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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #25 on: December 22, 2015, 10:19:56 pm »
Quote from: flowers on December 22, 2015, 10:04:29 pm
Wow......again a thread goes way off topic.

...because of personal attack. Not cool.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #26 on: December 22, 2015, 10:24:46 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on December 22, 2015, 10:19:56 pm
...because of personal attack. Not cool.
Nope not at all. Just for fun on another topic I waited to see how long it would take for that to happen. It took 2 min 30 secs.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #27 on: December 22, 2015, 10:43:30 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on December 22, 2015, 10:19:56 pm
...because of personal attack. Not cool.

What is not cool is dying of AIDS because a gay guy donated blood when he wasn't supposed to...

Ever seen that?  I have...


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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #28 on: December 22, 2015, 11:33:09 pm »
Quote from: GourmetDan on December 22, 2015, 10:43:30 pm
What is not cool is dying of AIDS because a gay guy donated blood when he wasn't supposed to...

Ever seen that?  I have...

Okay, I understand. But, you could've made the above point or a variation of it to Dexter, without adding the insult. Often, the sting of a rebuke can come from what is not said, rather than from what is said.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #29 on: December 22, 2015, 11:37:57 pm »
Quote from: alicewonders on December 22, 2015, 03:28:02 pm
I don't know any gay men that can remain abstinent for a year.

Do you know many heterosexual men who can?  I don't unless it's forced on them.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #30 on: December 22, 2015, 11:44:25 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on December 22, 2015, 11:37:57 pm
Do you know many heterosexual men who can?  I don't unless it's forced on them.

Are you kidding me? I was married for 37 years before my divorce.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #31 on: December 22, 2015, 11:52:23 pm »
Quote from: Dexter on December 22, 2015, 09:54:33 pm
The person I'm apparently scum for not reporting served with me and died for his country in Iraq. It was still against the rules to be gay in the military at the time, so I guess I'm scum for not reporting that too. He broke the rules and donated because he knew he didn't have aids and he cared about his brothers. I was almost there already, but I think I'm finally done with this community. Good luck everybody.

Sorry to see you go.  You are among the last of the reasonable conservatives here.  GBR has turned into FR, with most posters castigating anyone who strays off the far-right extremist reservation.  You are SCUM, Dexter, to posters who can barely tie their own shoes.

And the worst of it is that the comment trashing you will stand. Had I called somebody "scum" I would be banned.  But, a slap on the wrist is all that's given for that remark.

I hate to see you go. I'm on ignore to most except the mods so I still have to mind my manners, but nobody else seems to have to.

Oh well.  If you're not a Trumpie or a Cruzite, you don't belong here anyway and I notice that there are fewer and fewer people posting. 

Hope to see you back in some way. It's a shame you're run off when you're standing up for a friend who just wants to do good for other people.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #32 on: December 23, 2015, 12:24:36 am »
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...to posters who can barely tie their own shoes.

Just can't help it can you Sink?   

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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #33 on: December 23, 2015, 12:32:07 am »
Quote from: Bigun on December 23, 2015, 12:24:36 am
Just can't help it can you Sink?   

Merry Christmas!

Tell that to the poster who labeled Dexter "Scum."  I notice you had no concern over that and that Dexter has decided to leave us.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #34 on: December 23, 2015, 12:41:14 am »
Quote from: sinkspur on December 22, 2015, 11:52:23 pm
GBR has turned into FR, with most posters castigating anyone who strays off the far-right extremist reservation. 

I concur it has trended closer and closer to FR, and that is disappointing. People that I most enjoyed reading have left, or only rarely drop in.


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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #35 on: December 23, 2015, 01:57:40 am »
Quote from: sinkspur on December 22, 2015, 11:52:23 pm
You are SCUM, Dexter, to posters who can barely tie their own shoes.

Another day, another thread, another personal attack.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #36 on: December 23, 2015, 01:59:34 am »
Quote from: Paladin on December 23, 2015, 01:57:40 am
Another day, another thread, another personal attack.

I looked. No "personal attack" from you on Gourmet Dan.

Why is that?
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #37 on: December 23, 2015, 02:06:39 am »
Quote from: sinkspur on December 23, 2015, 01:59:34 am
I looked. No "personal attack" from you on Gourmet Dan.

Why is that?

Gourmet Dan doesn't generally engage in personal attackes.

It was obvious from the post he simply lost control due to the nature of the subject and the personal connection that he had to it.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #38 on: December 23, 2015, 02:12:25 am »
Quote from: aligncare on December 23, 2015, 02:06:39 am
Gourmet Dan doesn't generally engage in personal attackes.

It was obvious from the post he simply lost control due to the nature of the subject and the personal connection that he had to it.

Quite right, Aligncare. This other guy, however, is nothing but personal attacks, and behavior like that explains, "I concur it has trended closer and closer to FR, and that is disappointing. People that I most enjoyed reading have left, or only rarely drop in."

Mystery, please take note.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #39 on: December 23, 2015, 02:14:40 am »
Quote from: aligncare on December 23, 2015, 02:06:39 am
Gourmet Dan doesn't generally engage in personal attackes.

It was obvious from the post he simply lost control due to the nature of the subject and the personal connection that he had to it.

So "scum" is an appropriate response to a poster like Dexter as long as the poster "loses control"?

Did you type that with a straight face?
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #40 on: December 23, 2015, 02:17:31 am »
Quote from: Paladin on December 23, 2015, 02:12:25 am
Quite right, Aligncare. This other guy, however, is nothing but personal attacks, and behavior like that explains, "I concur it has trended closer and closer to FR, and that is disappointing. People that I most enjoyed reading have left, or only rarely drop in."

Mystery, please take note.

Mad when we comment, mad when we don't comment. Mad, mad, mad.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #41 on: December 23, 2015, 02:46:33 am »
Quote from: sinkspur on December 23, 2015, 02:14:40 am
So "scum" is an appropriate response to a poster like Dexter as long as the poster "loses control"?

Did you type that with a straight face?

I was just noting that it was an uncharacteristic loss of control. That it's not typical to Dan's behavior. While others make it a sport, Dan merely made an error in decorum. Distinguishing between the two I'm happy to leave up to management. Incidentally, I wouldn't want myst's job, trying to referee this place through the next year of this particularly unusual primary election.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #42 on: December 23, 2015, 04:52:36 am »
Quote from: Dexter on December 22, 2015, 09:54:33 pm
The person I'm apparently scum for not reporting served with me and died for his country in Iraq. It was still against the rules to be gay in the military at the time, so I guess I'm scum for not reporting that too. He broke the rules and donated because he knew he didn't have aids and he cared about his brothers. I was almost there already, but I think I'm finally done with this community. Good luck everybody.

I don't give a rat's behind if it was Jesus Christ, Himself that served and died in Iraq.  You should have mentioned him upfront.

This way we'd all have to admit that indeed, there are extenuating circumstances and profiles out there.

Instead you decided to use it as an Ace of Trump...no pun intended...to pour gilt over people who, on the face of your own statement,...that you knowingly withheld information that could have placed the public-at-large, in danger.

Something to think about....
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #43 on: December 23, 2015, 05:21:18 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on December 23, 2015, 02:17:31 am
Mad when we comment, mad when we don't comment. Mad, mad, mad.

I still find it amazing in that how much you hate Trump, you mimic his style to a T. It's like you've copied his persona, even if you come off far less likeable. This post is the perfect example.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #44 on: December 23, 2015, 07:56:49 pm »
It is possible to discuss politics and even to disagree strenuously without engaging in name-calling. Dan, sink - please don't do it again.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #45 on: December 23, 2015, 08:23:35 pm »
Quote from: sinkspur on December 22, 2015, 11:52:23 pm
Sorry to see you go.  You are among the last of the reasonable conservatives here.  GBR has turned into FR, with most posters castigating anyone who strays off the far-right extremist reservation.  You are SCUM, Dexter, to posters who can barely tie their own shoes.

And the worst of it is that the comment trashing you will stand. Had I called somebody "scum" I would be banned.  But, a slap on the wrist is all that's given for that remark.

I hate to see you go. I'm on ignore to most except the mods so I still have to mind my manners, but nobody else seems to have to.

Oh well.  If you're not a Trumpie or a Cruzite, you don't belong here anyway and I notice that there are fewer and fewer people posting. 

Hope to see you back in some way. It's a shame you're run off when you're standing up for a friend who just wants to do good for other people.

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GBR has turned into FR,

I wonder why :whistle:

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I'm on ignore to most except the mods so I still have to mind my manners

Doesn't that tell you something sink...are you proud of that?

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Oh well.  If you're not a Trumpie or a Cruzite, you don't belong here anyway and I notice that there are fewer and fewer people posting. 

BS...it is YOU sink who has driven people off!..I have the pms to prove it!
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #46 on: December 23, 2015, 08:32:47 pm »

I see it this way. I cannot control the outcome of events--for example, who wins the nomination. Events will transpire as they will, regardless of whether I approve or not.

Acting like a jerk to my friends because I see things differently is not in my nature.

I have no problem with sink acting as he does because he hates Donald Trump. But, I personally would find more diplomatic ways to disagree and make the point why I'm right.

We all choose our own path anyway.
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« Reply #47 on: December 23, 2015, 08:40:16 pm »
I'm sorry Dexter we just now caught Dan's comment...please file a abuse report when something like this happens..

I have been very busy trying to balance TBR and homelife getting ready for Christmas with family coming in today.



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Please try a little Christmas spirit for a few days and when I get back full force..


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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #48 on: December 23, 2015, 08:51:36 pm »
Quote from: aligncare on December 23, 2015, 02:46:33 am
I was just noting that it was an uncharacteristic loss of control. That it's not typical to Dan's behavior. While others make it a sport, Dan merely made an error in decorum.
I agree. not typical Dan behavior.
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Re: FDA Lifts Ban on Blood Donations from Men Who Have Had Sex with Men
« Reply #49 on: December 23, 2015, 11:10:04 pm »
Quote from: Dexter on December 22, 2015, 03:36:47 pm
They test donated blood for diseases before they give it to anybody.
A number of those diseases (especially HIV) take months to incubate in the body before they'll show up with a positive result on a screening test.
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