Posted on 07/31/2015 11:49:41 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
The time has come to take action against thread hijackers.
Let me begin with an example of thread hijacking:
Like most Freepers, I am pro-life. Abortion and and euthanasia appall me, and marketing the results even more so. I support candidates who oppose the culture of death, and cheer when it is thwarted.
I also do not find it necessary to mention these facts on EVERY. FREAKING. THREAD.
There is a certain type of Freeper, though, who has no such restraint. For these zealots, any thread that deviates from the pro-life cause, no matter how trivially, is a heresy that must be immediately suppressed.
You are shocked by cruelty to animals? I guess that means you couldn't care less about the cruelty of THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN ABORTED EVERY YEAR!!!!!
You lost a beloved pet? Why can't you mourn THE THOUSANDS OF ABORTED BABIES WHO DIED THE SAME DAY?!!!!
Your car shredded its transmission and you're looking at thousands of dollars in repairs? Why aren't you thinking about THE BABIES WHO WILL NEVER GROW UP TO BE AUTO MECHANICS BECAUSE THEY WERE ABORTED?!!!!
(OK, maybe I made that last one up.)
Arguing with these people is pointless. It's the same principle as wrestling with a pig - you just get muddy and the pig enjoys it. Similarly, trying to convince them that they are being rude is a waste of time - THE CAUSE is far more important little things like courtesy and respect.
So, what can we do about it?
We can get drunk.
I hereby propose The Thread Hijack Drinking Game. The rules are simple: When a poster tries to hijack an unrelated thread to his or her pet cause, you 1) reply to the hijack attempt by quoting the text in question, followed by the word "DRINK!", and 2) Take a drink (or any volume) of your favorite beverage (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). Moderation is suggested on animal cruelty threads to avoid alcohol poisoning.
This game will not, I admit, solve the thread hijacking problem. But after a certain number of attempts we will no longer care.
And if anyone is offended by my little proposal, I can only say...
DRINK!
that’s what I thought at first also until I heard about the Pentagon and after I got home and turn on the TV in time to see the second plane hit the Towers.
Same here. Caught the second plane strike. The media asshats were still continuing to avoid the mention of a terror attack as long as they could.
Same here. Caught the second plane strike. The media asshats were still continuing to avoid the mention of a terror attack as long as they could.
When I turned the TV on and looked at the screen, I said “that...wasn’t a light plane.”
Definitely not!
Day or two later, this message was told that the terrorists attacked because they hate us, period.
Her response was to repeat it in a rising nasal whine as if she couldn’t comprehend it.
“They haaaate us?!”
Didn’t see her on the air after that.
Who was that Darks?
Don’t know if either of you had ever visited the WTC before the attack to see how solid the stainless steel were.
A light plane would have been like a fly on a wind shield. A Lear jet would have penetrated the wall but the hole would have been no where near the size of the multi-floor smash thru visible in the first broadcasts.
Here’s the funny part, I do not remember her name.
I was busy laughing at her though.
Something to consider for your reading lists
http://www.amazon.com/1000-Years-Revenge-International-FBI/dp/0060597259
I’ve never had the privilege of visiting the WTC before 9/11/2001 but I think I saw the first floor entrance while I was on a bus on the was to I think it was JFK Airport for our flight to Italy back in 1994. but I can’t be sure as it was at night. so I cant really say I’ve been to the WTC.
LOL!
My father worked on elevators, so we went there to wander about and fiddle with the elevators back in the 80’s.
Part of the reason I turned the TV on was the fact that a light plane would have merely splattered, maybe busted in some windows.
A small plane hitting the towers would have been like a fly hitting a small plate, not much damage wise.
Good Night!
Rocket torpedo, I..uh...I haven’t done that.
Honest.
Really.
When you design your own, it will be complicated by needing to have a small rocket facing forward to the flight path, so that a column of gas will be made for the rest of the rocket to travel within.
In this way, the slowing effect of the water will not delay the torpedo’s flight.
What? Huh?
Don’t answer.
Super cavitation.
There’s a torpedo called the shkval that uses it.
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