I feel like somebody should know that I'm rather proud of that poast. If anyone has ever read the first paragraph of Lewis Thomas' "Notes on Punctuation" then my inspiration will be clear. For the philistine muck that is the populace of the SWVF of KMC however, I suppose I'll have to spoon feed you the reference:
There are no precise rules about punctuation (Fowler lays out some general advice (as best he can under the complex circumstances of English prose (he points out, for example, that we possess only four stops (the comma, the semicolon, the colon and the period (the question mark and exclamation point are not, strictly speaking, stops; they are indicators of tone (oddly enough, the Greeks employed the semicolon for their question mark (it produces a strange sensation to read a Greek sentence which is a straightforward question: Why weepest thou; (instead of Why weepest thou? (and, of course, there are parentheses (which are surely a kind of punctuation making this whole matter much more complicated by having to count up the left-handed parentheses in order to be sure of closing with the right number (but if the parentheses were left out, with nothing to work with but the stops we would have considerably more flexibility in the deploying of layers of meaning than if we tried to separate all the clauses by physical barriers (and in the latter case, while we might have more precision and exactitude for our meaning, we would lose the essential flavor of language, which is its wonderful ambiguity )))))))))))).
To be fair to GL and the movie-makers, the actors could not have performed any of the saber duels or stunts without weight in the props. If anyone during the editing process pointed this then it was rightfully overlooked. I know we all like to b*tch about the f*ckups Lucas and co. have done to Star Wars, but this is one where it should be let go.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
To be fair to GL and the movie-makers, the actors could not have performed any of the saber duels or stunts without weight in the props. If anyone during the editing process pointed this then it was rightfully overlooked. I know we all like to b*tch about the f*ckups Lucas and co. have done to Star Wars, but this is one where it should be let go.
But this ignores that a real lightsaber (😐) would have been unable to complete such an action.
You see how i are 😬
Originally posted by Red Nemesis
I don't read his posts. I just fill in "This person is on your Ignore List" with generic unpleasant idiocy. I saw Nep's post and figured it was a response to DS being a cock again. [/B]
I used to have RH on ignore for blatant and constant stupidity, but then I found him too humorous to ignore. And if making a joke means "being a jerk", then I am guilty as charged. I do realize that I'm dealing with a very passive, liberal, overly sensitive and confrontationally inept crowd so I expect such a response.
Btw, keep up the good psychoanalysis Veneficus, it's hilarious.
Originally posted by Red Nemesis
So we're being jerks to each other now?
Also, how are you going to claim you don't read my posts, and then post that? I understand your claim that you figured I was being a "cock" again, but unless you're a jedi or Ms. Cleo, it's unlikely that you would have thought I was being a cock to you unless you...Well....Read my post..Or you could be completely confused and read my post, respond to it, and remember too late that you are proud to go around and claim that you have me on ignore. The only thing you can claim is that when you said "we're", you were referring to all of us, rather than just you and me, in which case it would make your subsequent posts semi legitimate. Either way, you're funny.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Pretty much. Towards you as well.
For someone who has a difficult time debating with neophytes and at one point, was on ignore from most of the active participants, I find your attitude hilarious.
I would take you more seriously when you show yourself to be a competent person and not riding someone's jock straps.
For someone who has a difficult time debating with neophytes and at one point, was on ignore from most of the active participants, I find your attitude hilarious.
I'm struggling how this is relevant to what I said. I never was on ignore from anyone but you (Its ironic that you'd mention this becuase I believe you've been on ignore alot more than me and becuase I have in the past been implied to be 'unhate-ible'😉. And I wouldn't say I've ever 'struggled' with you.
But I still don't get how it can possibly be funny that I'm stating the fact that you were rude to RN. I was simply making it clear for him becuase he couldn't read it.
Originally posted by Nephthys
I'm struggling how this is relevant to what I said. I never was on ignore from anyone but you (Its ironic that you'd mention this becuase I believe you've been on ignore alot more than me and becuase I have in the past been implied to be 'unhate-ible'😉. And I wouldn't say I've ever 'struggled' with you.
But I still don't get how it can possibly be funny that I'm stating the fact that you were rude to RN. I was simply making it clear for him becuase he couldn't read it. [/B]