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Perhaps it's part of the name of the band.

humbug.

Da iawn, Howdjadoo bach.

I'm pretty sure Bach didn't write that.

I feel like the thread title is shouting at me and I don't like it one bit.

My post was entirely tongue-in-cheek, but I do live in San Antonio where chili con carne was invented. I could throw a kielbasa between two slices of rye bread, slather it with BBQ sauce and garnish it with sliced beets and call it a Chicago dog ... but would it be a Chicago dog?

Well, that's the thing, though, right? She's not calling it something as specific as a Chicago dog, she's calling it "chili," which is a stew which has evolved quite a bit since its introduction, and often (quite correctly) includes beans. If she called it "Texas-style chili con carne," she would probably be wrong.

David Coverdale likes this.

Did he knock Tawny Kitaen around? Might explain why she beat up Chuck Finley when they were married...

Ray Lewis was virtually canonized during his "last ride" to the Superbowl.

To who? Fuck him.

whom*

Did you file a police report?

Thanks, Roethlisberger.

I listened to most of the studio catalog a couple of months ago. 

You ever try to beat a virtual hooker to death with one hand?

Yes, and I remember a lot of talk about removing a dictator and bringing freedom to the Iraqi people.

I don't understand why either of these should be a reason for the United States going to war.

you're a righty then.

Don't pigeonhole me, bro.

None of those options work for me. I sleep on the right side of the bed at home. I get the side of the bed farther from the window/door/landmark of wife's choosing when we are traveling.

I think you'll find that al Qaeda are quite organized and have common goals, beliefs and methods.

 

I'm comfortable with calling them both terrorists as long as the gunman is doing it for political or religious means and not just because he's mentally ill.

Al Qaeda is a very decentralized "organization." Many separate groups, under no control of anything that could be called a central al Qaeda authority, have co-opted the name for their own purposes, which are often at odds with other groups using the name.

I mentioned a date when two well-planned, well-executed terrorist attacks killed Americans. As I've already said, I'm not a liar. Anything else you might read into my post is a figment of your imagination.

 

If several members of an organized Nazi party remove a couple of Jews from their homes and gas them in the name of Nazi Germany, yes, I'll allow it. But it should really be called a micro-Holocaust as detailed in my earlier post.

 

And no. A loose band of skinheads in Slovenia killing a couple of Jews by any method ought to count under your definition.

The Benghazi attackers are not members of the same group that carried out the attacks on 9/11/01.

The Benghazi attackers struck a U.S. diplomatic compound in a foreign country, not multiple targets on U.S. soil.

The Benghazi attackers did not use airliners as missiles.

The Benghazi attackers did not target civilians.

Keep telling yourself that they're the same thing, but for the size.

You didn't evoke a date. You inappropriately conflated two events.

If a German man kills a couple of Jews is it appropriate to refer to it as a mini-Holocaust?

I find it unfathomable that you think that an historical event can't be mentioned without the intention of provoking an emotional or angry response.

You didn't mention a historical event. You called Benghazi a "mini-9/11."

Keep tap dancing, you might get somewhere.

I'm not going to own up to something I didn't do.

 

Because it was an attack by terrorists on September 11th. I had no intention of evoking an emotional response or "scoring points."

OK. Heartbreaking, I know, but I'm done taking you seriously on the subject.

No, it's what you think I did.

Just own it, buddy.

You compared the two to evoke an emotional response. Otherwise, why else do it?

It's exactly what you did.

Who's he?

I don't have a problem with comparing the Benghazi attack to 9/11. I have a problem with glibly invoking 9/11 to refer to an attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound that resulted in the deaths of 4 Americans in an attempt to score points in a political discussion.

Yeah, that's pretty fucking offensive.

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