Unarmed teen shooting: the debate rages on...

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Post by kiki5711 » Thu May 24, 2012 12:00 am

tattuchu wrote:Kiki, is English not your primary language? I'm not being sarcastic. I remember you saying a while back that you weren't from this country? If my hazy recollection is correct, this may explain a lot.
Why, is my writing hard to understand?

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Post by FBM » Thu May 24, 2012 12:35 am

Tyrannical wrote:
amused wrote:FBM - Earlier, and in most posts, I was just making a general statement that wasn't directed at you or anyone else in particular.
Keep in mind that if you wish to pull the racism card, Seth has a Negro girlfriend and FBM has "yellow-fever"
I'm the non-apologetic racist around here.
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Post by amused » Thu May 24, 2012 1:14 am

FBM wrote: ... @ amused: Gotcha. My bad. I thought you were responding to me. :tup: ...
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Post by FBM » Thu May 24, 2012 1:22 am

amused wrote:
FBM wrote: ... @ amused: Gotcha. My bad. I thought you were responding to me. :tup: ...
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Post by Warren Dew » Thu May 24, 2012 4:33 am

Gawdzilla wrote:Let me know who wins this thread.
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Re: Unarmed teen shooting: the debate rages on...

Post by tattuchu » Thu May 24, 2012 10:20 am

kiki5711 wrote:
tattuchu wrote:Kiki, is English not your primary language? I'm not being sarcastic. I remember you saying a while back that you weren't from this country? If my hazy recollection is correct, this may explain a lot.
Why, is my writing hard to understand?
You make lots of spelling mistakes, but mostly it's that words don't mean what you think they mean, and subtleties and distinctions are often lost on you. If English wasn't your first language then this would be perfectly understandable, and preferable to the alternative.

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Tyrannical wrote:
amused wrote:FBM - Earlier, and in most posts, I was just making a general statement that wasn't directed at you or anyone else in particular.
Keep in mind that if you wish to pull the racism card, Seth has a Negro girlfriend and FBM has "yellow-fever"
I'm the non-apologetic racist around here.
@ amused: Gotcha. My bad. I thought you were responding to me. :tup:

@ Tyrranical: You may or may not be the only one, but you're the only one who's open about it. ;) While I disagree with the worldview, I appreciate your forthrightness about it.
Wait, Seth has a Negro girlfriend? I didn't know that. Pics of said girlfriend, please :drool:
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Post by mistermack » Thu May 24, 2012 11:50 am

Tyrannical wrote: Keep in mind that if you wish to pull the racism card, Seth has a Negro girlfriend and FBM has "yellow-fever"
Wait, Seth has a friend? I didn't know that either.
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Post by kiki5711 » Thu May 24, 2012 1:18 pm

You make lots of spelling mistakes, but mostly it's that words don't mean what you think they mean, and subtleties and distinctions are often lost on you. If English wasn't your first language then this would be perfectly understandable, and preferable to the alternative.
can you give me an example? I just want to see what exactly you mean.

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Re: Unarmed teen shooting: the debate rages on...

Post by tattuchu » Thu May 24, 2012 1:38 pm

kiki5711 wrote:
You make lots of spelling mistakes, but mostly it's that words don't mean what you think they mean, and subtleties and distinctions are often lost on you. If English wasn't your first language then this would be perfectly understandable, and preferable to the alternative.
can you give me an example? I just want to see what exactly you mean.
Any time you take issue with a point someone is making, there seems to be some confusion because your understanding of certain words or ideas is quite different than everyone else's. Everyone attacks your argument, but then it turns out in the end that you're not on the same page as far as language usage. Your understanding, or misunderstanding, of the word "profiling" for instance.

The reason I brought the issue up was because something similar happened on another forum I used to go to. Everyone gave this one guy a real hard time. But then we found out he was Filipino, and that English was not his primary language. So his problem was that he couldn't express himself well in English. He thought he could, but he couldn't, so this was a source of constant misunderstanding.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu May 24, 2012 1:38 pm

mistermack wrote:
Tyrannical wrote: Keep in mind that if you wish to pull the racism card, Seth has a Negro girlfriend and FBM has "yellow-fever"
Wait, Seth has a friend?
Well, until she moves unexpectedly......
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu May 24, 2012 1:42 pm

kiki5711 wrote:
I've said he may be prejudiced and paranoid OR he may be reporting accurately. I don't know. I only know what he said to the 911 officer. The key point though is that that is all YOU know too. Right?
You've never said that, until after I said it. And if that is the case, as you say that he might have been prejudiced and paranoid, then his version of (supposedly) reporting accurately may not be accurate at all, or at least swung towards his favor.

As I said. Regarding the other paragraph. You took words that were out of sinc and I can't answer based on that kind of line of questioning.
Never say never, kiki....http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 0#p1186322 :{D

Yes, it may not be accurate at all, and it may be accurate.

I'm not taking anything out of sync. All I'm asking is what makes you think Zimmerman wasn't acting in self defense?

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Re: Unarmed teen shooting: the debate rages on...

Post by Tyrannical » Thu May 24, 2012 1:44 pm

kiki5711 wrote:
You make lots of spelling mistakes, but mostly it's that words don't mean what you think they mean, and subtleties and distinctions are often lost on you. If English wasn't your first language then this would be perfectly understandable, and preferable to the alternative.
can you give me an example? I just want to see what exactly you mean.
You're eastern European, but I can't remember the exact country. Your English is good, but we all know it's not your native language.
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Re: Unarmed teen shooting: the debate rages on...

Post by Tero » Thu May 24, 2012 1:53 pm

I used to do mistakes in English too. Then I learned to make mistakes. The wife pointed it out.

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Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu May 24, 2012 1:57 pm

I was unaware that English wasn't kiki's first language. That does certainly explains things, and makes them quite understandable.

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Re: Unarmed teen shooting: the debate rages on...

Post by mistermack » Thu May 24, 2012 2:40 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:Let me know who wins this thread.
Well, SOME PEOPLE are already ahead on points. Because SOME PEOPLE said that Zimmerman had to stand trial, and OTHERS (losers) wouldn't hear of it.
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