I haven't been here long enough to see how the cellar weeds out the bad apples. But I've decided to take radar off my ignore list. Though I can't stand the way he writes, I found myself wanting to look at his posts everytime I saw his name. Something about watching someone make a fool out himself and wanting to argue with them I suppose. even if the argument seems to be falling on completely deaf ears.

I'm telling ya, it's like a car wreck...you can't help but look. :)

I'm not sure what to search on but Hubris Boy was a one man cleaning service here for a while, really beautiful work.

Well between Cairo and Radar the politics forum has become the most entertaining forum here, pity it tends to obscure any real conversation. I read Cairo, they're usually pretty funny, Radar shits me though.

They usually just go away. People simply stop communicating with them, and they get bored. People here are pretty good about not feeding the trolls.

Sure you have...you see how people are dealing with Radar and Cairo.

Tob, yeah, but sometimes it can be fun to yank their chains a little. :)

Given that I'm neither a "bad apple", nor a "troll" I'm not being "dealt with". Also given the incredible lack of intelligence displayed by most of the people on this board, I have no fear of ever being dealt with.

I can't believe how dumb most of you are. There were a few good points made by very few of you but for the most part you've got a bunch of idiots like jaguar, sycamore, hermitt, etc.

Undertoad isn't an idiot, but he's got issues.

In fact the only other lucid person on this board thus far is slang. I can see I'll have to stick around a long time to educate you fools.

But for those too stupid for rational thought like those I've already listed, I'll just put you on the ignore list. I always put blatant racist, complete idiots, religious zealots, those without an original thought, and those with heads thicker than a brick on the iggy list because they're not worthy of a comment by me.

Alright!

First, I was called a "dumbazz" by Cairo, now an "idiot" by Radar.

Come on...somebody call me an "ignorant motherfucker," and I've got the trifecta! :)

Your kind of cutting your options down aren't you. You put those you listed down and your going to have hardly anyone to talk to. Not that it matters as all you do is respond to others posts by repeating what you said before.

Oh yeah and syc you're an ignorant motherfucker :) lol

:) See? I told you guys I'm not a dumbass. Oh, wait (slang looks up the definition of the word lucid)...............yep, lucid, thats me.

Slang, I was worried about you, I couldn't stand you when you first showed up, but now your all right. You figured out what it means to be reasonable. And at least you back up your points with a few sources, not just spew the same opinionated bull over and over again.

He shoots...HE SCORES! The hat trick for #75!!!

I'll ditto cam on slang. I was concerned about slang at first, but he learned to play nice with others, and is a fine addition to our motley crew.

Thanks guys. What I actually learned is not to throw something out without leading someone through the process that leads me to believe that idea. From my experience here, people can respect or at least understand a person's position without embracing it themselves, IF, it's presented well.

There are people here that are convinced that they are right , and will defend themselves to the end. That's fine, I'm not hoping to change their minds. My goal is to present the other side of the argument through my eyes and experiences and to learn about others as well.

The common practice among like minded people is to avoid using supporting info. After all, they all read (pick your choice of any book or publication ) and anyone who has read that knows they are correct on any given issue. If you are truly interested in diversity of thought you must realize that everyone has had a very different backgound. If you logically support an idea or philosophy, it should be pretty easy to make a case for it. That's what I try to do now, and encourage others to do also. There are so many things all of you say that sound to me like chalk screeching on a chalkboard. I couldnt possibly reply rationally without a staff, so I just don't reply.

The whole Cellar "thing" isnt about just debate either. There are some very creative and funny people in this membership. I've learned a lot and had some really good laughs.<br><br>

And....anytime you use the word "spew", you know I'm going to attach <a href="http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/21b7c626/bc/spew.wav?bcTsV99AmQhAsQVg">this clip </a> to it.

True dat. Now that Cairo has resorted to name-calling in pretty much every post, I feel kinda dumb for sticking up for her.

And now it turns out Radar is even worse about it. Feel free to stick around as long as you want, man. Feel free to talk to the walls as well; you may get more of a response from them.

By the way, how was <B>the convention</B>?

ill keep that in mind. :)

~james