Redundant phrases

[David]

Republican moron.

Right wing nut.

Islamic Terrorist.

Airhead news anchor.

Cowardly citizen of France.

Texas redneck.

Ah I would argue with a few of those, since one does not necessarily cause the other, "Islamic Terrorist" for example.

[Admiral Valdemar]

London, England. That always pisses me off no end, like you're going to mean any other London that people give a shit about, I don't see the media saying Tokyo, Japan, Washington D.C., America.

[Ren]

Am I the only one who finds it extremely annoying when people on the news say the phrase "armed gunman?"

Are they implying that there's such a thing as an unarmed gunman?

Yes of course there are, when you see a western movie, the hero is a gunman. When he put's down his gun he is still a gunman, just not armed

Of course that is still no reason for the news to be redundent like that.

On a similiar topic I hate it when they have a commerical for a news story that last 15 seconds and when you watch the news the story takes 10 seconds.

[The Yosemite Bear]

Yeah, Wong,

As someone who used to live with Weathermen/SDS types, Property Damage via bombs targeting structures or equipment, when it's not in use, was a favorite target of the hippie terrorists of the 1960's and 1970's. Of course the problem with that is that there are frequently late workers, janitors & security people in buildings/vehicle lots when you try bombing them under cover of night.

[HemlockGrey]

Islamic Terrorist

I see you're still vigorously humping that particular dead horse...

[Nova Andromeda]

I think the best media blurb lately was "homicidal bombers".

Yeah, "homicide bomber" is a good one. It's sort of a badge of either stupidity or George W. Bush fanboyism to use the term, since the notion of a non-homicidal bombing is ridiculous.

--The only real difference between a suicide bomber and a normal bomber is that one doesn't ever get away.

[Keevan_Colton]

I think the phrase "not-so-smart bombs" covers those ones....

As for redundant phrases...
"Illegal crime"

[Stormbringer]

Republican moron.

Right wing nut.

Islamic Terrorist.

Airhead news anchor.

Cowardly citizen of France.

Texas redneck.

You chose your username as an ironic joke didn't you?

[Enlightenment]

You chose your username as an ironic joke didn't you?

<Sigh.> I've already explained this.

My username, which I originally chose for a 3D art board, is from the name of one of the ships I created. I use the same name on every web forum I use because it's rare enough to avoid name collisions and so I can be recognized by others who hang around in the same places. The fact that I use the tag 'Enlightenment' is not supposed to imply anything whatsoever.

[Stormbringer]

You chose your username as an ironic joke didn't you?

<Sigh.> I've already explained this.

My username, which I originally chose for a 3D art board, is from the name of one of the ships I created. I use the same name on every web forum I use because it's rare enough to avoid name collisions and so I can be recognized by others who hang around in the same places. The fact that I use the tag 'Enlightenment' is not supposed to imply anything whatsoever.

You realize that I was trying to say you're a closed minded bigot without actually saying it.

[Durandal]

I never understood the phrase "head over heels in love." My head is always over my heels unless I'm doing a goddamn headstand! What does being in love have to do with it?

Oh, and another one is "stop insulting me behind my back." Well if you're behind someone's back, aren't you in front of him?

[Stormbringer]

I never understood the phrase "head over heels in love." My head is always over my heels unless I'm doing a goddamn headstand! What does being in love have to do with it?

It's the idea of a tumbling fall in that one. Not so hard really.

[Illuminatus Primus]

You chose your username as an ironic joke didn't you?

<Sigh.> I've already explained this.

My username, which I originally chose for a 3D art board, is from the name of one of the ships I created. I use the same name on every web forum I use because it's rare enough to avoid name collisions and so I can be recognized by others who hang around in the same places. The fact that I use the tag 'Enlightenment' is not supposed to imply anything whatsoever.

You realize that I was trying to say you're a closed minded bigot without actually saying it.

You should see the nice compilement of his blatently ignorant generalizations he's made.

EDIT:

What the hell I might as well post a few

Global Warming thread

Yeah. Trivial little things like the streets of NYC being under a few feet of water. But let's not let the get in the way of every Americans' right to be an greedy and ignorant fuckwit. Keep driving those SUVs, boys. God and capitalism will keep the polar ice caps from melting.

In the last US elections I seem to recall that the majority voted to sweep a party comprised entirely of right-wing, ignorant, selfish, greedy, mercantilist self-aggrandizing fuckwits into power in both houses of Congress. If you don't like the idea of your country being regarded in the international community as a haven for right-wing morons, then find some way to keep right-wing morons out of public office.

Enlightenment making his thesis that I and every other American is a "greedy and ignorant fucktwit" if we do not try and start a revolution to force the Republican party out of power even if we DO disagree with them.

State of the Union thread

a2. wants to adjust the ratio of taxes paid on investment income vs real work such that people who don't work for a living--i.e. the rich--pay less taxes.

*snip*

b3. Is responding to siginificant lobbying from the medical business to reduce patient rights to sue for gross malpractice.

We all know Enlightenment knows doctors and is aware of the situation of the Northeast. The average doctor's income in my area dropped 25% LAST YEAR due to exorbant insurance. Doctors in W. Virginia have had to go on strike because they cannot afford to practice. In other word, he's a knee jerking fool who doesn't know what he's talking about.

Iraq calls destruction of Columbia "Vengeance of Allah"

It has been my opinion since 11 Sept 2001 that the intrinsic value of Muslims--particularly Arab muslims--is a negative quantity. This latest outburst of Islam at its finest has done nothing to lead me to reconsider my assessment.

[Durandal]

I never understood the phrase "head over heels in love." My head is always over my heels unless I'm doing a goddamn headstand! What does being in love have to do with it?

It's the idea of a tumbling fall in that one. Not so hard really.

There's no physical way to fall down so that your head is above your heels. It should be "heels over head" or "heels on the same plane as head" in love.

[Utsanomiko]

Islamic Terrorist

I see you're still vigorously humping that particular dead horse...

Hemlock, I think that one's way out of line...


...The polite term is estatically banging the dead horse.

[Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi]

Islamic Terrorist

I see you're still vigorously humping that particular dead horse...

Hemlock, I think that one's way out of line...


...The polite term is estatically banging the dead horse.

Speaking of bestiality, don't you think that "Neo-Nazi Donkey-Raper" sounds redundant? Don't all Neo-Nazis rape donkeys?

[Montcalm]

London, England. That always pisses me off no end, like you're going to mean any other London that people give a shit about, I don't see the media saying Tokyo, Japan, Washington D.C., America.

Actually i heard some newscasters say Tokyo Japan so i guess they think there is more than one Tokyo.

[Darth Wong]

There's actually a London in Canada, and quite a few cities and towns in present and former British Commonwealth nations adopted the names of cities and towns in Britain, sometimes by sticking a "New" in front of them, like "New York".

[Sea Skimmer]

There's actually a London in Canada, and quite a few cities and towns in present and former British Commonwealth nations adopted the names of cities and towns in Britain, sometimes by sticking a "New" in front of them, like "New York".

IIRC, South Africa has both a London and a New London.

[Connor MacLeod]

creationist stupidity

Fanatical Fiver

Good Kevin Smith Movie.

[Connor MacLeod]

Mike: I'm curious. Might "ballistic missile" be redundant?

[Enlightenment]

But let's not let the get in the way of every Americans' right to be an greedy and ignorant fuckwit.

What part of this do you dispute? Dispite Asscroft's best efforts the US is still a relatively free country. Every American has just as much of a right to be a greedy and ignorant fuckwit as they have a right to be intelligent and philanthropic. Of course, many more Americans are taking up the former right rather than the latter...

In the last US elections I seem to recall that the majority voted to sweep a party comprised entirely of right-wing, ignorant, selfish, greedy, mercantilist self-aggrandizing fuckwits into power in both houses of Congress. If you don't like the idea of your country being regarded in the international community as a haven for right-wing morons, then find some way to keep right-wing morons out of public office.

Enlightenment making his thesis that I and every other American is a "greedy and ignorant fucktwit" if we do not try and start a revolution to force the Republican party out of power even if we DO disagree with them.

Read what I wrote, not what you think I wrote. Like it or not, the government represents its people on the world stage and if you do not like the idea of being regarded as a nation of right-wing morons then you shouldn't elect them into public oiffice. Revolution is not implied here; in a nominally democratic country the simple act of not voting for lunatics is quite sufficient to keep them from holding public office.

a2. wants to adjust the ratio of taxes paid on investment income vs real work such that people who don't work for a living--i.e. the rich--pay less taxes.

*snip*

b3. Is responding to siginificant lobbying from the medical business to reduce patient rights to sue for gross malpractice.

We all know Enlightenment knows doctors and is aware of the situation of the Northeast. The average doctor's income in my area dropped 25% LAST YEAR due to exorbant insurance. Doctors in W. Virginia have had to go on strike because they cannot afford to practice. In other word, he's a knee jerking fool who doesn't know what he's talking about.

There is no relation or connection between point a2 (which is regarding the capital gains tax) and point b3. There is no implication or statement that 'doctors' are rich.

The US polity does not act for the benefit of individuals; it acts for the benefit of significant concentrations of capital. The polity would not impose limits on malpractice liability simply because some doctors could not afford to work; it would only impose limits because the medical industry forked over enough bribes to win the right to maim people at minimal financial risk to itself.

Furthermore, if the doctors in West Virginia cannot afford to work due to insurance costs then there is a very simple solution: ensure that their self-regulatory system is strong enough to eject the grossly negligent within their profession.

In an ideal capitalist system, insurance rates depend entirely on payout. In turn, payout depends not only on the size of individual awards but also on the number of awards granted. If there is an exceptional problem with insurance rates then one must look both at the size of the awards granted and at the number of awards granted. In the latter case at least some of the blame for the number of awards granted for medical malpractice must rest with the (self-regulating) doctors themselves for failing to keep the incompetent out of the medical profession.

[Darth Wong]

Mike: I'm curious. Might "ballistic missile" be redundant?

Not really. A direct-fire missile like a Sidewinder is not a ballistic missile. "Ballistic" in this context refers to the parabolic flight path taken by an unpowered projectile launched from a gun, eg- from artillery. A ballistic missile sort of approximates this type of flight path (not precisely, mind you), albeit in a powered fashion.

[darthdavid]

Basically, A direct fire missle is like throwing a base ball at a soda can directley and a balistic missle is like throwing it in an arking curve so it lands on top of the can.

[TrailerParkJawa]

How about "elite special forces." Are'nt special forces elite by definition?
I mean Ive never seen poorly trained and Seal in the same sentance.