This blog is intended to both poke fun at, and shed light on, the confluence of a couple of phenomena of the internet age: the level of discourse one finds on “comment” areas of newspapers, magazines, blogs, etc., and the polarization of the nation into just two camps (liberal or conservative, pepsi or coke, tastes great or less filling).

I've called it “Be Reasonable” to bring focus to what is out of focus: that people don’t seem to be able to engage in reasonable discussion or reasonable disagreement, but instead act in disrespectful ways to feel like they’ve made their point. Of course, this does nothing of the sort. So, I am here to implore people to please, take a look at the items I post here…see yourself in them…and “Be Reasonable” for once.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Miami Heat


Weeks before the NBA finals even started there was another event involving Miami and heat; namely the USS Miami, an LA-class submarine, caught fire while in dry-dock undergoing repairs.



It turns out that the source of the fire was determined to be a vacuum cleaner and by the time the fire was put out, it had caused over $400 million in damage to the nuclear-powered sub.  Naturally this news could not come at a worse time to the US taxpayer…




Well, to be fair, all four of you make completely idiotic arguments.



Really “YourMom”?  You’re going to take a story about $400M in damages to a sub to take a gratuitous shot at a person’s religious customs?



Wow, “cnnloudmouth”…that is quite a little conspiracy you’ve got going there.  Let me guess -- Obama’s a Kenyan, Bush brought down the World Trade Center, and the ATF sent guns to drug cartels in mexico to track how drug cartels in mexico get their guns, right?  Wait, what?



“Jon” I am really sorry that you were treated so poorly by some Chief during your time in the service, but this isn’t about you.  It’s about a damn rogue vacuum cleaner…



Kirby, pipe down or I’ll have you cleaning out the septic system!



Alright “Gary” I will write the funny comments around here, thank you.



Well, that’s funny too “Cam.”  See, because it was caused by a vacuum, which in a man’s world is only operated by a woman, so therefore…see, I get it?  Too bad “davidabarak” and “Cheese Wonton” didn’t.
Okay, is there anyone who wants to take this completely off-topic?



Well done.  I knew you guys had it in you…go ahead and map that out.  We went from a tragic fire in a submarine caused by a household appliance, to fascism, to a Chinese plot, and ended with a rant about abortion.  Excellent work!



“If you don’t have the sence of intellegence.   Then keep your fingers off the keyboard!!!!!!”  Oh “Chipster,” I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Be Reasonable.



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