"Ground Zero" mosque approved, Obama supports

[Dyakovo]

Fair enough.

Hmm... I wonder what you would say if I said the Bible and the Qur'an are the same book.

I'd say that you are wrong.

I know, right? Are you Muslim?

Nope. Nor am I christian.

[The Rich Port]

Depends. Is your name Jorge Luis Borges?

I could be related to him. And he is one of my idols. . Why?

Nope. Nor am I christian.

Nah, just checking. You seemed a bit... defensive back thar.

[Xsyne]

Depends. Is your name Jorge Luis Borges?

I could be related to him. And he is one of my idols. . Why?

One of his stories, I can't remember which, contains a line that, roughly paraphrased, goes "All books are the same book."

[Geniasis]

Depends. Is your name Jorge Luis Borges?

I could be related to him. And he is one of my idols. . Why?

One of his stories, I can't remember which, contains a line that, roughly paraphrased, goes "All books are the same book."

The implications then of Twilight compared to Crime and Punishment are disturbing.

[The Rich Port]

Depends. Is your name Jorge Luis Borges?

I could be related to him. And he is one of my idols. . Why?

One of his stories, I can't remember which, contains a line that, roughly paraphrased, goes "All books are the same book."

Come to think of it, I think I AM him. Or maybe I'm his re-incarnation. Nah, maybe I'm just T.S. Eliot re-incarnated. And even then, HOLY SHIT I JUST WINRAR AGAIN.

[Farnhamia]

Depends. Is your name Jorge Luis Borges?

I could be related to him. And he is one of my idols. . Why?

One of his stories, I can't remember which, contains a line that, roughly paraphrased, goes "All books are the same book."

Come to think of it, I think I AM him. Or maybe I'm his re-incarnation. Nah, maybe I'm just T.S. Eliot re-incarnated. And even then, HOLY SHIT I JUST WINRAR AGAIN.

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

[Strykla]

Depends. Is your name Jorge Luis Borges?

I could be related to him. And he is one of my idols. . Why?

One of his stories, I can't remember which, contains a line that, roughly paraphrased, goes "All books are the same book."

Come to think of it, I think I AM him. Or maybe I'm his re-incarnation. Nah, maybe I'm just T.S. Eliot re-incarnated. And even then, HOLY SHIT I JUST WINRAR AGAIN.

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

The eyes are not here
There are no eyes here
In this valley of dying stars
In this hollow valley
This broken jaw of our lost kingdoms
-Eliot
Didn't you realize that before?

[The Rich Port]

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

[Dyakovo]

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

The Eliot family from St. Louis presumably...

[Xsyne]

Depends. Is your name Jorge Luis Borges?

I could be related to him. And he is one of my idols. . Why?

One of his stories, I can't remember which, contains a line that, roughly paraphrased, goes "All books are the same book."

Come to think of it, I think I AM him.

I believe that's what the line immediately after says.

[Farnhamia]

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

The Eliot family from St. Louis presumably...

"Eliot was born into the Eliot family, originally from New England, who had moved to St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Henry Ware Eliot (1843–1919), was a successful businessman, president and treasurer of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St. Louis. His mother, Charlotte Champe Stearns (1843–1929), wrote poems and was a social worker. Eliot was the last of six surviving children; his parents were both 44 years old when he was born. His four sisters were between 11 and 19 years older; his brother was eight years older. Known to family and friends as Tom, he was the namesake of his maternal grandfather Thomas Stearns."

[Rambhutan]

This is the way the world ends: This is the way the world ends: Not with a bang but a whimper.

[Xsyne]

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

A baseball team best known for having lost every game they've ever played, perhaps because they keep asking themselves if they dare to hit a pitch.

[Hyde2]

Terrorists merely have the power to do minor and casual damage to some people, destroy some property, but have little power over our ideals...

How the fuck could you even think this. You literally have to wish away the effect 9/11 had on geopolitics to think this (which is infinitely more devastating than people opposing a building), again, you actually have to be insane to think this. Well not insane, it's just partisan bullshit obviously, it helps make you look better, and your opposition worse.

[Hyde2]

This is a bad comparison. An accurate comparison would be a situation where a group of Baghdad Christian Arabs wanted to build a Church near where Americans killed people.

No, that's not an accurate comparison, because in order for that to be true, then Feisal Abdul Rauf would have to be a white non-immigrant American, which is completely false.

[Farnhamia]

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

A baseball team best known for having lost every game they've ever played, perhaps because they keep asking themselves if they dare to hit a pitch.

[Hyde2]

1) that's a weird thing to care about.

How is that remotely weird?

B) offending the people offended by this is the right thing to do.

Bullshit.

[The Norwegian Blue]

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

A baseball team best known for having lost every game they've ever played, perhaps because they keep asking themselves if they dare to hit a pitch.

Hee. Nicely done.

[Enadail]

Terrorists merely have the power to do minor and casual damage to some people, destroy some property, but have little power over our ideals...

How the fuck could you even think this. You literally have to wish away the effect 9/11 had on geopolitics to think this (which is infinitely more devastating than people opposing a building), again, you actually have to be insane to think this. Well not insane, it's just partisan bullshit obviously, it helps make you look better, and your opposition worse.

So you're saying that terrorists do have control over our ideals? How so?

This is a bad comparison. An accurate comparison would be a situation where a group of Baghdad Christian Arabs wanted to build a Church near where Americans killed people.

No, that's not an accurate comparison, because in order for that to be true, then Feisal Abdul Rauf would have to be a white non-immigrant American, which is completely false.

The fact that he's an immigrant is irrelevant, as we don't treat immigrated Americans different from non-immigrant Americans. Of course, if you wanna pick out tiny details like that, no analogy/comparison would ever work... there's a reason its a comparison and not an exact equivalent.

[Hyde2]

So you're saying that terrorists do have control over our ideals? How so?

No, I didn't say that. Events have drastic effects over peoples ideals, and can be one of the most powerful sparks, from bloody Sunday in Russia, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, all the way to 9/11. I cannot believe anyone would have the audacity to call it 'causal, minor damage'.

The fact that he's an immigrant is irrelevant, as we don't treat immigrated Americans different from non-immigrant Americans.

No, it's not irrelevant because it makes his comparison bullshit, he deliberately made those Christians Arab natives, which subtly changes the context, if it didn't mean anything, why the fuck would he mention it, and why the fuck would he say my comparison is wrong?

[Dyakovo]

The fact that he's an immigrant is irrelevant, as we don't treat immigrated Americans different from non-immigrant Americans.

No, it's not irrelevant because it makes his comparison bullshit, he deliberately made those Christians Arab natives, which subtly changes the context, if it didn't mean anything, why the fuck would he mention it, and why the fuck would he say my comparison is wrong?

Where exactly did he specify that they were natives?

[The Rich Port]

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

The Eliot family from St. Louis presumably...

"Eliot was born into the Eliot family, originally from New England, who had moved to St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Henry Ware Eliot (1843–1919), was a successful businessman, president and treasurer of the Hydraulic-Press Brick Company in St. Louis. His mother, Charlotte Champe Stearns (1843–1929), wrote poems and was a social worker. Eliot was the last of six surviving children; his parents were both 44 years old when he was born. His four sisters were between 11 and 19 years older; his brother was eight years older. Known to family and friends as Tom, he was the namesake of his maternal grandfather Thomas Stearns."

Why don't people just say "TS Eliot's family".

You're Tom Eliot? Of the St. Louis Eliots? So, did it really happen that you were seated at a dinner once and one of the people next to you anted to discuss the deficiencies of TS Eliot's poetry, and you held up your place-card to excuse yourself from the discussion?

If it involved a dark alley and an assault charge that I was acquited of due to lack of evidence, probably. Also, who the fuck are the St. Louis Eliots?

A baseball team best known for having lost every game they've ever played, perhaps because they keep asking themselves if they dare to hit a pitch.

... I don't think I got the joke. Besides, post-modernists pwned all of literature. They're awesome. At least, more awesome than those pansy Romantics.

[Hyde2]

The fact that he's an immigrant is irrelevant, as we don't treat immigrated Americans different from non-immigrant Americans.

No, it's not irrelevant because it makes his comparison bullshit, he deliberately made those Christians Arab natives, which subtly changes the context, if it didn't mean anything, why the fuck would he mention it, and why the fuck would he say my comparison is wrong?

Where exactly did he specify that they were natives?

He specified they were Arabs, the only way that could change anything is if there was an implication of them being native, otherwise, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference, and does nothing to undermine my comparison.

[Dyakovo]

The fact that he's an immigrant is irrelevant, as we don't treat immigrated Americans different from non-immigrant Americans.

No, it's not irrelevant because it makes his comparison bullshit, he deliberately made those Christians Arab natives, which subtly changes the context, if it didn't mean anything, why the fuck would he mention it, and why the fuck would he say my comparison is wrong?

Where exactly did he specify that they were natives?

He specified they were Arabs, the only way that could change anything is if there was an implication of them being native, otherwise, it doesn't make the slightest bit of difference, and does nothing to undermine my comparison.

So? Are all Arabs from Iraq?

[Hyde2]

So? Are all Arabs from Iraq?

Can you read the exchange before attempting to be a smart-ass:

Baghdad Christian Arabs