moment anyone comes in with a criticism you're slammed as a troll who thinks any woman who doesn't go...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 09:30 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
Oh, I think this is just the beginning. Rebecca...

Oh, I think this is just the beginning. Rebecca Watson has really found her niche.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 09:23 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
I just spent a little while on the PZ Myers page....

I just spent a little while on the PZ Myers page.

Holy @#$. Richard Dawkins was out of his mind to wade into that. They've really lost the plot.

PZ Myers even made a post there where he...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 05:06 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
Totally false characterization of what her...

Totally false characterization of what her critics have been saying. This is pretty common among her defenders, no doubt because if you actually focus on what she's said, all of it, its pretty...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 04:55 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
That sums it up nicely. They should just sticky...

That sums it up nicely. They should just sticky this comment on top of every thread about this topic through out the web.

I thought her reaction was reasonable at first. It was kind of a girl...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 04:13 PM
Replies: 837
Views: 78,140
Posted By Renfield
I get your point. I don't like the person who...

I get your point. I don't like the person who started this whole controversy, but if women are being bombarded with come on's and comments on their appearance, it's a valid issue. The occasional...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st July 2011, 01:32 AM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
I notice Watson has changed the content of her...

I notice Watson has changed the content of her store. No more sexually themed buttons or t-shirts for that feminist grrrl! I guess the massive contradictions have actually started to register with...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th July 2011, 04:16 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
And Watson goes from one extreme to the other as...

And Watson goes from one extreme to the other as she sees fit. From throwing drunken bordello themed parties at events and bragging about meeting her husband by hitting on him and heavily promoting...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th July 2011, 11:43 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
whoa. that girl just winked at me. i wonder. ...

whoa. that girl just winked at me. i wonder. maybe she likes me? should i ask her if she'd be interested in some nasty down and dirty sex up in my room? nah, too direct. I'll be nice to her. ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th July 2011, 08:13 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
I like how the article starts off by stating that...

I like how the article starts off by stating that Watson's speech was about women being made uncomfortable at these conferences due to men hitting on them constantly.

What I read is that her...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th July 2011, 04:19 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 9,091
Posted By Renfield
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th July 2011, 03:12 PM
Replies: 3,945
Views: 310,237
Posted By Renfield
What the hell. When feminists are getting all...

What the hell. When feminists are getting all wound up about something, just stay away. Even if its something as minor as one of them getting hit on. Why would you tell them how silly they are...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th July 2011, 02:27 PM
Replies: 837
Views: 78,140
Posted By Renfield
R Watson does like attention. Wasn't she banned...

R Watson does like attention. Wasn't she banned from this forum for stirring things up? I think this whole episode is more about her vanity then any feminist principles, but anyway.

She has...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th January 2010, 09:26 PM
Replies: 352
Views: 44,991
Posted By Renfield
Disease does grow and spread in a dead body,...

Disease does grow and spread in a dead body, though, no? That's where the bad smell comes from. Not to mention it attracts vermin and bugs, as others have pointed out.

Definately not sanitary...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th January 2010, 02:52 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 6,560
Posted By Renfield
Is there a policy for female schoolteachers and...

Is there a policy for female schoolteachers and teenage boys as well?
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 15th January 2010, 01:30 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 7,862
Posted By Renfield
Finally someone who agrees with me! Most...

Finally someone who agrees with me! Most overrated SF book ever.

I agree re Rendezvous with Rama too. First book was great, but I never got more then 100 pages into the sequel.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 25th December 2009, 10:46 PM
Replies: 159
Views: 4,891
Posted By Renfield
That's some fine crap. Thank you. Like a little...

That's some fine crap. Thank you. Like a little package of goodness containing Christmas cheer.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 2nd December 2009, 01:50 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 15,130
Posted By Renfield
Snopes has debunked a lot of the right wing...

Snopes has debunked a lot of the right wing propaganda regarding Obama, like the birther nonsense, which undoubtedly makes them "liberal" in a lot of conservatives eyes. Most conservatives I know...
Forum: USA Politics 16th August 2009, 01:01 PM
Replies: 321
Views: 6,076
Posted By Renfield
Obama is evil.

How can anyone support this madman? He's going to put to death anyone over the age of 70 or with chronic diseases with his health care plan, to save the government money. He must hate people. It...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 5th July 2009, 10:26 PM
Replies: 422
Views: 44,156
Posted By Renfield
A bigfoot killed my momma. She was out at the...

A bigfoot killed my momma. She was out at the bars one night and was coming home in the woods when it got her. We found her later with her head bashed in.

Ever since then I have vowed to hunt...
Forum: USA Politics 19th March 2009, 10:28 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 9,572
Posted By Renfield
Free market is all that is needed then to halt...

Free market is all that is needed then to halt racism?
Forum: USA Politics 19th March 2009, 10:25 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,359
Posted By Renfield
That was other guys. Other guys did it.

That was other guys. Other guys did it.
Forum: USA Politics 19th March 2009, 10:01 AM
Replies: 276
Views: 28,217
Posted By Renfield
He's a boob for reading his speeches? Are you...

He's a boob for reading his speeches? Are you serious?
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 18th March 2009, 12:27 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 10,031
Posted By Renfield
Ridiculous. Everyone knows it was aliens. They...

Ridiculous. Everyone knows it was aliens. They couldn't have built those giant statues without rock cutting lasers and anti-gravity gear.
Forum: USA Politics 12th March 2009, 05:33 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 2,105
Posted By Renfield
Does that socialized medicine will mean the death...

Does that socialized medicine will mean the death of innovation argument really hold up to scrutiny? I haven't studied this, but it sure seams like plenty of medical innovation comes out of western...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th March 2009, 12:05 PM
Replies: 229
Views: 12,710
Posted By Renfield
I'm fairly certain its all placebo. A good...

I'm fairly certain its all placebo. A good massage would probably have much the same affect. There's a reason chiro's have their own schools, and no respectable med school trains them. Those...
Forum: USA Politics 10th March 2009, 11:35 AM
Replies: 65
Views: 2,105
Posted By Renfield
At last the socialist revolution has arrived!

We have a socialist president. The fatal flaw in any capitalist system has been exposed. The banking system has fallen apart because those who ran it made personal fortunes while running their...
Forum: USA Politics 8th September 2007, 06:57 PM
Replies: 146
Views: 6,215
Posted By Renfield
Because of bill clinton and the aclu or...

Because of bill clinton and the aclu or soemthing. the aclu said clinton couldn't ahve the cia cill osama bin laden when they had him trapped because it was violating his civil rights, so they let...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2007, 10:43 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 8,156
Posted By Renfield
Quoting another post - "Bingo!"

Quoting another post -

"Bingo!"
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2007, 10:42 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 8,156
Posted By Renfield
Wink No, no, no. That's faaaaaaaaaaaaar worse. ...

No, no, no. That's faaaaaaaaaaaaar worse. Outing a CIA officer and then lying repeatedly during the investigation has nothing on that.
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2007, 10:36 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 8,156
Posted By Renfield
that didn't take long. what is this, reply...

that didn't take long. what is this, reply number five in the thread?


Is that your justification for what Bush and Libby have been doing? That what Clinton did is somehow worse (lying about...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 29th May 2007, 11:31 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,834
Posted By Renfield
There actually are intelligent design textbooks. ...

There actually are intelligent design textbooks. Of course, they are crap, but creationists will find the pseudoscientific arguments they use convincing. For instance, the bogus statistical models...
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2007, 03:34 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 2,644
Posted By Renfield
They just don't want to give the Republican's pet...

They just don't want to give the Republican's pet network several hours to beat up on them with a lot of "Are you still beating your wife?" type questions and one sided commentary. They are thinking...
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2007, 01:45 PM
Replies: 616
Views: 21,699
Posted By Renfield
Here's a clip of what Paul really said, from...

Here's a clip of what Paul really said, from YouTube, so you don't have to have the National Review tell you what happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD7dnFDdwu0
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2007, 01:09 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 2,644
Posted By Renfield
That was great. The only time the debate really...

That was great. The only time the debate really got interesting and started to sound like a debate was when Paul was talking. I couldn't believe it when he started talking about "blow back" and the...
Forum: USA Politics 5th May 2007, 08:05 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 23,549
Posted By Renfield
I wonder if the teachers help while the students...

I wonder if the teachers help while the students are up on stage with suggestions.

"Take your skirt off Dana!"

"Work that ass, Abellona!"

Are the girls and boys given rubrics on how...
Forum: USA Politics 5th May 2007, 08:00 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 2,875
Posted By Renfield
Based on that quote, it sounds like Hitchens...

Based on that quote, it sounds like Hitchens doesn't have absolute proof of Rove's non belief, like say a direct quote. Its just something that's considered common knowledge among insiders.
Forum: USA Politics 5th May 2007, 07:38 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 23,549
Posted By Renfield
As I understand it, gymnasium is considered...

As I understand it, gymnasium is considered secondary school, or roughly similar to high school in the US, though it does start a little later then high school.

I don't find it surprising that...
Forum: USA Politics 4th May 2007, 03:32 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 23,549
Posted By Renfield
1000 posts! Yay. I could have waited, but I...

1000 posts! Yay.

I could have waited, but I can't think of a better place to hit such a landmark then a thread about naked 18 year olds.

Oh, sorry CF. Almost, nearly, but not quite naked 18...
Forum: USA Politics 4th May 2007, 03:24 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 23,549
Posted By Renfield
The article focuses on the girls because they...

The article focuses on the girls because they were getting it on with each other, I imagine. If some of the boys had been in on that, they would have gotten more of a mention.

However, the...
Forum: USA Politics 4th May 2007, 02:27 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 23,549
Posted By Renfield
3. Actually I believe they were the equivelant...

3. Actually I believe they were the equivelant of high school juniors, so some may have been under 18, not that it matters.

4. Other then the fact that it happened in the middle of the school...
Forum: USA Politics 4th May 2007, 02:21 PM
Replies: 119
Views: 23,549
Posted By Renfield
I don't see how a couple of boys being up there,...

I don't see how a couple of boys being up there, one of them with what looks like a dildo of some sort flopping around while he cavorts and grinds with the girls, really changes much.



Some...
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