tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post7361743616425561093..comments2024-03-05T19:50:31.497-08:00Comments on World O' Crap: Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Oh, And A Bloody Sheet.Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-63408055058791491562011-01-14T15:15:14.945-08:002011-01-14T15:15:14.945-08:00I dunno, seems like the guy is saying all sex requ...I dunno, seems like the guy is saying all sex requires a license, and he damned sure wants to know <i>exactly</i> how yer doin' it so he can be in charge of denying licenses, which means no more gay sex, followed by de-gay-ification since ya can't have gay sex anymore, and then ponies and rainbows for everyone! Or some other fucking nonsense.StringonaSticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-24566072053442048672011-01-13T23:58:58.158-08:002011-01-13T23:58:58.158-08:00their marriage is contingent on their performing a...<i>their marriage is contingent on their performing a specific sexual act.<br /><br />Even if everyone believes that the fiction is real-- or be too afraid to say otherwise-- that does not make it less of a fiction. The world does not become flat just because everyone says it is.</i><br /><br />would be fun to ask him to reconcile those statements with the "virgin birth" just to watch his head go all 'splodey<br /><br /><i>It's just like our justice system, except with more sperm</i><br /><br />unless you wind up in front of that judge with the pen!s pump or clarence thomaspreznithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112468490241139292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-48686147184366851352011-01-13T17:39:17.651-08:002011-01-13T17:39:17.651-08:00Yes, orderly transfer of livestock IS what marriag...Yes, orderly transfer of livestock IS what marriage is all about and always has been: it's about shared, transferable property rights, dynastic continuity, agreements of mutual responsibility, and further orderly civil behavior. Children and dogs are property, of course, and wives were until very recently. <br /><br />Love? As the song asks: what's love got to do with it? <br /><br />Marriage is a cultural institution and can change as the culture sees fit. Modern culture, even in America, sees fit to count marriage as a civil right and gay people of equal importance and validity as the hetero-dominant members of society. There are pockets of very vocal resistance and willfully blind bigots who loudly proclaim otherwise. I wish they would STFU but know it will be a balmy day in Beelzabub's backyard before that happens.Butch Pansynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-63094411977229868672011-01-13T16:28:06.416-08:002011-01-13T16:28:06.416-08:00Um, see, the idea that marriage is about _companio...Um, see, the idea that marriage is about _companionship_ rather than reproduction is itself CENTURIES OLD -- and most of those centuries-old commenters themselves suggested that such a notion was, in fact, Biblically based. (John Milton comes to mind.) <br /><br />Someone should get around to telling "Dr." Schneiderman.FlipYrWhignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-13898196588870791792011-01-13T11:47:38.454-08:002011-01-13T11:47:38.454-08:00Hey, who says that gay couples CAN'T conceive ...Hey, who says that gay couples CAN'T conceive a child? Miracles have happened before, right? A gay or lesbian couple having a baby would qualify as a miracle, right? It hasn't happened yet, but maybe THIS time it will! Why does the good doctor want to subvert God's possible plan for miracles, huh?<br /><br />So! My gay friends, brothers and sisters, you must keep trying to have children! Try often, and in many different positions! It's your duty to God, country and the future of Marriage! Even if you never conceive a child, you are doing your part!Brian Schlosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03661141625930661327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-20493298951209988392011-01-13T11:26:11.357-08:002011-01-13T11:26:11.357-08:00I think you're right, it's got to be part ...I think you're right, it's <i>got</i> to be part of the liberal deinstitutionalization conspiracy.<br /><br />Worried Family Member: Um, Bobby has a large gun collection, and thinks the Department of Agriculture is controlling his mind with punctuation. Do you think maybe he should be admitted for psychiatric evaluation?<br /><br />Wingnut Psychotherapist: What? No! He's as sane as me!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-11111110852246230072011-01-13T11:18:01.985-08:002011-01-13T11:18:01.985-08:00What is it with all the crazy psychotherapists lat...What is it with all the crazy psychotherapists lately? Is this part of the liberal plan to stop putting the insane in instituations to they can shoot public figures - did the Left also let out the crazy therapists to they can write stupid columns and annoy everyone else?s.z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17693379731287413926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-36599813470396480242011-01-13T10:01:11.756-08:002011-01-13T10:01:11.756-08:00It's called "The Hammer Dulcimer" an...<i>It's called "The Hammer Dulcimer" and requires a penis, a vagina, three feet of twine, a quarter cup of waffle batter and a picture of Eve Arden.</i><br /><br />Only a quarter cup? Jeez, maybe you really ARE Scrooge McDuck - try to live a little, man! That's the point you want to be LEAST stingy with the waffle batter.Ugluks Fleahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07736087597235009092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-22705254519501351642011-01-13T06:57:42.139-08:002011-01-13T06:57:42.139-08:00What the hell. Is Logical Fallacy House having tw...What the hell. Is Logical Fallacy House having two for one specials on tautologies this week? Does this guy realize there is no primogeniture in the US, nor aristocracy either? Does he realize that with out dynasties, there is no need for dynastic marriage? Does he realize that laws are made by human beings and not handed down from on high?<br /><br />"Not to be too dramatic, but what happens to us when we are forced to accept that reality is what we say it is? What happens to us when we believe that we can change reality by controlling what people say and how they think?"<br /><br />We don't control reality by what we say and think. We control our perceptions of reality. And when we realize that, we realize that we are not bound by the prejudices of the past, and have no need to perpetuate injustice for the sake of tradition. That's what happens.77southnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-25094909424775991462011-01-13T06:48:38.397-08:002011-01-13T06:48:38.397-08:00Mr. Schneiderman? Okay, since you're a week la...Mr. Schneiderman? Okay, since you're a week late registering, the only two classes available are "Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy I" and "Elementary Logic". I'm sorry, which? Okay, we've got you down.James Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-63219718660694490332011-01-13T06:32:35.446-08:002011-01-13T06:32:35.446-08:00Also, I find I'm a little disappointed Stuart ...Also, I find I'm a little disappointed Stuart didn't tie this into the crazy guy with his "grammar is mind control" thing. "If the left hadn't been so busy convincing crazy guy that words--like marriage--have no objective meaning, he never would have killed anyone. But they knew that, so they did it on purpose so that they could pretend to be victims, confiscate our guns, put conservatives into reeducation camps, and incite violence against Sarah Palin, which is the only way to keep her from becoming president and making sure gay people stop kissing each other in public!"<br /><br />Hell, I'm not even a wingnut and I managed that A-->B-->873Potatoes in less than an hour. Surely he could have worked it up in time for his deadline? Alan Keyes will never hire a loser like that.D. Sidhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810866162936064310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-24349286237551047792011-01-13T05:11:23.634-08:002011-01-13T05:11:23.634-08:00Thank you for the laughs, Scott. A welcome antidot...Thank you for the laughs, Scott. A welcome antidote from a week spent staring at CSPAN and thinking about crazy people with guns. <br /><br />It was all lovely, but:<br /><br /><i>Courtesy is the new fascism.</i><br /><br />That's going on the sampler. (I'm pretty sure I caught Tim Pawlenty arguing that on the Daily Show. And, having seen him use the word "Effenheimer" in a sentence, I suddenly understand why a married guy is going out of his way to rebrand himself as straight. Which makes a nice segue.)<br /><br />In fact, Stuart is wrong. Not about the therapy thing, believe me I've had too much, but I don't see how Stuart can help that unless he has a time machine. But couples can get married if one of them is paralyzed, and incapable of piv sex. Men who are impotent can absolutely get married. And, hey, couples can also get married if one of them is in jail, and will never have a chance to consummate the marriage. Really, the only people who require piv sex (aside from certain pagan rituals) are those fuckers at the immigration office. Nobody else cares. <br /><br />I've known a few gay people who tried straight marriage for whatever reason and didn't consummate, either by design or because they couldn't force themselves into it. They were still married under the law, which actually doesn't have much to say about nullification of marriage.<br /><br />I suspect Stuart's problem is in starting with the assumption that he's right. Which would be okay if he was right.<br /><br />Does he know he doesn't actually legally have to attend weddings for gay couples? Really, he can probably just ignore gay couples. And does anyone have the impression he'd be any happier if they didn't actually get married but instead owned houses together and walked around hugging and kissing in public and showing off pictures of each other and their pets and kids, just like straight couples do? I bet he wouldn't.D. Sidhehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14810866162936064310noreply@blogger.com