So someone from Canada wants my spare Sydney ticket...

Thoughts_Arrive

Why don't you all just stone me.
:roll:

Once again apologies.

Mods lock this thread, better still delete it.

polaris_x

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Why don't you all just stone me.
:roll:

Once again apologies.

Mods lock this thread, better still delete it.

don't sweat it ... some of us can read ...

Parksy

This is getting hilarious...

Thoughts Arrive... I want to be cool with you, and everyone, but you did put a rather stupid post on the board. That you were called on.

To the people (especially Canadians) who are somehow siding with him... What you're basically agreeing to is that because of ONE... yes, ONE Canadian.... Because of ONE Canadians actions, it's now reasonable to screen all Canadians who are trying to sell or buy something.

Agreeing that if a Canadian wants to go forward with a transaction on the internet, we should also include our photograph to ensure that we are not this ONE Canadian.

I can only imagine the flack he would have received if you replaced the word "Canada" with "USA" in this thread.

And yes, we can all read... which is why this thread got the attention it did.

Good day to you all, and remember to wear your poppies.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

you want to go with odds? his point was not finding one person out of thirty odd million. come on, now. he actually had a pretty good point, in calculating his odds of how many people in canada are actually in the club, and how many of them actually went to philly. it's not that far-fetched.

he never said ANYTHING about Canadians. This would have been no different if the guy in question was from Alaska, and the thread title was "so someone from Alaska wants my spare sydney ticket".

Give the guy a break. He had good intentions. Stop jumping all over him like he's painting all of my fellow canadians as criminals. he was pointing out, again, geographical location, not background.

read the post, people. it's quite simple.

polaris_x

Parksy wrote:

This is getting hilarious...

Thoughts Arrive... I want to be cool with you, and everyone, but you did put a rather stupid post on the board. That you were called on.

To the people (especially Canadians) who are somehow siding with him... What you're basically agreeing to is that because of ONE... yes, ONE Canadian.... Because of ONE Canadians actions, it's now reasonable to screen all Canadians who are trying to sell or buy something.

Agreeing that if a Canadian wants to go forward with a transaction on the internet, we should also include our photograph to ensure that we are not this ONE Canadian.

I can only imagine the flack he would have received if you replaced the word "Canada" with "USA" in this thread.

And yes, we can all read... which is why this thread got the attention it did.

Good day to you all, and remember to wear your poppies.

it is reasonable to SCREEN anyone when safety is an issue ... a girl was assaulted possibly two by this same guy ... what's wrong with screening??

if you're online dating and you know there's been a serial killer online and he's from wherever and you get a date request from someone who lives in that same area - you telling me you're not gonna screen further??

nowhere has he said all canadians are anything ... where does he say anything remotely close to that which many of you guys are getting your backs up over!?? ...

Songburst

polaris_x wrote:

it is reasonable to SCREEN anyone when safety is an issue ... a girl was assaulted possibly two by this same guy ... what's wrong with screening??

if you're online dating and you know there's been a serial killer online and he's from wherever and you get a date request from someone who lives in that same area - you telling me you're not gonna screen further??

nowhere has he said all canadians are anything ... where does he say anything remotely close to that which many of you guys are getting your backs up over!?? ...

You crack me up sometime Polaris. The first post was stupid -- even you must see that. I don't think that anybody actually took offense to it and I know that the intent was not to paint Canadians as anything. It was just a really dumb question that had absolutely no chance of being answered on here and the original poster rightfully got some message board flak for it. And yet life still goes on.

Paul Andrews

Songburst wrote:

polaris_x wrote:

it is reasonable to SCREEN anyone when safety is an issue ... a girl was assaulted possibly two by this same guy ... what's wrong with screening??

if you're online dating and you know there's been a serial killer online and he's from wherever and you get a date request from someone who lives in that same area - you telling me you're not gonna screen further??

nowhere has he said all canadians are anything ... where does he say anything remotely close to that which many of you guys are getting your backs up over!?? ...

You crack me up sometime Polaris. The first post was stupid -- even you must see that. I don't think that anybody actually took offense to it and I know that the intent was not to paint Canadians as anything. It was just a really dumb question that had absolutely no chance of being answered on here and the original poster rightfully got some message board flak for it. And yet life still goes on.

Come on songburst - the Canadians bombed the Baldwins!!!!! Kill Canada with their beadly eyes, except Vancouver where my uncle and his family live It's aboot respect dude.

Thoughts_Arrive

Johnny Sitar wrote:

you want to go with odds? his point was not finding one person out of thirty odd million. come on, now. he actually had a pretty good point, in calculating his odds of how many people in canada are actually in the club, and how many of them actually went to philly. it's not that far-fetched.

he never said ANYTHING about Canadians. This would have been no different if the guy in question was from Alaska, and the thread title was "so someone from Alaska wants my spare sydney ticket".

Give the guy a break. He had good intentions. Stop jumping all over him like he's painting all of my fellow canadians as criminals. he was pointing out, again, geographical location, not background.

read the post, people. it's quite simple.

Thanks dude, glad someone sees that I'm not trying to put down all Canadians.
The dude mentioned Philly in his PM and it kind of freaked me out.
I have relatives in Canada, why would I diss your country.
Keep putting the boot in.

Nossie

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

Johnny Sitar wrote:

you want to go with odds? his point was not finding one person out of thirty odd million. come on, now. he actually had a pretty good point, in calculating his odds of how many people in canada are actually in the club, and how many of them actually went to philly. it's not that far-fetched.

he never said ANYTHING about Canadians. This would have been no different if the guy in question was from Alaska, and the thread title was "so someone from Alaska wants my spare sydney ticket".

Give the guy a break. He had good intentions. Stop jumping all over him like he's painting all of my fellow canadians as criminals. he was pointing out, again, geographical location, not background.

read the post, people. it's quite simple.

Thanks dude, glad someone sees that I'm not trying to put down all Canadians.
The dude mentioned Philly in his PM and it kind of freaked me out.
I have relatives in Canada, why would I diss your country.
Keep putting the boot in.

I totally understand where you were coming from... especially after reading that thread... the msg wasn't an attack on anyone, just an airing of your thoughts... but on the flip side, i get why someone would have taken it in that manner... none-the-less, we'll still be partying together in the Rad... !!!

Songburst

Did the guy even mention that he went to the shows?

I think that the setlists in Philly were pretty wild too but I wasn't there. This thread is funny.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Songburst wrote:

Did the guy even mention that he went to the shows?

I think that the setlists in Philly were pretty wild too but I wasn't there. This thread is funny.

nice avatar dude. Have you heard Crash Karma? So far to me it sounds like cookie-cutter radio rock, so we'll see what the rest of the song sound like.

God I miss IME.

polaris_x

Songburst wrote:

You crack me up sometime Polaris. The first post was stupid -- even you must see that. I don't think that anybody actually took offense to it and I know that the intent was not to paint Canadians as anything. It was just a really dumb question that had absolutely no chance of being answered on here and the original poster rightfully got some message board flak for it. And yet life still goes on.

uhhh ... i'm pretty sure you already know that i found the original post reasonable - hence what i've been writing ... if it had absolutely no chance of being answered - why was it answered several times then? if you think no one took offense to it ... i humbly suggest you reread the responses ...

Parksy

Johnny Sitar wrote:

Songburst wrote:

Did the guy even mention that he went to the shows?

I think that the setlists in Philly were pretty wild too but I wasn't there. This thread is funny.

nice avatar dude. Have you heard Crash Karma? So far to me it sounds like cookie-cutter radio rock, so we'll see what the rest of the song sound like.

God I miss IME.

Scenery & Fish remains one of my all-time favourite records... pearl jam included.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

Parksy wrote:

Johnny Sitar wrote:

Songburst wrote:

Did the guy even mention that he went to the shows?

I think that the setlists in Philly were pretty wild too but I wasn't there. This thread is funny.

nice avatar dude. Have you heard Crash Karma? So far to me it sounds like cookie-cutter radio rock, so we'll see what the rest of the song sound like.

God I miss IME.

Scenery & Fish remains one of my all-time favourite records... pearl jam included.

I prefer S/T over S&F. But yeah, it is a great record. Were you still a fan after Edwin left? Cause the Quicksilver Meat Dream is one fantastic (and unfortunately fairly unknown) gem.

Parksy

To be honest I mostly fell off the wagon once Edwin left. I gave Blue Green Orange a couple listens through and pretty much got turned off. But I shall now look into Quicksilver Meat Dream. Thanks

twojawas

Johnny Sitar wrote:

Cause the Quicksilver Meat Dream is one fantastic (and unfortunately fairly unknown) gem.

Agreed. It is a gem. Have you ever found out what the title means? It was a big secret when the album was released.

Hugh Freaking Dillon

twojawas wrote:

Johnny Sitar wrote:

Cause the Quicksilver Meat Dream is one fantastic (and unfortunately fairly unknown) gem.

Agreed. It is a gem. Have you ever found out what the title means? It was a big secret when the album was released.

no, I don't have a clue. you?

Songburst

Johnny Sitar wrote:

twojawas wrote:

Johnny Sitar wrote:

Cause the Quicksilver Meat Dream is one fantastic (and unfortunately fairly unknown) gem.

Agreed. It is a gem. Have you ever found out what the title means? It was a big secret when the album was released.

no, I don't have a clue. you?

Apparently it was a made-up phrase that sounded cool -- I believe Christian came up with it. The album is good but a little too much of a Tool sound for my liking. Blue Green Orange is a fucking amazing album though. Scenery and Dig are really good too.

Songburst

Johnny Sitar wrote:

Songburst wrote:

Did the guy even mention that he went to the shows?

I think that the setlists in Philly were pretty wild too but I wasn't there. This thread is funny.

nice avatar dude. Have you heard Crash Karma? So far to me it sounds like cookie-cutter radio rock, so we'll see what the rest of the song sound like.

God I miss IME.

Have heard Crash Karma -- not sure about them yet. Was a huge fan of IME, OLP and the Tea Party in the 90s though.

Thoughts_Arrive

If the mods won't delete this thread it may as well be derailed