it's a iPad. Not a laptop or notebook or your idea of a pad computer.

if you want a nice phone, buy one. if you want a nice iPod, buy one. if you want an iPad, buy the best one that money can buy.

Geez.

That happens to me too. If you find the right thing to click, you get the whole thing.

I think this is part of pudge's efforts to individually deal with L-Users. I think he has a database he can add usernames to.

But maybe I am just paranoid. But i have reason to think as i do! i am dealing with fascists.

pudge, as your friend, i thought i should point out some things you missed in the post you replied to:

True. In Germany. (remember, pudge, there is a whole other world out there)

True. In America, if you teach your child to be the wheel-man as you snipe out the trunk of your car, you can expect society to step in. And, if the social services people come by, and realize that you are a nut case abusing your children by "educating" them, you can expect the judge to back them up.

True. In Germany, they see this differently than in America. (remember, pudge, there is a whole other world out there)

I like that European model in many ways. The founding fathers knew that if every farmer had a muzzzle loader, the cannon and cavalry of the monarchs and despots could not keep them in power against the will of the people. But how the hell did America get from there to automatic weaponry?

True. And true.

Well, I see the point of the poster. It is a change from my way of thinking, but I see the internal consistency of it.

Now, let's see how you approached this whole thing...

Oh my, so many falses! Not a single true. How unusual to see such a monlithic position, almost like you have a pathological need to disagree.

Anyway, hope things are going well for you. You seem to be having a good time, getting out on the internets and interacting with the peoples.

Ta ta!

your friend,

pudge_confirmer

(hey, Chris, how come you don't answer my questions any more? I try to keep it down to one per post. )

Seriously, it may be that having children makes those people you know stupid, or it may just be something about the people you know, or the people you don't know.

Or maybe it is something else.

Logically. ;-)

Any thoughts?

your friend,

Mr. Confirmer.

and people who don't want to know, will foe.

people who want to know, will personalize their news to avoid those who don't want to know, and favor those who do want to know

you know?

Hi Chris !

This is your friend again.

I noticed your exchange:

Your statement could be false if your definition of "better" disagrees with that of santax.

I can also confirm that I find your response to santax to be illogical.

I could even go so far as to speculate that you suspect or know that your definition of "better" differs from that of santax, in which case I would speculate that your response tends toward falsehood in its intent.

In any case, I wonder why you made that response.

Do you wonder?

I asume you know something about transsexuals, so you likely know about bisexuals and asexuals and third spirit.

I suspect that these things don't often move much over life, and I think movement is not something that you always get by praying or wishing or trying... if change happens, it is for mysterious reasons, as mysterious as the reasons for the past orientation

i think people can become at peace with their orientation much more easily than they can change it, and peace is different than change.

is no dummy either.

"1 of 1776"

the wealth of a nation should be correlated, or a strong function of, the productivity of its metal mining

i think the wealth of a nation should be related to a weighted function of the happiness of its people and the happiness of all the people of the world

call me a dreamer. call me a socialist. call me a liberal. call me a man of god. please call me a cab. and don't call me a conservative.

i appreciate hearing from someone who has actually thought about a topic, done some research, and has some real-life experience to offer that is relevant.

that is so rare these days

keep it up, friend

Ciao,

p_c

well, I share your concern that the reason she is so public with her christian love is to promote her book

but, i suspect she is a much better person than that, because he obviously is not

Ciao,

confirmed

And good for you, for having an open mind. Thanks for posting.

Confirmed,

p_c

But, some people can change from conservative to liberal, and liberal to conservative, even more than once. I find that hopeful, but pudge I find less hopeful.

But I presently think his inflexibility may be the best he can do, to avoid even more cognitive dissonance than people already give him, possibly because he has attributes of a high functioning autist.

People will often find ways to overcome cognitive dissonance, but many can change to relieve it and face consequences about self image of an 'incorrect' past, or past behaviour. And, rather than suffering from cognitive dissonance upon improvement, they might actually improve, and be comfortable.

Maybe pudge can not change and be comfortable.

It makes me see him in a different light. A more Christ-like light.