"If you were looking for a consensus, then I think you got it with a resounding NO!
But it seems every time someone says NO, you just can't seem to take that as a 'final answer'.
Why is that?"
It's not a matter of whether I can take a final answer or not. I have tried to reply to the main points that people have been posting here without repeating myself. So for example I did not respond to every single "start your own business" post which if people would have taken a little bit of time and effort they would have seen that suggestion hat already been posted about ten times and could have saved themselves the time.
And I don't think that I necessarily got a definitive answer in this thread as to what the general consencus is. Because those that agree with me are not going to be so motivated as to post that while on the other hand those who disagree with me are sounding rather angry and bitter and that is causing them to easily reach for the post button.
In this light from seeing the large number of hostile posts and in some cases blatant personal attacks I would most definitely say that the silent majority agrees with me and at this point there are 5874+ views and 390 replies so I would put those that actually agree with me at about 5000. That's 5:1 in my favor, not bad in my book :)
*ROTFLMAO*
Erik, is that you?
(Erik is my cousin-in-law from LA, and the above paragraph sounds word-for-word as one of his 'never give up' emails....The problem? He's not just a liberal, he is a CALIFORNIA liberal....)
Methinks you've lived in Berlin so long that you've 'gone native'........
In this light from seeing the large number of hostile posts and in some cases blatant personal attacks I would most definitely say that the silent majority agrees with me and at this point there are 5874+ views and 390 replies so I would put those that actually agree with me at about 5000. That's 5:1 in my favor, not bad in my book :)
See below for randomly selected posts. Granted, they are not "Question posts" however it includes yours. I don't think you can infer much from the numbers. People can look at a post which counts as a View and Agree with the Post and uet not Reply, they could also Disagree with it and still not Reply, they may have just clicked for the Heck of it, and so on.
Thread
Keyword
Replies
Views
View to Reply Ratio
1
Parody ZOT of Free Republic ^
12,897
40,573
3
2
The Hobbit Hole XXV - Fare you well! Fare you well!
9,837
56,365
6
3
Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII
4,247
310,988
73
4
Terri Schiavo: March 30th Day 13 No Food/Water
2,565
37,627
15
5
Saddam Hussein Captured
1,123
4,903
4
6
Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints
563
45,037
80
7
John Couey Confesses t
446
18,060
40
8
Republican No More, I joined this forum got a ZOT! ^
430
10,801
25
9
** Should Free Republic become a paid subscription service? ^
398
6,022
15
10
Jessica Lunsford's body Found
325
13,427
41
11
What exactly is Zot? ^
181
4,718
26
12
Fox: al-Zarqawi [possibly] Killed in Bombing Raids on Fallujah Safehouses
150
9,068
60
13
Britain has prevented Sept 11-styl
114
6,314
55
14
Weathergirl in nude pics storm
79
3,274
41
15
Some Telecommuters Work In The Nude
67
3,186
48
16
Nude Photos of Nancy Ajram
37
1,795
49
17
Pilots Help Guide Planes to Carrier
10
1
0
18
Profile me, please! Joseph Farah thinks planes should land at airports
9
2
0
19
Air Europa Orders 18 Boeing Planes,
2
274
137
20
Playing God: Terri Schiavo
1
248
248
21
5 killed as planes collide in Alaska ^
1
194
194
22
U.S. Planes Bomb Al Qaeda; No Sign of Surrender ^
1
1
1
23
Sept 11 victim found alive ^
0
3
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I just looked to see whether or not you'd gotten zotted. :-)