I just had the strangest thing pop into my head. One that will surely scare the pants of the rest of you as well:<br><br>What would this thread look like, if ol' II would be participating?<br><br>Now feast on that for awhile.<br><br>

<tt>II</TT> ought to be on the "He who shall not be named" list, lest we somehow spookily invoke his manifestation here.<br><br>"This is not here."

There is another who should not be named. Rhymes with Mongrel. And the one blessed thing the non political readers have over us soapbox dwellers is they have never read a post from him. Could we somehow rename the SoapBox and not leave a forwarding address?<br><br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>What would this thread look like, if ol' II would be participating?<br><p><hr></blockquote><p>I dunno. There are only so many ways that one be called a retard!<br><br>

Oh yeah, the Other One. At least this one wasn't quite as straightforward abusive as the first one mentioned who should not be named, but was on the same level otherwise. Though this latter one mentioned who should not be named at least had the understanding to stay out of the other places whereas the first one mentioned who should not be named might not have had that aforementioned understanding.<br><br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>BF, you seem quite adept at being able to avoid threads and topics, etc. per your screenshot so i am not sure i see how this is getting you so heated. i get the sense that you aren't against politics as much as you just don't like what you perceive to be an argument even if the participants in the debate aren't feeling the hostility like you are.<p><hr></blockquote><p>It is because of these MacCentral type posts that has got me heated:<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>So you don't care to think about current events? Well I hate to break it to ya, but that's how you get a guy like Bush in office. You think it doesn't affect you? Well have you lost a loved one in this pointless war yet?<p><hr></blockquote><p>In all of the years I have been here, I have never once spoken out towards anyone here as it seemed virtually everyone always got along. Then comes this crap and it time to speak. <br><br>Thank you Jashue for proving my point about the MacCentral political banter being weaved into posts with your asinine comment. It included it all...Bush bashing...the War, all of the things that MacCentral has the reputation for and why so many of us left MacCentral to come here.<br><br>This is a plain and simple truth...I just do not want to hear about here either and OSXAddict stated it perfectly:<br><br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>I get along fine with most everyone here and even more so since I don't have to deal with the political stuff.<br><br>The thing I don't like is when someone starts a thread that is right on the edge of a political post and then it spills into politics. I see politics on TV, read it in the paper, and hear it in real life. When I come here to MacMinute, I want to talk Macs or whatever else, except for politics and religion.<p><hr></blockquote><p><br><br>_______<br>

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>So you don't care to think about current events?<p><hr></blockquote><p>if that was a response to OSXADDICT saying<br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>And some here just don't want to read about politics.<p><hr></blockquote><p>then that's radical interpretation of the text, as they say.<br><br><br>[color:purple]A lopsided man runs best along the little side-hills of success<br>- Frank Moore Colby</font color=purple>

I don't see the point of messing with something that basically works. If it fundamentally wasn't working, then a change would be in order (or a name change).<br><br>I wish I could show a screenshot of how high my unviewed MacTech post total is. The truth is I only go there if I have a problem or if I start to feel "guilty" (if that's the right word) of how high that little red number has reached.<br><br>We are what we repeatedly do. -Aristotle

<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>I wish I could show a screenshot of how high my unviewed MacTech post total is<p><hr></blockquote><p>I SOOOO thought you were going to say "but I don't know how to take a screenshot" ..that would have been awesome <br><br>anywho ...I don't want this thread to get any lighter so I'm gonna pop back out <br><br>zweisoft<br>

Ba-dum-bum-ding! Yeah, a similar line occurred to me, but I've missed my chance now. However, my actual reason is similar, but less humorous: I have no place to put up the screenshot so it could be viewed here, and no real interest in getting one, and wouldn't want to bother with putting the screenshot up, even if I could.<br><br>We are what we repeatedly do. -Aristotle