The Temple of Dagon

Hodgson wrote:

JJ Burke wrote:i think this debate is more about egos than facts.

the way i see it, this boils down to a question of the ends justifying the means: do our 'good works' offset all the lying, cheating and stealing?

it seems decadence would emphatically say no, while enkil and hodgson might look at it as more of a balancing act. which viewpoint is more valid? one is idealistic, the other is pragmatic. but neither one is being expressed without the corrupting effects of 'me vs. you.'

this is the punchline to the joke of politics. people think they're talking about the big picture, when it's really just a couple of egos trying to score points on each other

I asked D what he was talking about and he came back with snakes eating their tales and 'ass canyons'. Since it seemed impossible to formulate any considerable response to what looked mainly like irate gibberish, I essentially signed off, giving him links to information he asked for.

Does that make it 'me vs. you'? I also asked you what you were referring to, but you told me in a few words, I agreed and that was the end of it.

I don't think my ego's gotten the better of me. But D carries on like this all the time.

Bah, you know damn well what I was saying. Picking out the sarcasm and ignoring the overall post is clever, but not brilliant. Oh well, I tried.

Hodgson wrote:I don't think my ego's gotten the better of me.

not really, but you got sucked in. so did i... the shrapnel from the existing ego clash flew out and offended my sensibilities, and compelled me to comment.

now, in this heightened tension, your response to my observation was defensive. i'm not faulting you for that, i'm just making another observation regarding the effects of rancor in a discussion. you didn't just respond to my remarks, but also to the environment which this thread has become.

that's all i'm trying to say. i don't genuinely care enough about politics to pick a side here, so for my part i'm trying to help moderate the discussion and keep it from becoming ugly and pointless

I am not the least bit upset, as I said in my post before the previous one I made.

Again, pointing out random lines from my post, and claiming I "carry on like this all the time" is not engaging in the debate, which, ironically, was between myself and the other person to whom I was originally speaking.

It amuses me that, when asked to clarify a post, I am told I make no cognitive sense, when the part of my post which is labeled nonsense is not the post, but a line from it that is used as comedic invective within the context of stating something.

Again, not going to fly. Bait denied.

You know i'd nuke Enkil's house with him in it

Enkil wrote:You can choose the target and are guaranteed that it will launch. What you are not allowed to know is where it launches from or what will happen after at your target or the world in general.

So...
1) Do you take up the offer?
2) And if you do, what's your choice of target?



I suppose it would be fair for me to answer first, I'd nuke Antarctica. Damn Elder Things! THIS ISNT YOUR WORLD ANYMORE! IT'S OURS! BE GONE VIAL PESTS!

I'd nuke your ass enkil youre absolutely fucken' dead!!!
Hah there are no mods so we can do what we like!

Enkil's cool
Even though he never posts anymore
Nuke someone like...JP
Just 'cause

yeah enkils cool, but i'd nuke him because he never posts anymore
JP is a bit of a jerk (i hope he doesn't come back and mod my ass)
I might just nuke him then
*Presses big red button*

JP isn't a jerk D:

Yes he is...
*awkward situation*

If a man walks up to you and asks you if you want to fire off ONE nuke... It's probably Nyarlathotep. Which is fine by me!!! I'd nuke wherever they film 700 Club. XD

I think you're on to something there...

lol @ reading my posts 3 years afterwards.

I would nuke my house so I don' have to write an essay.

...
where have you been MISTA!

SUP ENKIL!?!?!?

You don't know Enkil. Lol