Liberal phobia and the cause….

[Francis2004]

If this Thread has to be shut down AGAIN to clean out more Trolling
and Personal Attacks and so on and so forth...keep in mind that the
Thread may just remain closed. As was said before, in this Thread,
Govern yourselves....

I believe this question has been asked before, but why can't trouble makers or problem children be put on "moderated" posts only that only appear when Moderators have time to check them.. Is there no way for Andem to give you such added authority as with new posters in the community.. Hence put them on Partial Ban till they behave.. ?

I know it would add to the work load but it will also lower how many posts these people put out once they are "moderated".. If they become even more problems, outright ban them..

Just trying to see if there are solutions.. I basically have been staying away.. I can't stand the stupidity on here ..

 

[lone wolf]

YOu're wise beyond belief, Wolf. Generally when people are telling the truth they say it once and let it go. I've found in life (just look at politicians) credibility is inversely proportional to the number of times they repeat the same thing. Anyway I'm off topic so I'll stop now.

...Ahh.... That squid syndrome thingy. How Parliamentary....

 

[Francis2004]

All of you forget that SJP is conservative by nature. I am liberal by nature but my vote is fluid. Do I think Harper has been a good for Canadian democracy. No, I don't, for a number of reasons. If you are interested, I'll enumerate them.

Hey Spade, funny you point out what I mentioned to SJP a little while back..

He will not be happy with you, as he was with me, about being called Conservative.. :lol:

 

[JLM]

Hey Spade, funny you point out what I mentioned to SJP a little while back..

He will not be happy with you, as he was with me, about being called Conservative.. :lol:

I've had the same feeling about what you are talking about but being a naive, backwoods sort of chap, felt it wasn't my place to say it. There's people around who are tolerant of all kinds of depravity, but not so tolerant of others' opinions. But again I digress.

 

[Francis2004]

Ron: May I suggest to you that a person who continually uses phrases admitedly meant to fluster some anger others and repeatedly does it in thread after thread ad infinitum that, that is trolling.....It may not be as flagrant as "go f*** yourself, but it is just as calculated to anger people and be divisive as any troll I've ever seen in any forum...
In a way, it is worse because a moderator can't pinpoint any actual rule broken because such an individual stays just within the line..
What some of us do is use levity and ridicule to brush it of and that will of course tend to derail to any topic at hand because any thread such an individual gets into is useless as an intelligent discussion anyway and might as well be closed.................Have fun...I don't envy your job one bit....Have a virtual beer on meccasion5:

The more I see ridicule use the more I see life made tough for moderators.

It also makes this place an unwelcome site for many of the posters who rather come here for fun and proper debate..

Hence I basically think you, and any of the others who use this type of tactic, make life difficult for regular posters, moderators and just bait the person you wish would stop and make matters worse.. Sort of the game kids play that never end..

 

[countryboy]

Phobia means irrational fear, fear without any basis. Thus we have agoraphobia, hydrophobia, arachnophobia, homophobia etc. These are all irrational fears (yes, even fear of homosexuals is irrational).

And in that respect, the title of the thread is quite appropriate. Liberal phobia means irrational fear of Liberals, and many conservatives do suffer from Liberal phobia.

Phobia: A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

Phobia | Define Phobia at Dictionary.com

The 26 points listed by Countryboy (which he thought of in a flash, if I thought of 26 reasons in a flash to dislike something, I would question if I don’t have a mental problem) really illustrate the phobia (irrational fear) of Liberals vividly.

Were you expecting a reply to that? *Yawn*

 

[SirJosephPorter]

Hey Spade, funny you point out what I mentioned to SJP a little while back..

He will not be happy with you, as he was with me, about being called Conservative.. :lol:

I have no problem with Spade. I was just teasing him. And I was not happy with you? When?

 

[SirJosephPorter]

Phobia: A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.

Phobia | Define Phobia at Dictionary.com

And just where did you get that definition, countryboy? This is the definition given in the website quoted by you.

pho·bi·a

a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.

Emphasis on irrational. As I said in my previous post, we don’t have a phobia of dying, or a phobia of developing cancer, we have a fear. When the fear becomes irrational, excessive, that becomes phobia. And here we are discussing Liberal phobia.

Were you expecting a reply to that? *Yawn*

Well, I did get a reply from you, didn't I?

 

[countryboy]

And just where did you get that definition, countryboy? This is the definition given in the website quoted by you.

pho·bi·a

a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.

Scroll down that page.

Well, I did get a reply from you, didn't I?

Yawn.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

Scroll down that page.

OK, let us scroll down the page. This is what it says further down the page.

pho·bi·a (fō'bē-ə)
n.
1.A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
2.A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.


When they give more than one meanings, the first meaning is usually the most commonly accepted one, the second is the minor one. So I think ‘irrational’ very much forms an integral part of any phobia. Indeed, that is why a phobia is usually considered a mental disorder, and many people seek cure for them.

 

[AnnaG]

OK, let us scroll down the page. This is what it says further down the page.

pho·bi·a (fō'bē-ə)
n.
1.A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous.
2.A strong fear, dislike, or aversion.


When they give more than one meanings, the first meaning is usually the most commonly accepted one, the second is the minor one. So I think ‘irrational’ very much forms an integral part of any phobia. Indeed, that is why a phobia is usually considered a mental disorder, and many people seek cure for them.

But then instead of being an ASS and ASSuming you know which meaning they were referring to, you should ask which one they meant. It'd only be sensible and courteous.

 

[Socrates the Greek]

My phobia is increasing by the minute on the current Canadian Government....


Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:43am EST
Budget fails to boost Canada's Conservatives -poll

The weekly Ekos survey for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. put the Conservatives at 31.9 percent support, down from 32.4 percent last week. The Liberals, the biggest opposition party, were at 29.6 percent, up from 29.4 percent

Budget fails to boost Canada's Conservatives -poll | Reuters

 

[JLM]

My phobia is increasing by the minute on the current Canadian Government....


Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:43am EST
Budget fails to boost Canada's Conservatives -poll

The weekly Ekos survey for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. put the Conservatives at 31.9 percent support, down from 32.4 percent last week. The Liberals, the biggest opposition party, were at 29.6 percent, up from 29.4 percent

Budget fails to boost Canada's Conservatives -poll | Reuters

The only poll that counts is the one on election day. Besides in this last poll they missed me and several other Canadians.

 

[AnnaG]

My phobia is increasing by the minute on the current Canadian Government....http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1120520820100311

And my disgust of Canadian politics increases with each gov't.

 

[Socrates the Greek]

The only poll that counts is the one on election day. Besides in this last poll they missed me and several other Canadians.

Good day JLM, good point, but when one sends the federal debt down an embankment there is no praise for bad driving but, consequence, in this case consequence will insure the polls will not change in favour of the Conservative fortunes, this time………..:lol:

 

[JLM]

Good day JLM, good point, but when one sends the federal debt down an embankment there is no praise for bad driving but, consequence, in this case consequence will insure the polls will not change in favour of the Conservative fortunes, this time………..:lol:

Debt is not a good thing, but I wouldn't worry about it too much right now. We are just coming out of a world recession, interest rates are very low. Infrastructure has to be maintained so best to finance it now while the financing is cheap and unemployment is high. With the way Natural resources are soaring in value we can grow our way out of debt (I know Bob Rae said the same thing, but he's not as smart as I am :lol

 

[SirJosephPorter]

My phobia is increasing by the minute on the current Canadian Government....

That is not a phobia, Socrates. That is a healthy fear (as we have seen phobia is an irrational, excessive fear).

Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:43am EST
Budget fails to boost Canada's Conservatives -poll

The weekly Ekos survey for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. put the Conservatives at 31.9 percent support, down from 32.4 percent last week. The Liberals, the biggest opposition party, were at 29.6 percent, up from 29.4 percent

Budget fails to boost Canada's Conservatives -poll | Reuters

There really was nothing in the budget to give Harper a boost. Harper really doesn't have any far reaching program, any vision for Canada (like Trudeau, or even Mulroney did). His vision is only one, to stay in power.

That is why after 13 years in opposition, he still hasn't convinced Ontario and Quebec to give him a majority.

 

[SirJosephPorter]

The only poll that counts is the one on election day. Besides in this last poll they missed me and several other Canadians.

And of course, on the election day, the Messiah is going to get the majority.

 

[lone wolf]

Wasn't rabies called hydrophobia at one time?

 

[SirJosephPorter]

Debt is not a good thing, but I wouldn't worry about it too much right now. We are just coming out of a world recession, interest rates are very low. Infrastructure has to be maintained so best to finance it now while the financing is cheap and unemployment is high. With the way Natural resources are soaring in value we can grow our way out of debt (I know Bob Rae said the same thing, but he's not as smart as I am :lol

Really? This must be the conservative math. Let us run the deficit of more than 30 billion $ every year, eventually we will grow out of the deficit. That is the same math Bush practiced for eight years. He did grow his way out of the deficit, didn't he?

It is the borrow and spend conservative economics all over again, as they have been practicing it in USA and Canada for the last 30 years.

And Bob Rae may not be smarter than you, but I assume you will admit that Harper is smarter than you. And if he says that 30 billion $ deficit is good for Canada, then it must be true, right?

Interestingly, the same crowd which praises Harper for his deficit, roundly condemns Obama for his deficit (but of course, they were OK when Bush was running the deficit).