Quote from: taxed on October 20, 2018, 08:03:12 PM
I like him too.  I'm going to try and house-train him.

That's why we built a castle with rock floors, and a dungeon with dirt floors. Easy to clean, regardless.

Quote from: Solar on October 20, 2018, 08:04:58 PM
That's why we built a castle with rock floors, and a dungeon with dirt floors. Easy to clean, regardless.

I wish he'd quit running to the dungeon and would just grab a beer out of the fridge.

Quote from: taxed on October 20, 2018, 07:40:35 PM
Keep believing that.

I'll believe it when Trump actually gets off his ass and does something.  :)  So far he's all talk and no action on the subject.

Quote from: Ranb on October 20, 2018, 08:22:30 PM
I'll believe it when Trump actually gets off his ass and does something.  :)  So far he's all talk and no action on the subject.

He's not a king.  I'm perfectly happy letting the DOJ investigate the email fiasco.

Quote from: taxed on October 20, 2018, 08:28:21 PM
He's not a king.  I'm perfectly happy letting the DOJ investigate the email fiasco.

I think the DOJ/FBI went as far as they're going to go with Comey's refusal to indict Clinton.  I think Trump's firing of Comey is the most he will do as far as acting on Clinton's e-mail crimes are concerned.

Quote from: Ranb on October 19, 2018, 12:07:33 PM

The 1st amendment says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...."  While this will affect christians most often in the USA, it also affects other religions.  Do you want your local school putting on a satanism skit/program?  Probably not, the 1st amendment is protecting you there too.
It depends on what you mean by the words "celebrating" and "norm" and who was observing Christmas.  It also varies from source to source.  American was a diverse collection of people and sects even back in the 18th century. 

http://www.revolutionarywararchives.org/christmasthen.html

Ranb

I suggest you grab a dictionary and a decent History text.

"It depends on what you mean by the words "celebrating" and "norm" and who was observing Christmas.  It also varies from source to source.  American was a diverse collection of people and sects even back in the 18th century. "

(Neat little parsing exercise you wish to lay down. No participants, sorry.)

For those of you who may wonder, this was around Richmond which has become almost like Berkely Campus in California over the past few years.  Timmy Boy Kaine land.  I expect this sort of Nonsense in Northern Virginia with all the Muslims who are "offended" by mentioning Christ but Richmond has loads and Loads of Hispanics, mostly illegal who start celebrating CHristmas in September. So the Culture clash is going to be interesting....

Quote from: Billy's bayonet on October 21, 2018, 05:58:23 AM
.... Richmond has loads and Loads of Hispanics, mostly illegal who start celebrating CHristmas in September. So the Culture clash is going to be interesting....

I used to live in VA, never saw anyone celebrating Christmas in September.  You actually watch it being celebrated there that early?

Quote from: Ranb on October 21, 2018, 09:17:29 AM
I used to live in VA, never saw anyone celebrating Christmas in September.  You actually watch it being celebrated there that early?

Of Course, just today I saw houses near Harrisonburg with Christmas decorations, Lights etc.  Hispanic people start celebrating Christmas in months that end in "BER" in honor of DecemBER.  Oveseas we used to hear Christmas Music and Carols played on the radio stations in September.  All of us Xpats used to laugh about it.

I am in no way for pushing religion on people, but we should be teaching kids to be tolerant of other religions instead of trying to shield them from it as if it were to be a bad thing. I went to a Catholic middle school and while we did not practice other religions we did learn about Islam and Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism as well. The PC culture is destroying tolerance and understanding of other viewpoints the way I see it.

Quote from: Billy's bayonet on October 21, 2018, 05:04:27 PM
Of Course, just today I saw houses near Harrisonburg with Christmas decorations, Lights etc.  Hispanic people start celebrating Christmas in months that end in "BER" in honor of DecemBER.  Oveseas we used to hear Christmas Music and Carols played on the radio stations in September.  All of us Xpats used to laugh about it.

RioLinda has them up year round, but not because they like Christmas, they bought the house that way and never took them down.
And no, I'm not kidding, 40 years later and my friend who live there still calls and we laugh about it. They use them during parties in the summer.

Quote from: ConservativeInCT on October 21, 2018, 07:48:14 PM
I am in no way for pushing religion on people, but we should be teaching kids to be tolerant of other religions instead of trying to shield them from it as if it were to be a bad thing. I went to a Catholic middle school and while we did not practice other religions we did learn about Islam and Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism as well. The PC culture is destroying tolerance and understanding of other viewpoints the way I see it.

Having tolerance doesn't mean acceptance. Tolerance means you don't attack someone (physically nor verbally) but it doesn't mean being forced to call a tranny what they want to be called. Diversity is nothing but forcing things on the rest of people while punishing the majority.

Quote from: Sick Of Silence on October 21, 2018, 08:48:00 PM
.... Diversity is nothing but forcing things on the rest of people while punishing the majority.

Actually diversity is a noun whose synonyms include variety and mixture.  You are trying to make it into a verb like force.  Assigning alternate and obtuse definitions to a word to win an argument is lame.

When you play the victim and claim that a minority can punish you, the "majority"; it only demeans you.

Quote from: Ranb on October 22, 2018, 05:04:40 AM
Actually diversity is a noun whose synonyms include variety and mixture.  You are trying to make it into a verb like force.  Assigning alternate and obtuse definitions to a word to win an argument is lame.

When you play the victim and claim that a minority can punish you, the "majority"; it only demeans you.

It's called American culture, the American dream, the belief, that only in America is the individual afforded certain protections, regardless of race, creed or religion.
This is what he is talking about, and if you're not here to share in our culture, then you're an invader.
Fuck your definition of diversity, there is something far bigger here, and it's called being an American first.

Quote from: Solar on October 22, 2018, 05:32:52 AM
It's called American culture, the American dream, the belief, that only in America is the individual afforded certain protections, regardless of race, creed or religion.

Actually it is being able to communicate effectively in the English language.  But if English is not your first language, then I'll stop being so picky about how you use it.

QuoteThis is what he is talking about, and if you're not here to share in our culture, then you're an invader.
Fuck your definition of diversity, there is something far bigger here, and it's called being an American first.

It is not my definition.  Unlike some people here I actually know how to look up the definition of a word in an English language dictionary.

Quotedi·ver·si·ty
/dəˈvərsədē,dīˈvərsədē/
noun
noun: diversity

the state of being diverse; variety.
"there was considerable diversity in the style of the reports"
•a range of different things.
plural noun: diversities
"newspapers were obliged to allow a diversity of views to be printed"
synonyms: variety, miscellany, assortment, mixture, mix, mélange, range, array, multiplicity; More
variation, variance, diversification, heterogeneity, difference, contrast
"a diversity of design styles"
antonyms: uniformity

Don't tell me who or what to copulate with.  Your anger is going to imbalance you and not earn you any points in a debate.  Perhaps you should think a bit before you resort to profanity instead of reason.