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by Thatcher II
Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:40 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Pomodoro Time Management Technique
Replies: 15
Views: 4945

Re: Pomodoro Time Management Technique

Smart move to run this new "breaks" theory past the highly successful IGx crowd to see if it actually holds water. Before lashing out all that money.
by Thatcher II
Sat Jan 18, 2014 7:53 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Too old for this shit... or not
Replies: 8
Views: 2529

Re: Too old for this shit... or not

I have seen some professional wrestling that was real so it's not always obvious. I remember a brutal fight between "Hulk Hogan" and "Andre the Giant" years back, that was definitely real and I would NOT let my kids watch that sort of stuff as people get seriously injured and wor...
by Thatcher II
Sat Jan 18, 2014 10:20 am
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Too old for this shit... or not
Replies: 8
Views: 2529

Re: Too old for this shit... or not

Those fights are not real. They're fixed from start to finish. It's entertainment only - the guys are not really fighting.
by Thatcher II
Fri Jan 10, 2014 6:02 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Heart
Replies: 53
Views: 13128

Re: Heart

Cayenne, that's a great idea. Bats, have a word in his shell-like and report back on perceived impact. Mucho gracias.
by Thatcher II
Fri Jan 10, 2014 9:05 am
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Heart
Replies: 53
Views: 13128

Re: Heart

Interesting. Depending on the age of the kids, the lessons to be taught by sport and the correct aims of a coach differ. For under 14s, the aim should be maximum participation, skill development and keeping as many kids interested and involved as possible. This is enlightened self interest for the s...
by Thatcher II
Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:20 am
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Heart
Replies: 53
Views: 13128

Re: Heart

This thread started out well and it's just shit now. Total SHIT.
by Thatcher II
Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:26 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: For TOM
Replies: 1
Views: 975

For TOM

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ysFyxSDiog[/youtube] TOM, thought you'd appreciate this. Cool song about a proud French ship sold for scrap by the French government. Very emotional French song by a master. Never again call me "France", France has let me fall. Never again call me &...
by Thatcher II
Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:16 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Do you live in Siberia, Bill? Not exactly. I used word Siberia in western sense - wich means whole east part of Russia. Siberian federal region its just that big red dick int he center. I live in the eastern yellow part of the map. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Siberia-Fe...
by Thatcher II
Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:07 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

What Gorby should understand, unless he's to young to remember that his nation was the bastion for controling it's citizens and tossing mouthy ones away in Siberia is that hate crimes open a window up for oppression in times of "emergency". You're either a comic genius or one of the most ...
by Thatcher II
Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:05 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Targeting someone for a violent attack based on ethnicity or sexual preference or religion is deserving of special punishment in a civil society . It is an attack on the cohesion of and freedoms in that society. It is an attack on us all. If you murder someone in a fit of rage or jealousy, or you s...
by Thatcher II
Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Targeting someone for a violent attack based on ethnicity or sexual preference or religion is deserving of special punishment in a civil society. It is an attack on the cohesion of and freedoms in that society. It is an attack on us all. If you murder someone in a fit of rage or jealousy, or you suf...
by Thatcher II
Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:07 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

I haven't paid much attention to "hate crimes". As I understand it most violent crimes are crimes against the victim and the state. Hate crimes, because they are directed against a member of a protected group, are also crimes against a protected community which the state has decided is an...
by Thatcher II
Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:25 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Heart
Replies: 53
Views: 13128

Re: Heart

Bats, that's a great bit of writing, a great observation and a lovely sentiment. This and the insane flame wars is why I come to IGx. (Or is it now "IG-ex" after our liberal poll and hippy handwringing??)
by Thatcher II
Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:25 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Cracker? Honkey? White boy/girl? Right, which of those words carries the connotation and history of nigger (or kike/spic/slant/gook/chink/etc.)? Nigger is, as pointed out, a placeholder for black. Not 'black trash,' as some people want to claim, that's just a pathetic defense from people unwilling ...
by Thatcher II
Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:16 am
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Cracker? Honkey? White boy/girl? Right, which of those words carries the connotation and history of nigger (or kike/spic/slant/gook/chink/etc.)? Nigger is, as pointed out, a placeholder for black. Not 'black trash,' as some people want to claim, that's just a pathetic defense from people unwilling ...
by Thatcher II
Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:12 am
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

When I went to college, I had a homophobic friend and my 17 year old kid argument to him was that he hadn't met every person who was gay, so who was he to write them all off? You haven't met every black/Jewish/Muslim/gay/etc. person in the world, and never will. Reading all this hate speech is maki...
by Thatcher II
Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:38 am
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Well, aside from the fact that I think Kaz is a black social worker . . . (ruminate on that scenario) Here's what I think. I have a lot of black colleagues whom I respect a great deal. If I were in a room with a white person throwing the n-word around, I would be extremely uncomfortable. If I were ...
by Thatcher II
Tue Jan 07, 2014 12:33 am
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

protobuilder wrote:
Gorbachev wrote:Fucking PHEW.
marked for deletion
You're a real ASSHOLE.
by Thatcher II
Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:19 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Fucking PHEW.
by Thatcher II
Mon Jan 06, 2014 11:18 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Why racism is contemptible
Replies: 355
Views: 57063

Re: Why racism is contemptible

Test post. Test post. I think I'm being censored. Test post.
by Thatcher II
Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:10 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Darth's Northern Va. I.G.X Fall Gathering! UPDATE
Replies: 11
Views: 4651

Re: Darth's Northern Va. I.G.X Fall Gathering! UPDATE

OK. I have an outdoor location, that's the primary location. It's absolutely free to us as well. I also have an indoor place we can use if the weather goes to shit about half a mile from the primary location. It's where my dojo is at for now. It will cost us $5 a head for the owner of the studio if...
by Thatcher II
Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:08 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: NYT dialect test will pin point where you grew up
Replies: 35
Views: 7979

Re: NYT dialect test will pin point where you grew up

Gene wrote:Answered it straight.... but says I'm from Nebraska. Never been to Nebraska.
Answer it gay and it will work because that's who you are.
by Thatcher II
Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:00 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: NYT dialect test will pin point where you grew up
Replies: 35
Views: 7979

Re: NYT dialect test will pin point where you grew up

I'm from Yonkers. Yipeddy-fucking-do.
by Thatcher II
Sun Jan 05, 2014 10:35 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Forum poll...
Replies: 107
Views: 11476

Re: Forum poll...

Tim, I call bullshit on your motivation. You know the reason this site was founded: the complete a total freedom to express a view or opinion without moderation. So that's all cool when conversation meanders to things that don't really mean that much but bust out the word nigger or what the fuck ev...
by Thatcher II
Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:20 pm
Forum: Free Speech Forum
Topic: Coffee.
Replies: 47
Views: 11054

Re: Coffee.

Oh, The Magazine!