What to do with BenTucker?

Leave him be, he represents valuable opposition

11 (28.2%)

Don't respond to his posts, because it gets us nowhere

9 (23.1%)

Put him on ignore, to reduce the signal-to-noise ratio

7 (17.9%)

Make his life miserable, God knows he's done it to us

4 (10.3%)

Petition Ian and Mark to ban him, he is basically a spammer

3 (7.7%)

Hunt him down and kill him, he's compelled us to labor for our existence for too damn long!!

5 (12.8%)

Total Members Voted: 13

[Taors]

What's he saying?

[Earthwormzim]

This thread is not only lame, it's pretty childish.

[Bill Brasky]

So is anime.

[Taors]

So is anime.

Any grown man who watches anime and likes it is obviously fulfilling some kind of pedophilic desire that he's been locking away deep inside the dark reaches of his soul for many years.

[bonerjoe]

What about 17 year olds who watch it?

[Taors]

What about 17 year olds who watch it?

Same.

[One two three]

I know ladies that watch it.  They even make recommendations.  If anyone here goes to porcfest, I'll introduce you to one.

[Earthwormzim]

You guys are fucking dumb.  Anime is an art form that combines the best in quality animation, music, and story-telling. 

I believe you are confusing it with Hentai.  Get the two straight.  Hentai is animated porn, and it is lame, perverted, and pretty much for the pedophiles.  Anime is for anyone who enjoys animation in general (animation that even makes Disney's best animation seem amateurish).  In fact, I've never seen any American animation compare to even low-grade Japanese anime.

Eh, but I don't blame you guys.  I had the same misconception before I actually gave it a try. 

At least Americans are finally getting a clue, and are trying to catch up, with such blatant anime-imitations as Avatar: The Last Windbender, Totally Spies, and Teen Titans...all of which are pretty much garbage.

[bonerjoe]

This is some funny sht.

[Earthwormzim]

Oooh...I got a great idea!

Since I know that pretty much everyone on this board (or at least 95% of them) have a negative opinion of [insert any name here] because of his differing opinions/views, I'm going to make a new thread dedicated to bashing him.  And since everyone will agree with me, they will all think I'm like totally cool, and I can be the coolest doood in Free Talk Live Forum Land.

Here's how it will go:

Man, [insert any name here] is a lame douche bag.  What should we do to him?

-Leave him be, because I'm lame forum troll who can't bare the thought of people with differing views.
-Don't respond to his posts, because I'm lame forum troll who can't bare the thought of people with differing views.,
-Put him on ignore, to reduce the signal-to-noise ratio, because I'm lame forum troll who can't bare the thought of people with differing views.
-Make his life miserable (because I'm lame forum troll who can't bare the thought of people with differing views), God knows he's done it to us.
-Petition Ian and Mark to ban him, he is basically a spammer (because I'm lame forum troll who can't bare the thought of people with differing views)
-Hunt him down and kill him (because I'm lame forum troll who can't bare the thought of people with differing views), he's compelled us to labor for our existence for too damn long!!
   

Oh man, I'm such a cool doood.

[Earthwormzim]

Everyone knows that the world would be a much better place if no one had any differing opinions/views.

[Bill Brasky]

You guys are fucking dumb.  Anime is an art form that combines the best in quality animation, music, and story-telling. 

I believe you are confusing it with Hentai.  Get the two straight.  Hentai is animated porn

I know what hentai is. 

I know what anime is.

When I said anime is lame, thats because I meant to say anime is lame.  Not hentai.  Anime.  Maybe you should get the two straight.  Hentai is equally lame, but since nobody mentioned it except for you, perhaps you need some time away from cartoon world. 

You silly fucking asshole.

[Bill Brasky]

Anime is an art form that combines the best in quality animation, music, and story-telling. 

Yes, those 3 minute stills with badly dubbed voice overs are a wonder to behold.

How bout them speedracer scenes with the screeching monkey and the open mouthed guy

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[Bill Brasky]

Yeah, you probably were.

They put it in everything nowadays. 

YOUre ... _probablY on IT rig_ht noW

[gandhi2]

Since I know that pretty much everyone on this board (or at least 95% of them) have a negative opinion of [insert any name here] because of his differing opinions/views, I'm going to make a new thread dedicated to bashing him.  And since everyone will agree with me, they will all think I'm like totally cool, and I can be the coolest doood in Free Talk Live Forum Land.

You might want a permit for that thing, fellow.  I think that I have illustrated my respect for Ben's opinion more than many here...more than you certainly. If I didn't, I'd just wave him away, put him on ignore, instead of giving him the benefit of the doubt and continuing to offer real and solid debate.  While I've been open about my karma whoring, you've got me pegged wrong.  Nothing is fun about being a worshipper of popular opinion...it's more challenging to be personally opinionated and still popular.

Everyone knows that the world would be a much better place if no one had any differing opinions/views.

Exactly.  Well, actually, exactly not.

What I wanted to illustrate is that any community is going to be miles apart in what their opinions are, apart from a few things which are commonalities.  Can anybody name one way we can achieve this, if we take away each individual's means of choosing?  At some point, there is a common ideal...I think in this case, nobody would want to be removed for having unpopular opinions, so this community has declared that that action is not kosher.  Everybody wants to be able to post their opinions without fear of prohibition, so everybody is willing to allow that from each other person, no matter how much they want to just wring his/her neck.

Some people here feel like they have to labor for what defines their virtual existence.  Some may feel dispossessed or excluded, because they are constantly under fire.  In the end, we CAN NOT compromise the central ideal: freedom to post.  Can anybody draw a parallel to land-ownership?  The one ideal that SHOULD be a part of all communities, and when it's absent, we feel eerie and awkward, is CHOICE.  This more than any other ideal is most central to humanity.