March For Our Lives - Parkland Students Demanding Action

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

dignin said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

PJPOWER said:

I’m not a gun nut.

PJPOWER said:

PJPOWER said:

Fuck your gun control.  There, that post is relevant.
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That’s right, very responsible.  Screw your gun control.

Not a gun nut. Right. 

Come oftenreading you are better than this; you know pjpower is playing on jose's words.  

You and pjpower are acting like a couple of babies in this thread. It's disgraceful.

Don’t forget about my boy Halifax, he started asking me about what I ate. Then all of a sudden I am for animal abuse because I ate a filet mignon for dinner. 

So, you're both a teacher and a parent, mcgruff, and you're totally cool with how this thread is going?

It is a Pearl Jam message board with different people with different backgrounds, comments and ideas. I don’t exactly expect it to be serious all the time. I think people need to chill out and relax. 

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

mcgruff10 said:

dignin said:

mcgruff10 said:

oftenreading said:

PJPOWER said:

I’m not a gun nut.

PJPOWER said:

PJPOWER said:

Fuck your gun control.  There, that post is relevant.
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That’s right, very responsible.  Screw your gun control.

Not a gun nut. Right. 

Come oftenreading you are better than this; you know pjpower is playing on jose's words.  

You and pjpower are acting like a couple of babies in this thread. It's disgraceful.

Don’t forget about my boy Halifax, he started asking me about what I ate. Then all of a sudden I am for animal abuse because I ate a filet mignon for dinner. 

So, you're both a teacher and a parent, mcgruff, and you're totally cool with how this thread is going?

It is a Pearl Jam message board with different people with different backgrounds, comments and ideas. I don’t exactly expect it to be serious all the time. I think people need to chill out and relax. 

That’s weak. There are plenty of threads in this board to chill out and relax in. The purpose of this thread is different, as per the OP, and that isn’t being respected. Kids who died at school are being mocked.  

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

oftenreading said:

“Fuck your gun control”, said in a thread about murdered kids. Not mocking at all; in fact, totally respectful, just a little kidding around. 

Right. 

In response to 'Fuck your guns'.

No. If the comment was 'fuck those kids'... then you've got something.

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Power and Scruffy are not mocking dead kids in these last pages.

While their comments are not necessarily the greatest... it's fair to say they are also in response to comments that were right on par for degree of acceptability (except from the other side of the great debate).

It's been that way as long as I can remember around here: people become really indignant when their opponents hit below the belt or toss out a cheap shot, but they never recognize when their side has done the same thing.

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Power and Scruffy are not mocking dead kids in these last pages.

While their comments are not necessarily the greatest... it's fair to say they are also in response to comments that were right on par for degree of acceptability (except from the other side of the great debate).

It's been that way as long as I can remember around here: people become really indignant when their opponents hit below the belt or toss out a cheap shot, but they never recognize when their side has done the same thing.

oftenreading said:

PJPOWER said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

oftenreading said:

“Fuck your gun control”, said in a thread about murdered kids. Not mocking at all; in fact, totally respectful, just a little kidding around. 

Right. 

In response to 'Fuck your guns'.

No. If the comment was 'fuck those kids'... then you've got something.

Exactly, I figured this was obvious, but maybe not.  If your idea of gun control is “fuck your weapons”, then I say “fuck your gun control”.  There are several kids from Parkland that do NOT support the March For Our Lives idea of gun control as well.

Jose has certainly posted enough for you to know that that wasn’t his proposal for gun control, but nice deflection of responsibility. 

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

oftenreading said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Power and Scruffy are not mocking dead kids in these last pages.

While their comments are not necessarily the greatest... it's fair to say they are also in response to comments that were right on par for degree of acceptability (except from the other side of the great debate).

It's been that way as long as I can remember around here: people become really indignant when their opponents hit below the belt or toss out a cheap shot, but they never recognize when their side has done the same thing.

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Power and Scruffy are not mocking dead kids in these last pages.

While their comments are not necessarily the greatest... it's fair to say they are also in response to comments that were right on par for degree of acceptability (except from the other side of the great debate).

It's been that way as long as I can remember around here: people become really indignant when their opponents hit below the belt or toss out a cheap shot, but they never recognize when their side has done the same thing.

Ah, “both sides”. 

Well, history will show which side is correct. It already does, really.  

Oh Gawd. Get over yourself. Geezuz, man.

Now you're spinning this to put it in line with Trump's goofy stuff?

Jose said, 'Fuck you'. Power said, 'Fuck you too.' Two guys became passionate and combative on a message board.

Jose's side wasn't correct. I'm on Jose's side of the equation, but that doesn't preclude me from noting when he's stepped out of bounds. I'm not knocking him- I like him and I've done it myself. I'm just saying that one side should not have a license to act with impunity around here because they're on the popular side.

If you can't understand that there's nothing more I can say- carry on!

PJPOWER said:

Bentleyspop said:

Just a reminder that this is a thread about the school massacre in Parkland and the murders of 14 students and 3 teachers/coaches. Including Scott Beigel who was a PEARL JAM fan....

http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/24060834/marjory-stoneman-douglas-cross-country-coach-scott-beigel-daily-heroism

Then both, the March For Our Rights and March For Our Lives should be represented as they both pertain to Parkland students having their voices heard.  

dignin said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

dignin said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

oftenreading said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Power and Scruffy are not mocking dead kids in these last pages.

While their comments are not necessarily the greatest... it's fair to say they are also in response to comments that were right on par for degree of acceptability (except from the other side of the great debate).

It's been that way as long as I can remember around here: people become really indignant when their opponents hit below the belt or toss out a cheap shot, but they never recognize when their side has done the same thing.

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Power and Scruffy are not mocking dead kids in these last pages.

While their comments are not necessarily the greatest... it's fair to say they are also in response to comments that were right on par for degree of acceptability (except from the other side of the great debate).

It's been that way as long as I can remember around here: people become really indignant when their opponents hit below the belt or toss out a cheap shot, but they never recognize when their side has done the same thing.

Ah, “both sides”. 

Well, history will show which side is correct. It already does, really.  

Oh Gawd. Get over yourself. Geezuz, man.

Now you're spinning this to put it in line with Trump's goofy stuff?

Jose said, 'Fuck you'. Power said, 'Fuck you too.' Two guys became passionate and combative on a message board.

Jose's side wasn't correct. I'm on Jose's side of the equation, but that doesn't preclude me from noting when he's stepped out of bounds. I'm not knocking him- I like him and I've done it myself. I'm just saying that one side should not have a license to act with impunity around here because they're on the popular side.

If you can't understand that there's nothing more I can say- carry on!

Nah, context is everything. Look at the thread, look at why it was started and it's intent. Go back and read the first couple of pages then read the garbage that "adults" have been posting these past few pages. It's embarrassing. They are acting like a couple of children in a playground, it's the equivalent of na-ah na-ah boo boo. 

There are plenty of threads to go and chill and relax in throughout this message board, this is not the place. It is completely disrespectful of the OP and the victims.

Oh?

And who gets to decide which threads are permissible to digress at times?

As with any other community, we do. And I have every right to call out the disrespectful "adults" who act like children. I see bullshit and I will call it out, always have, always will. I'm comfortable doing it, you are comfortable dismissing it and defending it. To each their own.