bob_barron

Why does RVD need time off? He was just out for a year

I thought Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper being gay was pretty obvious

Oh, Mole. I can't believe we might have only one more episode of this show left. It's too good to be cance;;ed

I don't think so. Guy gets beat up all the time and the only reason he beat Benoit was b/c of MVP

That's great news- good for Colt

Are you sure you didn't want to steal that car because you're black?

You're the one who is always rushing to every C-Bacon post to call him an idiot. You're just as bad

Why does it need to be pinned anyway? If people want to talk about it, the topic will be bumped up anyway

The whole match told one big story, and it was really well done. This year's MITB was much better then last years. And the Ric Flair thing- he was out for 2 minutes, came back, got whacked by Finlay and then was never seen again. Last year's MITB was just Shelton doing his spots waiting for the inevitable RVD win

The question here is whether people need discipline; whether people need to be disciplined into being good, and whether lack of discipline results in "spoiled brats." That's a pretty cynical view of children and human beings in general. I'm probably not going to win many over here but I think discipline is what anarchists are really fighting against, so I'm in favour of abolishing parental authority over children, abolishing schools and prisons and radically redesigning the workplace, family, and society, to eliminate discipline and punishment, because it just doesn't make any sense for anyone have the power to discipline others when all people are equals. And yes, we are all equals despite our actions. I absolutely do not understand how showing compassion towards criminals is at odds with compassion towards victims. Does your conception of justice require that the guilty suffer? We are all fallible and all capable of committing crimes, and no one is beyond redemption. A conception of respect that is based on knowing your place in the hierarchy so you will respect force and how to wield it against others. The major problem in a lot of the posts here are the major social problems of capitalism and our society - the idea that people have varying degrees of economic worth, based on their economic contribution to society. You can sort of measure what people contribute, economically (we don't do it very well). But you can't ever measure a person's worth. Egalitarian thought is based on the idea that people have equal and innate social worth. I think we need to treat "criminals" with as much love as we treat anyone else - they need help, not punishment. I'd start with counselling and mushroom trip therapy About video games: I think it's irrational to regiment kids' time and limit how often they can play video games. If they want to be playing the games and not doing whatever other activity you have planned for them they would probably benefit more from games. I don't define a kid's activities in terms of how it relates to his parents. Video games are not "used" by parents on kids, they are used by kids for fun (the same way one does a crossword or plays chess for fun - all three are good uses of your time if they are what you want to be doing). Offering them as a "reward" (an authoritarian notion in itself since the ability to reward is the flip side of the ability to punish - both are based on control) for good behaviour or time well spent on "healthy" activities doesn't seem like a particularly wise parenting strategy. It teaches the kid to value the games more highly than he otherwise would, because time spent on them is in limited supply. That might lead a kid to want to play more nintendo and his parents might perceive that as wanting to play it all day, but if kids' video gaming activities are not constrained they will use them the exact same way free adults do, so there's no reason to assume kids want to play nintendo all day. They might want to play them more than their parents think think they should, but I don't know of any parents who think their kids do too many crosswords, and there is no reason crosswords are better than video games. Besides, video games are good for you: Finally, i'm not sure what my age has anything to with my anarchist beliefs. Were Bakunin, Goldman, Kropotkin, Chomsky, Bookchin, etc. all angst ridden teenagers? I'm pretty sure in 10 or even 20 years I'll still have the same belief in the fundamentals of what I consider anarchism, socialism and democracy: commitment to social equality, environmentalism, non-violence, civil liberties, solidarity, and participatory democracy, in opposition to hierarchy and coercion. I guess freedom and self-determination are hard concepts to grasp. Make more homes for the homeless. Thereby eliminating the useless shit we have in this country. And believe me we have ALOT of useless shit in this country. Golf courses have enough land for alot of homes. I would also eliminate Wallstreet cuz Captialism would be dead. Everything is at a reasonable price like DVD's cost $20.00 and computers $10.00. Everyone would get food as I would send food mobiles to give food to people sort of like the milkman but the food man. Everyone owns everything so that means Joe Smloe with the glass eye and beer belly could own part of the New York Yankees or Trump Plaza. No inflation due to low prices for everything. Believe me, more people will buy if it is at a reasonable price. AND STAY OUT OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS! A military yes. But only to defend us[/N]. No special missions or shit. Socialism will take over.

The King gimmick is one of the best things on Smackdown. Seriously HTQ, you need a sense of humour

Because invasion of a child's privacy is good parenting Your kid meeting a sexual predator is even better!

Oh, the Devils. Julien got fired

Glad you had a good time Venkman. I thought HBK was supposed to over bitching people out during matches and being unprofessional- some things never change. They really need to start pushing Hardy now, he was the MVP of MITB

I never liked Taker-Nash, but thought it was a little better then the match with Orton.

They acknowledged the Matt-Edge rivalry on the show

I thought after Jeff killed himself, Matt should've shown concern for a second and then run up the ladder. Also, nice to see that Matt was indirectly responsible for Edge getting killed- nice touch

The 93,000 figure has been debunked many times. It was something like 75,000

MITB told a great story with good spots. Jeff having the chance to win but Matt convincing him to for the big spot, Booker and his wife, the stuff with Hornswoggle- fun as hell match, perfect way to kick off the show. You seemed to like or think a lot of stuff was okay, which doesn't lend itself to a horrible show. The BOTB was fun. Sure the match was nothing, but Trump going after Vince was hilarious, and I thought the post-match stuff wasn't as drawn out as I feared. The backstage segmenet was cute and it was fun seeing all the legends. And I was all for Cena winning. HBK didn't need another run in him, and I like how Cena keeps dominating on RAW. Fink didn't ring announce at last year's WM either

FFF's again does not justify his thrashing of WM23

But given that everyone expected a shit match, can you blame them for wanting Cena-HBK to close? Come on.

You shouldn't be allowed to have an opinion. This was a good show, and while I could see some parts not to like, to call this one of the worst PPVs you've ever seen is absurd

iggy's just bitter b/c he had money on HBK.

I'd hit it