"Our Fading Heritage" US Civics Quiz

**Pepsi** · 11-29-2008, 12:48 AM

Originally Posted by jack burden

shut up convict

knowing a country's location is important to understand historical change. if you're talking about the history of europe, the middle east, asia, etc., you need to know regions and locations to put it in context. the islamic world stretched from the iberian peninsula to the steppes so if you're going to talk about the history and spread of islam you're going to want to know who ruled over what region and how that had an impact on future states

You're not exactly making gwahir wrong bud.

**jack burden** · 11-29-2008, 12:57 AM

i'm not trying to prove him wrong i am saying why being able to point something out on a map may be more important than one might think

i don't care if you don't know where sao tome and principe is but holy shit if you can't point out where the major powers of europe are you are an idiot

**Pepsi** · 11-29-2008, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by jack burden

i'm not trying to prove him wrong i am saying why being able to point something out on a map may be more important than one might think

i don't care if you don't know where sao tome and principe is but holy shit if you can't point out where the major powers of europe are you are an idiot

He was just saying it wasn't as important as knowing background.

**Pepsi** · 11-29-2008, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by jack burden

i'm not trying to prove him wrong i am saying why being able to point something out on a map may be more important than one might think

i don't care if you don't know where sao tome and principe is but holy shit if you can't point out where the major powers of europe are you are an idiot

Also, Spain is on the tip of my penis.

**Atmosfear** · 11-30-2008, 04:00 PM

Actually Portugal would be read a fucking map

**Pepsi** · 12-01-2008, 01:01 AM

Originally Posted by Atmosfear

Actually Portugal would be read a fucking map

I'm circumcised.

**sycld** · 12-01-2008, 09:38 PM

Originally Posted by Pepsi

I'm circumcised.

I can't tell if this statement is expressing an ignorance of geography or an ignorance of anatomy.

Possibly both.

**Atmosfear** · 12-01-2008, 09:40 PM

It is probably both but I solved the problem at least for a day.

**coqauvin** · 12-01-2008, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Atmosfear

It is probably both but I solved the problem at least for a day.

i don't know why that wasn't done earlier

when a dog pisses on the floor, you let it know it has done something wrong, you don't ignore the piddle

**Atmosfear** · 12-01-2008, 09:46 PM

If you are a socialist you coddle the dog and then pay him for being inferior but never correct his behavior.

**Mr. E** · 12-01-2008, 10:02 PM

There's so many paragraphs in this thread.

I mean, it doesn't matter. Jesus is gonna come back and wage war on hell with earth as the battleground anyway.

**TheOriginalGrumpySpy** · 12-01-2008, 10:24 PM

Couldn't he do it, like, on the moon?

Seriously, how fucking could would that be?

**coqauvin** · 12-01-2008, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Atmosfear

If you are a socialist you coddle the dog and then pay him for being inferior but never correct his behavior.

Well, I mean if you don't enforce a minimum standard of behavior in ways that are recognized by the individuals, then these constant butt-fucking thread derailments are going to keep on going. People don't spontaneously improve.

The difficulty being, of course, tailoring the methods of positive and negative reinforcements on individuals whose outstanding misbehavior calls for corrective action. Too heavy a touch and the whole moderating team loses face and too little means there is no correction in behavior.

I mean I have nothing but disrespect for Tidus, mostly because I have yet to see a post by him showing any semblance of insight or wit. It is the same rehashed shitty humour, reiterated a thousand times every time he logs on. This isn't to say that he is incapable of any better, because he doesn't strike me as a complete dumbass, just one who is confused and needs to be spanked on occasion.