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Old 01-07-2008, 09:58 PM   #1
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So am I.
I don't consider people who are routinely rude to be nice people. Sorry Radar.

Actually I'm not really sorry at all. It just seemed appropriate to say so.
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Old 01-07-2008, 11:03 PM   #2
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I don't consider people who are routinely rude to be nice people. Sorry Radar.

Actually I'm not really sorry at all. It just seemed appropriate to say so.
I'm nice to nice people. My family, friends, and co-workers think I'm delightful.
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Old 01-07-2008, 09:44 PM   #3
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Yea, other than being able to sense the impending arrival of a helicopter he was an idiot. Good point.
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Old 01-07-2008, 09:56 PM   #4
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Yea, other than being able to sense the impending arrival of a helicopter he was an idiot. Good point.
You obviously never spent much time actually watching the show.

The character of Radar was percieved as a country bumpkin with no brains, but one should never confuse naivety with stupidity. This was the case with Radar and is in general a good rule of thumb to live by.

Incidentally, one of the reasons for MASH's overwhelming success was the depth of the characters. Those who didn't pay enough attention probably never really got that part of it though.
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Old 01-07-2008, 11:07 PM   #5
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You obviously never spent much time actually watching the show.

The character of Radar was percieved as a country bumpkin with no brains, but one should never confuse naivety with stupidity. This was the case with Radar and is in general a good rule of thumb to live by.

Incidentally, one of the reasons for MASH's overwhelming success was the depth of the characters. Those who didn't pay enough attention probably never really got that part of it though.
I got the name Radar when I was in high school and college and I looked very much like Gary Burghoff (Radar on M*A*S*H). I won thousands of dollars in several Halloween costume contests merely by putting on the uniform, hat, and glasses and carrying a teddybear.

When in college I wore more of a black hat in the I.T. world than I do now. Now it's normally a white hat, but occasionally gray.
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Old 01-07-2008, 10:06 PM   #6
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Old 01-07-2008, 11:04 PM   #7
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Old 01-08-2008, 08:57 AM   #8
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OK, I gotta ask. What does that mean?
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Old 01-08-2008, 11:06 AM   #9
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OK, I gotta ask. What does that mean?
I think there was a long debate about the interpretation of the word "of" in one of the clauses of the constitution of the United States of America.

Whether by being "in" the US you became one of the the people "of" the US.

It was about this time I glazed over and remembered why I left academic philosophy.

Then they started arguing abut a comma, and I went into a coma.
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Then they started arguing abut a comma, and I went into a coma.
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Old 01-08-2008, 12:11 AM   #11
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Weird....

I actually didn't win the celebrity contest (I lost to Jesus, what the fuck is up with that!!!) but a lot of people comment on how I look like a certain high school drama character...
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Old 01-08-2008, 12:11 AM   #12
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Let it go man. Move on. I've already proven it applies only to slaves. Better luck next time.
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Old 01-08-2008, 08:43 AM   #13
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Old 01-08-2008, 12:30 PM   #14
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You've got nothing, eh?
Nothing other than proving that the clause can ONLY refer to slaves many times, showing that you are wrong many times, showing not only the Constitution itself which proves me right, but also providing other information which I don't need, but which shows the Supreme Court, Every law school, every Constitutional scholar, and the writings of the founders themselves declaring that it refers ONLY to slaves.
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Old 01-08-2008, 12:37 PM   #15
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Nothing other than proving that the clause can ONLY refer to slaves many times, showing that you are wrong many times, showing not only the Constitution itself which proves me right, but also providing other information which I don't need, but which shows the Supreme Court, Every law school, every Constitutional scholar, and the writings of the founders themselves declaring that it refers ONLY to slaves.
But wait, you claimed you are a Constitutional scholar!
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