Yeah, the thing about mmo's is that they are designed to keep you playing as long as possible and really do a number on perfectionists who HAVE to complete EVERYTHING.
richie2044: I visit LRC on a daily basis, and I enjoy much of the content that Lew provides. However, the cynicism and arrogance of some of the contributors is quite juvenile (similar to wasting time playing a video game). Perhaps the worst is Stephan Kinsella. He is constantly calling those people with whom he disagrees moronic. I find De Coster's commentary, most of the time, some of the best; but when she goes off on tangents such as this, I find it petty.
I visit LRC on a daily basis, and I enjoy much of the content that Lew provides. However, the cynicism and arrogance of some of the contributors is quite juvenile (similar to wasting time playing a video game). Perhaps the worst is Stephan Kinsella. He is constantly calling those people with whom he disagrees moronic. I find De Coster's commentary, most of the time, some of the best; but when she goes off on tangents such as this, I find it petty.
Kinsella has actually called people morons on LRC? Sources?
sicsempertyrannis: richie2044: I visit LRC on a daily basis, and I enjoy much of the content that Lew provides. However, the cynicism and arrogance of some of the contributors is quite juvenile (similar to wasting time playing a video game). Perhaps the worst is Stephan Kinsella. He is constantly calling those people with whom he disagrees moronic. I find De Coster's commentary, most of the time, some of the best; but when she goes off on tangents such as this, I find it petty. Yeah DiLorenzo does it too. His posts are frequently deleted. I think after the Ron Paul movement the quality of the website went in the toilet, although his hits have gone way up since then so I suppose others would disagree.
Yeah DiLorenzo does it too. His posts are frequently deleted. I think after the Ron Paul movement the quality of the website went in the toilet, although his hits have gone way up since then so I suppose others would disagree.
liberty student: sicsempertyrannis:Yeah DiLorenzo does it too. Mencken is an influence on DiLorenzo. Have you ever read Mencken? He was equivalent to the combined venom at LRC among all the contributors. Man, the C4L is there is you guys want a website with sunshine and koolaid.
sicsempertyrannis:Yeah DiLorenzo does it too.
Mencken is an influence on DiLorenzo. Have you ever read Mencken? He was equivalent to the combined venom at LRC among all the contributors.
Man, the C4L is there is you guys want a website with sunshine and koolaid.
My favorite online shop: www.cafepress.com/libertyphile
DarkCatalyst:Oh, I certainly didn't mean to insult anybody or pass judgement on what someone chooses to do in his free time. "To each his own" ya know? I probably wouldn't have posted if I didn't quit WoW just a couple weeks ago. Sitting down and realizing I had 3 80's and 3 characters in their 70's was a shocker.
I have 2 80's, 3 in the 70's, and 3 in the 60's. I 'quit' not too long ago too; Lasted almost three months, until I realized that I missed it. The key is to play in moderation imo.
"Constitution worship is our most extended public political ritual, frequently supervised as often by mountebanks as by the sincere"-James J Martin
Daniel: Example please?
You want me to find a deleted blog post? I dont recall dates but its happened a couple times this year. I will see an entry that is 'next' in the blog, click on it, and its not there. Using google to search for the blog entry (the cache wont show the whole post) I can see that nearly all were his posts. There was another post that wasnt his (dont recall whos) that had some 9/11 Truther stuff. Usually the DiLorenzo posts that are deleted seen to be him shooting off about some one, calling them names.
Semper Fidelis
Sorry, but I really don't care what she thinks about what I should be doing with my time. If she doesn't like games, so be it. None of her business what other people do with their time, whether it's "productive" in her estimation or not. As if we live only to produce. Must be some bizarre Calvinist mentality.
To darkness I condemn you...
Jon Irenicus:As if we live only to produce. Must be some bizarre Calvinist mentality.
That's sorta funny, because sometimes I get the vibe from Gary North that we only live to produce. lol
If you find something evil that wobbles, push it. - Gary North
Jon Irenicus:Sorry, but I really don't care what she thinks about what I should be doing with my time. If she doesn't like games, so be it. None of her business what other people do with their time, whether it's "productive" in her estimation or not. As if we live only to produce. Must be some bizarre Calvinist mentality.
Stephan Kinsella examples:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/027427.html
http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/09/08/glenn-beck-is-a-moron-compare-him-to-judge-napolitano/
http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/08/22/chartiers-conscience-of-an-anarchist/
http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/08/04/drucker-is-a-moron/
http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/09/labels/
http://www.stephankinsella.com/2009/07/05/statism-in-libertarian-thinking-2/
http://www.stephankinsella.com/2005/02/24/stupid-email-signatures-and-quote-marks/
Many more exist. In my opinion, these are tactics employed by statists, and most often by leftists. No, I do not want LRC to be one big happy, joy joy site; however, simply calling a person a moron does not win an argument. I prefer to see substantive content (with a little cynicism and sarcasm thrown in), not the ridiculous emotionalism that litters Marxist and right-wing blogs.
I love LRC blogs but I wish they would stop with the name calling and 'cute' nicknames. (gunverment, obamessiah etc.). It really makes them look much less credible.
liberty student: Ah, go easy on Stephan. He's trying his best. I've had my run ins with him on some topics, but he's a good person. And frankly, some people are morons.
An oft forgotten fact of the world.
Plus, I'm of the belief that polite debate is a waste of time, it's the militants who seem to get places. Besides, how can you politely 'debate' anything with people who not only claim, for example, that our current financial crisis is due to a lack of regulation, but also that the banking industry is a free market? It would take a year or more to list all the state and federal regulatory agencies with oversight and powers over banking and finance. These people are either willfully or blissfully detached from reality to such a severe degree that a debate with a street schitzo as to which pope he's really talking to would be more productive. Such people don't deserve politeness, especially after one or two polite attempts to bring them around to reality are made. They deserve derrision and abuse, nothing more.
xahrx: Plus, I'm of the belief that polite debate is a waste of time, They deserve derrision and abuse, nothing more.
Plus, I'm of the belief that polite debate is a waste of time, They deserve derrision and abuse, nothing more.
I see giving those kind of people abuse and whatnot is a waste of time also. I mean what does it accomplish besides possibly giving you an ego boost that you told someone who you were unable to communicate with that he's an idiot? Working on communication skills is a much better idea.
Libertarianism doesn't mean you have to be a nice guy.
'It is difficult to imagine any normal person wishing to meet Marx for a third time.' - Alexander Gray, The Socialist Tradition
I can only imagine what Kinsella and others go through when it comes to statist 'arguments'. Just from being around my friends and casually browsing the internet, I can easily find enough moronic posts/videos/comment to seriously challenge my sanity.
Publishing books? Forget about it!
I can sympathize with those who don't have the patience to refute the same, obviously flawed statist nonsense 10x over, or for those who don't have the patience to reply civilly to those who clearly haven't read their books on the topic.
Can you imagine how frustrated one could get? It doesnt necessarily excuse such lowbrow behavior, but I can't honestly say I would do any better in their position.
filc: kefka888: FF3 = best rpg of all time.
kefka888:
FF3 = best rpg of all time.
Second or third best
But it's actually called FFVI
The difference between libertarianism and socialism is that libertarians will tolerate the existence of a socialist community, but socialists can't tolerate a libertarian community.
Thedesolateone: filc: kefka888: FF3 = best rpg of all time. Second or third best But it's actually called FFVI
Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that FF7 is the best
Actually VIII is. VII does have a sexier antagonist though as far as I'm concerned (and I don't mean Jenova... )
Jon Irenicus:Actually VIII is. VII does have a sexier antagonist though as far as I'm concerned (and I don't mean Jenova... )
LOL.
Schools are labour camps.
Seph:Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that FF7 is the best
Fired!
Statism is a religion.
6 is my favorite with 7 being a close second. I enjoyed 8 mostly because I was able to relate to the main character so strongly. Though I do think the game dragged on for too long. I never even finished it because I got bored somewhere in disc 3.
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