Fail Quotes

[Ibrahim90]

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There goes Claire again, demonstrating that she doesn't actually know anything about anything beyond geology and German music.

that's how you know I'm superior: I know about Geology, German music, AND the stuff she is attempting to talk about, but cannot.

[AnCap Dave]

Sorry Schiff, but Akin is not someone to defend.

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[evensgrey]

OK, there's a really simple principle here:  The rights of ACTUAL people must always take precedence over the rights of merely POTENTIAL people.  Akin doesn't understand that, and he falls down because of it.

[Goaticus]

OK, there's a really simple principle here:  The rights of ACTUAL people must always take precedence over the rights of merely POTENTIAL people.  Akin doesn't understand that, and he falls down because of it.

Not to mention he tried to obscure the biggest problem with a law banning abortion, conception in the case of rape, by lying about something that is a biological fact.

[AnCap Dave]

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Hey New Britain, you have a 48% truancy rate. There may be a reason for that other than just "they're just a bunch of worthless punks." Try making your schools actually worth going to.

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Hey New Britain, you have a 48% truancy rate. There may be a reason for that other than just "they're just a bunch of worthless punks." Try making your schools actually worth going to.

While you will always get a certain percentage of kids who will drop out no matter what anyone does, a 48% truancy rate can only mean that the adults of the community are doing something systematically wrong.  Either they're unusually incompetent parents, or they're electing systematically bad school board members/

[AnCap Dave]

While you will always get a certain percentage of kids who will drop out no matter what anyone does, a 48% truancy rate can only mean that the adults of the community are doing something systematically wrong.  Either they're unusually incompetent parents, or they're electing systematically bad school board members/

When almost half of the student body decides not to show up, it should be considered a complete admission of failure on the school's part.

[MrBogosity]

I'm reminded of the Stossel special where he covered a teacher noticing students at a school leaving after first period. When she asked them why, they told her that they went to first period because it was a good class, but left because the rest of them were useless and a waste of time. So these kids actually and deliberately got up early to attend the first class, because it was good, but thought nothing of skipping the bogus ones.

It's long past time we stop blaming the kids.

[AnCap Dave]

I'm reminded of the Stossel special where he covered a teacher noticing students at a school leaving after first period. When she asked them why, they told her that they went to first period because it was a good class, but left because the rest of them were useless and a waste of time. So these kids actually and deliberately got up early to attend the first class, because it was good, but thought nothing of skipping the bogus ones.

It's long past time we stop blaming the kids.

Or the parents, since they are the ones who will have to pay a fine.

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Or the parents, since they are the ones who will have to pay a fine.

No, bogus classes in school are still the fault of the parents (and the other adults in the community) because they elected the school board and the school board is responsible for making sure the schools work.  It may be that the teachers and/or curriculum is bad, or the schools have incompetent administrators, but the school board is responsible for overseeing all of that, and the adults in the community are responsible for who's on the school board.

This is PRECISELY the same root cause as the mess at every other government body in the US and many other countries (where there are elected bodies with any real power):  If you elect bad people to office, you're going to get bad results.  Every time.

[MrBogosity]

No, bogus classes in school are still the fault of the parents (and the other adults in the community) because they elected the school board

Yes, and elections are completely fair and candidates are never marginalized or favored by special interests.

This is PRECISELY the same root cause as the mess at every other government body in the US and many other countries (where there are elected bodies with any real power):  If you elect bad people to office, you're going to get bad results.  Every time.

Sorry, but I just don't go with this blame-the-victim stuff, and the implication that all we have to do is elect the right people and everything will be OK. It's the system that's broken, not the people.

[FSBlueApocalypse]

Just got banned from Gallifrey Base (major Doctor Who fan-board) for a week because I posted the new BBC America trailer for Series 7. The reason?

    Members are not permitted to post direct links to any site that presents unauthorized redistribution of copyrighted audio or video material.
    This means that direct links to YouTube, Dailymotion, or blog sites are only permitted if the audio or video material therein is presented by the owner (or holder of copyright) of the material.

[Ibrahim90]

Just got banned from Gallifrey Base (major Doctor Who fan-board) for a week because I posted the new BBC America trailer for Series 7. The reason?

I do not see the harm in doing that: after-all, the forum is a board for Dr. Who fans, who will doubtless spend time before the TV watching that very show anyways, thereby doing absolutely nothing to harm anyone's profits.

[MrBogosity]

Just got banned from Gallifrey Base (major Doctor Who fan-board) for a week because I posted the new BBC America trailer for Series 7. The reason?

Wow, that's dumb. Do they not realize that BBCA has the rights to post their own trailer?

[Lord T Hawkeye]

No, bogus classes in school are still the fault of the parents (and the other adults in the community) because they elected the school board and the school board is responsible for making sure the schools work.  It may be that the teachers and/or curriculum is bad, or the schools have incompetent administrators, but the school board is responsible for overseeing all of that, and the adults in the community are responsible for who's on the school board.

This is PRECISELY the same root cause as the mess at every other government body in the US and many other countries (where there are elected bodies with any real power):  If you elect bad people to office, you're going to get bad results.  Every time.

Looking at the track record, I'd say it's proof of how voting itself doesn't work.  Imagine if we had groccery voting, where everyone had to buy the brand voted for by the majority.  In the end, everyone walks away bitterly dissappointed.