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As Peder said, let's let the posts stand the way they are for people to draw their own conclusions.

Nah - life's too short and I have reading to do. Motokid has a valid point when he says the best way to deal with annoying posts is to ignore them.

"Cool it" is synonymous with "stifle it" or just plain old, "keep quiet". Now, where is my freedom of speech, Peder? You are a crusader of that freedom, are you not? Doesn't freedom of speech empower the speaker to be as "vigorous" as he/she feels is necessary to make his/her point, without...

That sounds different to me. I could be wrong. What do you mean, "cool it"?

Here's freedom of speech popping up again. Freedom of speech would allow the telling of the joke, not just saying that he knows a joke. He posted a link to the joke itself. That is equivalent to telling it, more or less. No harm has been done, and nobody is suggesting jail time or any other...

But here you go, Moto, commenting on the fact that people are commenting, and thus participating yourself. By your logic, an unruly child in a restaurant or theater should be ignored, hoping that the lack of attention will discourage the little bugger, rather than rapped sharply on the back of...

Ignoring something objectionable is not necessarily the best way to deal with it. I, for one, think the "joke" is vulgar, and extrememly un-funny, and appealing only to a juvenile sense of humor, as the original poster undoubtedly posseses. The weight of response to his suggestion is clearly...

The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham (I noticed this was first on MonkeyCatcher's TBR list too - which is quite a concidence - don't know if she read it yet tho) The Night of the Triffids - Simon Clark (Doesn't night usually follow day?) The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum East of...

I have NOT read the book. I will tell you, though, that I'm 54. In my experience, attempts to categorize and generalize people on the basis of their gender (or month of birth, nationality, height, hair color, or any other trait) are doomed to failure. So, even though I never read it, it does...

If The Girl Next Door is even more horrifying - and I've been led to believe that it is - I'm going to need a little break with some happier stories, like Day of the Triffids and its seq, Night of the Triffids. They're just about the end of the world. Both are on my TBR pile. The Girl Next...

Yeah, I could see it as I typed too. Sometimes I think that the Twilight Zone was the greatest TV series ever. Not many bad ones, and so many great ones. Rod Serling. And so many young actors that would later become superstars - like Robert Redford to name one. de-DE-de-dum, de-DE-de-dum...

Well, I'm halfway through Off Season, and although for awhile I was wondering what the big deal is - it seemed kind of Dean Koonzy at first - now I am at the point that I'm truly horrified. I have to keep reminding myself this is a book.

Stewart - I get what you are saying. People - it's not really CHEATING. Stewart is just pointing out the irony in saying you're going to do something YOURSELF and then asking others for help. That's all. Right, Stewart?

This thread reminds me of the Twilight Zone in which Burgess Meredith plays a myopic bank teller who has a passion for reading. His problem was that his crone of a wife and his blustery boss think his passion is a waste of time - and he has hardly any time to read at all, what with all the...

I just finished After The Flood, by P.C. Jersild. I think it's out of print, but it's still available on Amazon. Here's a link to the thread I posted about it: http://forums.thebookforum.com/showthread.php?t=8448 It's absolutely NOTHING like The Stand, which may have been enjoyable, but it's...

It took me some time to get involved in it - it's relentlessly bleak and desolate. Early on, I really wanted to put it down (and in fact, started a thread about how you know when it's time to put a book down) but I stuck with it until I finished it, yesterday. Now I've started a new book, but I...

After The Flood - P.C. Jersild It took me some time to get involved with it - it's relentlessly bleak and desolate. Early on, I really wanted to put it down (and in fact, started a thread about how you know when it's time to put a book down) but I stuck with it until I finished it, yesterday...

Let's get our priorities in order. First of all, judging that an item is "exorbitantly priced" is no justification for helping yourself to it. Nor is the contention that future purchases justify illegal downloads. Downloading is just something we do, it's like a free sample - I don't see...

Now, THAT's an offensive T Shirt! Have you no respect for the idiots of the world?

On second thought, I'm agreeing with Motokid Ms. - your behavior is appalling.