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But the next five hundred years were a time of unprecedented peace, freedom, and prosperity. Which is why we call 'em "The Dark Ages." And if you think the Romans were the first fascists, you funny boy!

Thank you, Emil Faber.

Joe Rogaine has said "I'm not a racist." (To be fair, David Duke, George Wallace, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Robert E. Lee said the same.) But in Rogaine's case, I'd be willing to listen to an argument that he's just shouting shit he don't believe to milk the rubes.

Everything's temporary, son. As it should be.

Good and bad. Rome had good ideas and bad ideas. The good ones went up in flames too. Viewing the ensuing history of Europe, seems like the bad ones got out just fine.

Um. . . yes it does. Corporations don't have morals.

Tax policy has to be even better'n religion or sex to get folk cranked up.

Or suffer a barrage of empty Guinness bottles.

Providing a timeline for a fallacy don't make it any less a fallacy. If CBC said the sun rises in the east, would the fact that it got money from the government prove that the sun don't rise in the east?

Yeah, but forcing him to pay attention to something his mama and daddy don't like is just WRONG! Prolly turn him Communist. And gay. And Black.

Spotify does whatever it feels will be in its best business interest. That's its job.

Ha! If ya can't beat 'em, copy 'em! "People say I look a lot like JFK." --Vice-President Dan Quayle. Worked.

Less paperwork if ya just kill 'em. None of that tedious trial preparation. True story. The hated redcoats against whom the American colonials rebelled were forbidden to serve warrants at night.

Yep, you're thinking "OK, he'll tell his story, she'll tell hers, and we'll decide which one sounds more like to be true." Nope, there's a process and the burden of proof. Ancient faux-Chinese wisdom "The attacker must conquer. The defender must merely survive." --Master Pao, Kung Fu.

Good point. "Biting the hand that feeds you" is a time-worn phrase because it happens so often. It's argumentum ad hominem, MyOp. They're unable or too lazy to address the argument, so they attack the speaker. Literally the oldest trick in the book. Aristotle talked about it.

I'll see if I can fit your next party into my busy calendar.

Nope, not in a civil case. You present every defense in the world, even if they're directly contradictory. We explain this with the hypothetical "Case of the Cracked Pot." Plaintiff claims she lent defendant a pot, and when defendant returned it, it was cracked. P wants damages. D presents...

He says he's not a racist. Good enough for me!

Looks like your leader's fulfilling all your hopes and dreams, Moosie.

He shoulda been given the option to sit in the corner and read Mein Kampf.