RANT: i am obese and on a phone

[PowderMonkey]

What.

What?

It's valid English, what's the problemo?

[mjw8204]

Neither am I, but people find a way

[kvk1]

Some people - or many of them - can't make the separation between "I don't like/agree with it" and "there should be a law against it."

For me, it comes down to a few basic principles:

1. People supporting discrimination throughout the past have been shown to be on the wrong side of history. Think Civil Rights Movement era.

2. I believe the constitution is intended to protect rights, not deny them (for those proposing a constitutional amendment to ban it)

3. I don't think it's the government's place or business to tell people who they can't or can't marry.

Also, the "threat to the institution of marriage" argument holds absolutely no weight because the institution itself has been mostly in shambles for years. If people are so concerned about "protecting" marriage, they should be focused on the reasons why marriages fail.

It's one thing to be uncomfortable with it or think it's "icky" or whatever, but that doesn't give them the right to make the decision for someone else.

Also, I don't really give a sh*t either way. There are far more pressing matters to deal with right now and gay marriage seems like a silly point of contention.

Too long.

Nobody is going to read that.

Just post this:



Edit: lmao

[mjw8204]

I've had to do it twice at work.

That sucks. I've driven all the way home from work on my lunch break just so I didn't have to do it at work.

Wait, what are we talking about?

[Farley1324]

Some people - or many of them - can't make the separation between "I don't like/agree with it" and "there should be a law against it."

For me, it comes down to a few basic principles:

1. People supporting discrimination throughout the past have been shown to be on the wrong side of history. Think Civil Rights Movement era.

2. I believe the constitution is intended to protect rights, not deny them (for those proposing a constitutional amendment to ban it)

3. I don't think it's the government's place or business to tell people who they can't or can't marry.

Also, the "threat to the institution of marriage" argument holds absolutely no weight because the institution itself has been mostly in shambles for years. If people are so concerned about "protecting" marriage, they should be focused on the reasons why marriages fail.

It's one thing to be uncomfortable with it or think it's "icky" or whatever, but that doesn't give them the right to make the decision for someone else.

Also, I don't really give a sh*t either way. There are far more pressing matters to deal with right now and gay marriage seems like a silly point of contention.

I agree.

But if the religious die-hards could just stop trying to control the lives of others there wouldn't really need to be any resources put forth to allow gay marriage. It's a very simple thing. It really is. A lot of what must be dealt with is not. Gun control is not simple (though I think it's much less complex than many make it). The budget/what we spend how much money on is not simple. Taxation is not simple. Allowing people to marry who they want...what the fuk is so complicated about that?

[mjw8204]

I agree.

But if the religious die-hards could just stop trying to control the lives of others there wouldn't really need to be any resources put forth to allow gay marriage. It's a very simple thing. It really is. A lot of what must be dealt with is not. Gun control is not simple (though I think it's much less complex than many make it). The budget/what we spend how much money on is not simple. Taxation is not simple. Allowing people to marry who they want...what the fuk is so complicated about that?

I still haven't decided who the biggest hypocrites in the political spectrum are, but the "religious right" has to be among the worst. They advocate small government but are more than willing to use government as an instrument of discrimination.

[Farley1324]

I still haven't decided who the biggest hypocrites in the political spectrum are, but the "religious right" has to be among the worst. They advocate small government but are more than willing to use government as an instrument of discrimination.

I know, I know.

Their intolerant views did a great job of driving me away to the Libertarians.

I can't go to any firearms related activities or groups down here without dealing with them, and it usually finds a way to come up.

For the sake of the Republican party (to the extent I give a damn) I hope they can find a way to distance themselves from this crap...but then we had Rick Santorum and the like...so stupid

We need more fukking Libertarians.

[Final_Rep]

Went and saw Jack Reacher.

There was a scene in which he was being set up to take the fall for a woman's murder, and the police officer was all like, "who could kill this woman with a single punch?!" and the hotel clerk who was helping the cop was all like, "check out this guy in such and such room" and he was talking about Tom Cruise.

I LOL'd.

Apparently nobody else caught it, or found it funny, in the theater though.

/awkwardmomentwhenyouaretheonlyonelaughinginthethea terbecauseamoviesaidtomcruisecouldkillsomeonewitho nepunch

Otherwise, the movie had enjoyable one-liners.

[Dominik]

I still don't get why they cast a short actor to play a character that is 6'5". Even worse is that he has an ego which made him believe he was right for the part.

[therorschach]

I still don't get why they cast a short actor to play a character that is 6'5". Even worse is that he has an ego which made him believe he was right for the part.

Guess you could say they were.......................... ........... . ...... . ..................................Reaching.

[Farley1324]

Kroger brand chocolate milk + a pile of double chocolate Milano cookies. mm-mmm-GOOD

[Final_Rep]

I still don't get why they cast a short actor to play a character that is 6'5".

This film was produced by Tom Cruise, FYI.

[im2manly]

Lol you guys and your doltish and injudicious views on politics and the constitution always brighten my day =-D

[ossizen]

Why are people "fighting" for gay marriage? Marriage in and of itself is NOT a constitutional right. Why should gay marriage be any different?

[ossizen]

I had some fun with this one.

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[Farley1324]

Why are people "fighting" for gay marriage? Marriage in and of itself is NOT a constitutional right. Why should gay marriage be any different?

Exactly.

It shouldn't be any different.

That's the point.

[Lencho]

Lol you guys and your doltish and injudicious views on politics and the constitution always brighten my day =-D

stfu

[im2manly]

stfu

How about YOU STFU friend?

[Lencho]

I don't know. I could see it going either way, for a variety of reasons.

I don't know. At the outset, I couldn't see it not rising. But, there are a lot of other factors involved in the decrease back when the majority of states went back to 21.

Not as sure as I was before.

[Final_Rep]

Lol you guys and your doltish and injudicious views on politics and the constitution always brighten my day =-D

A man, let us call him a man of some modicum of class, and let us furthermore call him a man of interest in ass to mouthly action, should never take pleasure in the inefficacy of his fellow humans, especially those which live and breathe the same patriotic red-white-and-blue blood that he does, given that he may not always understand this during his typical New Jersey binge drinking adventures during which he cannot fathom the basic essentials of things like not peeing in his own closet while thinking he was in fact in his toilet and not playing house-man-wife-of-honor during the large percentage of his outings and social engagements.

Cliffs: eat. my. ass.

[Lencho]

How about YOU STFU friend?

gtfo

[im2manly]

gtfo

Smd

[Lencho]

A man, let us call him a man of some modicum of class, and let us furthermore call him a man of interest in ass to mouthly action, should never take pleasure in the inefficacy of his fellow humans, especially those which live and breathe the same patriotic red-white-and-blue blood that he does, given that he may not always understand this during his typical New Jersey binge drinking adventures during which he cannot fathom the basic essentials of things like not peeing in his own closet while thinking he was in fact in his toilet and not playing house-man-wife-of-honor during the large percentage of his outings and social engagements.

stfu

[Lencho]

Smd

Lmb

[Final_Rep]

stfu

utfs

[therorschach]

[im2manly]

A man, let us call him a man of some modicum of class, and let us furthermore call him a man of interest in ass to mouthly action, should never take pleasure in the inefficacy of his fellow humans, especially those which live and breathe the same patriotic red-white-and-blue blood that he does, given that he may not always understand this during his typical New Jersey binge drinking adventures during which he cannot fathom the basic essentials of things like not peeing in his own closet while thinking he was in fact in his toilet and not playing house-man-wife-of-honor during the large percentage of his outings and social engagements.

Cliffs: eat. my. ass.

I cringed, for you, while reading this (srs).

[Final_Rep]

I cringed, for you, while reading this (srs).

Your attempt to belittle my handily handing you of your ass is yet another failure in a long string of post failures, friend.

[Lencho]

utfs

Calm down, pal.

[Lencho]

Your attempt to belittle my handily handing you of your ass is yet another failure in a long string of post failures, friend.

I'm kinda with manly on this one.