Santa vs St Nick

[Lord Jim]

"Magical thinking" would be head and shoulders above "stupid thinking" which is what you generally bring to the table around here, you soulless piece of work...

[MajGenl.Meade]

I'm sure you posted that without realising I had just posted...

[Sean]

Are you Meade? Are you really sure?

[Lord Jim]

Yes Maggie, I intended that observation to be to directed to Ebenezer Rube, not you...

[MajGenl.Meade]

Phew! It was the "soul-less" that caused me to wonder - up until then I was nodding in agreement

[oldr_n_wsr]

I believe in Santa Claus, St Nick, Father Christmas and/or whatever other name he goes by. I think everyone who spreads that little extra joy around has a piece of Santa in them that they freely give away. Merry Christmas to all. Enjoy the season and spread the joy to all you meet.

[Beer Sponge]

Completely agree with oldr. Merry Christmas all!

[MajGenl.Meade]

BORN TO RUM


To Mrs. George G. Meade

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, January 14, 1865.

I am sorry to hear what you write people say of Grant, because it is unjust, and I do not approve of injustice to any one. Indeed, I have heard of no scandal involving cigars and one of his female admirers, though many such present boxes to him, just as I told you Mrs. Lyman had recently supplied me. I can scarce imagine of what these rumours consist, since your circumlocutory enquiry offers no guidance. The public obsession with gossiping Grant’s every move or utterance, and now his smoking habits, is entirely repugnant to me.

I have observed that of late he has managed to seat himself on horseback without undue incident, insofar as this year is concerned at least. Warren passed on to me that during my absence in Philadelphia, Grant has much improved his manufacture of toothpicks. He applies his knife and reduces any handy piece of wood to splinters, all the while muttering under his breath and glancing malevolently at Rawlins. Ibegin to doubt Warren, for he also is the source of a story that Grant, returned briefly home for Christmas and eager for the visit of St. Nicholas, nailed to his mantelpiece an empty whisky crate. This is patently ridiculous and baseless for Mrs. Grant would never countenance such damage to the furnishings.

Grant undoubtedly has lost prestige, owing to his failure to accomplish more, but as I know it has not been in his power to do so, I cannot approve of unmerited censure, any more than I approved of the fulsome praise showered on him before the campaign commenced. It is clear that Fortune attends him in this campaign. Even his frequent tendency to stagger to his left has served him well, as Lee, being a gentleman, has not yet determined this to be a permanency of Grant’s locomotion. He is forced to maintain a watch also upon our right flank, not crediting that a lurch in that direction is as little likely as Senator Chandler embracing me in the second parlor at Willard’s.

It is hardly necessary I should tell you how much I have suffered since I left you. All I can do is earnestly to pray God to have mercy on dear Sergeant and yourself, and to give you strength to bear up under the affliction you are visited with. My heart is too full to write more

[rubato]

Just another opportunity for mindless shitheels to spew mindless shit.

Not even very interesting.


N. Korea is an example of religious ultra-orthodoxy just as the USSR was in its day.


Based on the evidence I would not say that people with children are inherently wiser in the matter of child-rearing than those without. But not being afflicted with mindless hatred allows my mind to be clearer than yours, and to consider the evidence.

yrs,
rubato

[Lord Jim]

N. Korea is an example of religious ultra-orthodoxy just as the USSR was in its day.

Huh

WTF has that got to do with anything in this discussion?

A little early to be hittin' the sauce, ain't it rube?

[MajGenl.Meade]

Just another opportunity for mindless shitheels to spew mindless shit.

Good job you seized it then

[Lord Jim]

Just another opportunity for mindless shitheels to spew mindless shit....

...not being afflicted with mindless hatred allows my mind to be clearer than yours...

It takes a very delusional person in deep denial about himself to be able to make both of those statements, (in the same post no less) without a hint of sarcasm or appreciation for the irony...

But that's our rube...

[rubato]

The evidence suggests that lying to children and teaching them superstitious nonsense is not a good thing:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... paign=1490
Nearly 1% of women believe they have had a 'virgin birth'

Researchers interviewed 7,870 women aged 15 to 28 and found 0.5% of them who said they were virgins had also given birth - without the help of IVF
The average age at which 'virgins' reportedly gave birth was 19.3 years
Researchers say such scientifically impossible claims show care must be taken when relying on people to self-report their behaviour


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic ... z2nyHXprjt
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For those who base their opinions on, evidence.


yrs,
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[rubato]

N. Korea is an example of religious ultra-orthodoxy just as the USSR was in its day.

Huh

WTF has that got to do with anything in this discussion?

A little early to be hittin' the sauce, ain't it rube?

forget to read the posts again?

yrs,
rubato

[rubato]

So far there has been only the usual mindless crap. No one has had the wit or intelligence to respond to the substance because it is patently obvious that lying to children is wrong and teaching a superstitious and magical world view is wrong. And no one has had the ability to argue it.

So the reversion into the usual personal insults and mental garbage.


yrs,
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[Lord Jim]

So far there has been only the usual mindless crap. No one has had the wit or intelligence to respond to the substance because it is patently obvious that lying to children is wrong and teaching a superstitious and magical world view is wrong. And no one has had the ability to argue it.

So the reversion into the usual personal insults and mental garbage.


yrs,
rubato

You know rube, I had always assumed that you had had a miserable and unhappy childhood, (that's where the evidence led) but I didn't know it for a fact until now...

Thank you for filling in the "blanks"...

Christmas Morning in your "Santa Claus Free Zone" must have been painful...(with so many other kids around in the neighborhood, enjoying the occasion)

Your childhood Christmases must have been as depressing as Adrian Monk's...

[rubato]

You see? Mere personal insults and uninsightful ones at that. Your mind is satisfied with such shit.

There was an actual question there but apparently it was too much for you.




yrs,
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[Crackpot]

Who do you think you're talking to?

[Gob]

[oldr_n_wsr]

Of course there is a Santa Claus. The problem most people have is they look for Santa in his sleigh flying through the sky or coming down the chimney or putting presents under the tree and in the stockings. One will never spot Santa that way. The only way you will see Santa is when you look inside yourself and find that child who sees the world with wonder and amazement. You will see him in the love and caring you give to family and friends and even strangers who need a helping hand. You will see him in the people who give of themselves at homeless shelters and animal shelters and anywhere a helping hand is needed. If you ask my kids if there is a Santa (my son is 28 and my daughter is 24) they will say yes, Santa is everywhere.

What sad world it would be if people didn't believe in Santa Claus.