h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Barb -
Barb and Az - ! and
Maybe we should give him a break. He probably thinks he's being devastatingly sarcastic...

Perhaps you may want to put forward a pont of discussion yourself? Trolling may offer short-term meaning, but ultimatelly you'll find the whole experience far from satisfying.

Neugen Amoeba,

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I follow this thread every day though I don't always post. Your response to my honest question - what is your point? - was incredibly rude, I must say. Which gives me no reason at all to take anything further you might like to say on this thread with any sort of consideration at all.

We are discussing the meaning of life because that is what this thread is called and that is why people feel interested to join in and offer their opinions and ideas on this topic. Because they have a personal interest in this idea and would like to discuss it.

If anyone is 'trolling' here, as you suggested earlier about a fellow researcher that the rest of us all respect, I would suggest it might be yourself. I don't actually see how you are adding to this thread. Which was why I asked you to explain your point, if you had one. You chose not to do this , you preferred to hurl abuse.

We probably don't actually need or want you here on this thread, Amoeba, though of course you are welcome to stay if you would adopt a few basic manners and would actually like to participate rather than just tell everyone else that they are full of sh*t.



az

"I follow this thread every day though I don't always post. Your response to my honest question - what is your point? - was incredibly rude, I must say. Which gives me no reason at all to take anything further you might like to say on this thread with any sort of consideration at all."

While getting all hot and bothered did you actualy respond to my request and read the back log? If you did you would have noticed that my response (which was reiterated) was to someone elses post relating to a "natural" opposition to human population expansion. It was arguing, using examples, that human population expansion DOES have a "natural" opponent: it's called prosperity.

"was incredibly rude, I must say"

Yes it was. But no not as rude as your statement dismissing my argument as "pontless" on the bases that you were too damn lazy to read the thread in full to realize what it was about. Even after I pointed out AGIN what the point of the discussion was, you STILL insist on claiming ignorance an instead pursue personal attacks.


"I don't actually see how you are adding to this thread.'

That's a problem which you may have to overcome by doing a bit of reading. Start with noticing that my "pointless" responses are infact addressing ACTUAL issues others raised and are doing so ina format consisting of raising an alternate point of view and justifying it with ACTUAL examples. Something which I haven't seen form you!


"Which was why I asked you to explain your point, if you had one. You chose not to do this , you preferred to hurl abuse."

And I responded, reiterating the point I made earlier. And you STILL
continue to ignore that point in the interest of hurling abuse at me. Hypocricy anyone?


"... actually like to participate rather than just tell everyone else that they are full of sh*t."

The way I see it, I'm the one who is actually replying to issues raised on this tread while others are calling my response "crap" and "pointless". Semms people don't like to have their arguments questioned to any extent....

Well, if you think that, why don't you just go?

Ameoba

Redundant - look it up

Barb

Lighten up willya?

"Well, if you think that, why don't you just go?"

What an argument!?

Have you ever been to the US? There are many conservatives or republicans who strongly support Bush. There are also many, many people who oppose Bush and his policies. Whenever a Bush opponent raises a logical argument opposing any of Bush's policies, the majority of Bush's supporters reply: "well, if you don't like it, why don't you just leave?"

So that begs the question: if you don't like living under the authority of your parents, why don't you leave?

"Redundant - look it up"

hypocrisy - you try looking it up.

neugen amoeba,

In fact I did read all of the backlog and - sorry - did not find it terribly interesting. Oh well!

I also said that because of your rudeness that I would no longer take anything you post into consideration. And I meant that.

So, post away!

I will no longer read your stuff - perhaps others here will.

bye,
az

Hi Az

I think that's a good idea...Maybe if we ignore it, it will go away
B

Now where were we?
Barb

Now where were we?
Barb

I'm not entirely sure. I was about to respond to the Amoeba's post, but after due consideration, I won't.

"I think that's a good idea...Maybe if we ignore it, it will go away"

Funny, that's the same attitude supporters of Bush are taking towards the negative consequences of Bush's policies: unemployment, war, threats of terrorism. Beside telling people who object to these policies to leave the country, that is.

Perhaps it's not war or famine that will end humanity, but ignorance? People who attempt to point these things out (the ones who *didn't* leave the country) will be "ignored". After all, how rude was it of them to even suggest that they were wrong!

The meaning of life?
IMO
Give your life meaning , that will become the meaning of life for you.
There is no "one meaning fits all"

*NOW ...going to read the backlog to see what the heck happened*

Neugen Amoeba without having read any backlog YET.
I agree there are;
"negative consequences of Bush's policies"
The comfort with ignorance and discomfort with discussion is not a good sign for anyone.

There or here

read the backlog
That was a sad deteriation of an intelligent conversation.


Another one bites the dust.
and another one down, and another one down

hi abbi,

well, you might have shown up a couple of pages ago and helped it along.

just stopping by now and saying 'another one bites the dust' serves what purpose exactly?

az

Well, it brings it back into my mind. I'm going to be humming it all evening mentally. Probably have a dream about eating dirt, too.
(a bit normal - for a second there it looked like it was going to turn into another "What's Wrong With Americans". Phew.)