Fail Quotes

[MrBogosity]

Can you expand on that ? Because I can't seem to find a link about it ... Thanks.

You know, that whole business with the hemlock?

[MrBogosity]

 Wow, somewhatsaint has gone off the whole "Your logic isn't my logic" deep end:

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(Responding to ElectricQualia's thread beginning, "the government is not a hypothesis.")

[AdeptusHereticus]

You know, that whole business with the hemlock?

So it has something to do with his trial then ? I just read the wikipedia page about it but still don't get where you're going ... I don't know anything about Socrates really. I heard about the trial in the past, but that's as far as it goes ...

[MrBogosity]

So it has something to do with his trial then ? I just read the wikipedia page about it but still don't get where you're going ... I don't know anything about Socrates really. I heard about the trial in the past, but that's as far as it goes ...

The majority voted that he should be executed for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the gods, and for corrupting the minds of the youth. Socrates relented basically as a middle finger to democracy, saying the world was not fit for him to live in anymore because of it.

[Travis Retriever]

The majority voted that he should be executed for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the gods, and for corrupting the minds of the youth. Socrates relented basically as a middle finger to democracy, saying the world was not fit for him to live in anymore because of it.

Reminds me of that "I don't want to live on this planet anymore" bit from Farnsworth.  Well played Socrates. RIP.

[AdeptusHereticus]

The majority voted that he should be executed for refusing to acknowledge the existence of the gods, and for corrupting the minds of the youth. Socrates relented basically as a middle finger to democracy, saying the world was not fit for him to live in anymore because of it.

Oh I get it now ! You're saying that since democracy is flawed, mandatory voting will only exacerbates those flaws ... Is that it or am I too far off ?

[MrBogosity]

Oh I get it now ! You're saying that since democracy is flawed, mandatory voting will only exacerbates those flaws ... Is that it or am I too far off ?

I was thinking a little more direct than that: if Obombya forces everyone to vote, he might not like the result!

[AdeptusHereticus]

Well, I was definitely reading too much into that one ...

[Travis Retriever]

Wow, somewhatsaint has gone off the whole "Your logic isn't my logic" deep end:

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(Responding to ElectricQualia's thread beginning, "the government is not a hypothesis.")

Added my 2 cents as well.

[Dallas Wildman]

Well, I was definitely reading too much into that one ...

Neither was I exactly sure what he was referring to in that tidbit.

[Travis Retriever]

Classy...

[AnCap Dave]

[Dallas Wildman]

House Judiciary somehow thinks it's getting all "hip" and "cool" with this article:

http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=62B4FDF5-C8F8-4674-9C2B-08E9A0E7E908

[AdeptusHereticus]

House Judiciary somehow thinks it's getting all "hip" and "cool" with this article:

http://judiciary.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=62B4FDF5-C8F8-4674-9C2B-08E9A0E7E908

That Britney gif though ...

But I see that it's easy to get a clown license nowadays, which is nice.

Do these guys have some credibility or nobody cares ?

[Dallas Wildman]

That Britney gif though ...

But I see that it's easy to get a clown license nowadays, which is nice.

Do these guys have some credibility or nobody cares ?

More or less, they're one of the committees the media pays more attention to (Ways and Means committee comes in second).  That doesn't mean much when it comes to credibility.