jakelafort

@unseen – I think “good” and “evil” are real and not constructs.  Hitler’s Germany was an evil place where people did evil things.  Evil reigned for a number of years.  Isis are evil, and where Isis reign, evil reigns.

@jakelafort – “The sophisitication of cooperation is quite remarkable not only intra-species but among different species.”

– it…[Read more]

@jakelafort – “when your name is one word and preceded by THE.”

– this is very true.  We are in the presence of the greatness.

@jakelafort Steak, Pork, Chicken, Shrimp, Tuna, all sorts of cheese, eggs, heavy cream, butter, half and half for my coffee with a ton of Splenda, spinach, broccoli, mushrooms, bacon, macadamia, cashew and almond nuts, peanut butter, Diet Coke, tea, and I have some ‘fake’ bread now with 1 net carb a slice, iceberg lettuce, a few cherry tomatoes,…[Read more]

@jakelafort – time for a whisky or three.

@reg – @beth‘s problem is nowhere near even in the same ballpark as those offenses.  It’s kind of outside, in the car park, having a picnic, and looking over the fence of the ballpark.

@beth – I think the religious people would have a point if they were upset that someone complained at the practice, which is, after all, proper respect for the…[Read more]

@jakelafort – “It is likely that theists would view Beth’s stance and perspective as oversensitive and lacking in substance. Atheists, particularly those among us who have experienced this kind of thing will see it differently.”

– surely these things need to be taken on a case by case basis, and I have to say, “oversensitive and lacking in s…[Read more]

@jakelafort: It seems every woman i have ever known who described to me how she had been abused as a child is mentally ill.

Not mentally ill, jake. Experiencing post-traumatic stress. Which, btw, is no more a disorder than the immune response is.

Do you want to get me started on that?

you must 1st join ptsd group, @jakelafort

@jakelafort. If you have a problem with a poster, please take it up in private message.  Leave the chastising to the mods.  We are much more effective.

@jakelafort – “Having bet several million dollars the last 8 years i can tellya that some shit that is so improbable that it literally feels like a god is up there trying to fuck me.”

– I disagree with your analogy, it doesn’t fit with my situation, which would be: in the space of 12 years, you bet on exactly 5 horse races, at random, and win all…[Read more]