use Perl

• umm... (Score:2)

  by TeeJay (2309)

  even in europe people know what the 4th of July is...
  on that note - I the last in the present series of American Wife Swap the other night - it was pretty shocking that such bigots are considered normal and the scary thing is that those bigots are pretty much in power.
  

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  @JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
  print reverse @JAPH;
  • Re:umm... (Score:1)

    by pudge (1)

    What's scary is that you think bigots are considered normal, let alone in power, in America.
    
    You really lack perspective, I think.
    
    • Re:umm... (Score:2)

      by TeeJay (2309)

      Bigots are in power and normal, thats why gay marriage was such a big issue in the election and why various sexual practices remain illegal in some US States.
      
      Bush won the popular vote based on the exact same agenda I saw from the republicans on that program.
      
      If such bigotry was rare, then their would be equal rights for gay couples, and segregation would have ended in the first half of the 20th century rather than the 2nd.

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      @JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
      print reverse @JAPH;
      • Re:umm... (Score:2)

        by pudge (1)

        Bigots are in power and normal, thats why gay marriage was such a big issue in the election and why various sexual practices remain illegal in some US States.
        
        Right, like I said, you lack perspective. You simply do not have the ability to understand points of view other than your own. The fact is that the overwhelming majority of people I know, in Massachusetts, Washington, California, and elsewhere, who oppose gay marriage do so for reasons unrelated to bigotry. Here's a tip for your future screeds: beli
        • Re:umm... (Score:2)

          by TeeJay (2309)

          ....right.
          
          Applying the duck test - if it looks, sounds and feels like bigotry, it's bigotry.
          
          no different to those who thought mixed race schools or mixed race marriage was immoral.

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          @JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
          print reverse @JAPH;
          • Re:umm... (Score:2)

            by pudge (1)

            So, you look, sound, and feel entirely ignorant to me. Therefore, you are.
            • Re:umm... (Score:2)

              by TeeJay (2309)

              You've nicely ducked the issue of how either :
              
              being against equal gay rights is somehow different to equal racial rights..
              
              or that neither are biggotted and just a question of subjective morality.

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              @JAPH = qw(Hacker Perl Another Just);
              print reverse @JAPH;
              • Re:umm... (Score:2)

                by pudge (1)

                You've nicely ducked the issue of how either
                
                I ducked nothing. You provided no argument. Broadly comparing two things and saying one is evil and so therefore the other is, is not an argument that can be rationally responded to.
                
                being against equal gay rights is somehow different to equal racial rights..
                
                You weren't talking about equal gay rights, you were talking about gay marriage rights. If you actually understood the issues involved, you would know that the part of the very question *is* whether denial o
• look it up (Score:1)

  by n1vux (1492)

  I fear you may be right ... but ....

  "Let's look it up" when we get home is a standard ploy of home-schoolers and other pushy parents to encourage dictionary usage and good research practices.

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  Bill
  # I had a sig when sigs were cool
  use Sig;
  • Re:look it up (Score:2)

    by pudge (1)

    "Let's look it up" when we get home is a standard ploy of home-schoolers and other pushy parents to encourage dictionary usage and good research practices.
    
    Good point (although you almost make it sound like it is a bad thing ...).
    
    • Re:look it up (Score:1)

      by n1vux (1492)

      you almost make it sound like it is a bad thing

      Well... that depends what "it" is ;-)

      Parents being involved in the kids education, and continuing it outside school, is a very good thing.

      Dictionaries are a very good thing; using them regularly is even better.

      I'll defend a parent's right to homeschool their kids, no matter how goofy or paranoid their reasons may be, provided they don't cross the other lines which might cause the state to intervene for the child's welfare. And those lines should be pre

      --
      Bill
      # I had a sig when sigs were cool
      use Sig;
      • Re:look it up (Score:2)

        by pudge (1)

        I've even seen a few who seem to have made the correct decision for them and their kids with homeschooling. The proof will be in college, of course.
        
        Assuming college happens. My kids might not go to college ... who knows? I wouldn't call college a waste of time. But I had a B+/A- average, I barely studied, and I learned little memorable or worthy of note. I think I could have done better by learning on my own.
        
  • Re:look it up (Score:1)

    by runrig (3385)

    "Let's look it up when we get home" is just a nicer way of saying "Shut up and watch the fireworks" :-)
    • Re:look it up (Score:1)

      by n1vux (1492)

      well, everyone within ear shot would probably rather they discuss the finer points of american history later rather than try to shout over the illuminatory percussion. I hope they did look it up.

      --
      Bill
      # I had a sig when sigs were cool
      use Sig;