Viola said:Not many female who-would-you-be to choose from, are there? And Ma Barker didn't have the fashion sense.
Pretty Girl Floyd? lol
Marc Chevalier said:Lady pirates were more, er, colorful. Meet Anne Bonny:
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Ghostsoldier said:But, my initial understanding is that this was the "If you HAD to be a historical mobster, who would you be..." thread, where you actually voiced a choice (presuming you are required to do so), and not the "If you had to be a historical mobster, Don't Answer the Question but Please Give Us You Opinion of How You Abhor Violence and the Veneration of Criminals and Think that this Whole Thread is Vulgar and in Bad Taste" thread...
Marc Chevalier said:Look at it this way: if someone had titled a thread as "If you HAD to be a historical lyncher or rapist, who would you be ...", would you have blamed people for voicing their opinion about it?
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Miss Neecerie said:The idea that everyone should leave threads they don't agree with 'alone' or not post because they have an irrelevant (and who decides if its irrelevant anyhow?, besides bartender types) opinion......sort of goes against the 'Discussion Board' idea.....
If someone has wasted 3 minutes to come into a thread they obviously feel their opinion on its topic is important enough to waste that time...it was important enough of an issue to them to say 'wow, I don't like folks glorifying that, I think I shall express that, as maybe they don't realize the impact of the topic'
and while sure, not everyone posts to every topic...when people do, their opinions are not irrelevant, if they have decided to share.
Otherwise this place becomes a 'only post to threads you agree with' sort of place....not a discussion board.
Marc Chevalier said:.
One possible solution (among several) is for a thread's creator to attach the phrase "Please Don't Express Disagreement with This Thread's Premise" to the title.
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Marc Chevalier said:Look at it this way: if someone had titled a thread as "If you HAD to be a historical lyncher or rapist, who would you be ...", would you have blamed people for voicing their opinion about it?
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reetpleat said:Yes, I am sure that would work. (sarcasm) If there was any way to derail a thread, that would be it. You would end up with a long list of posts about how they shouldn't have to keep silent and it is their right to speak up and bla bla bla.
Fedord Spaniard said:good point, but how are some of these mobsters any different from christopher columbus? columbus's history has also been watered down or romanticised. in school they dont teach you about the rapes and murders that him and his men commited... but then people celebrate his birthday as a national holiday. how are his hands any cleaner than most of these mobsters?
Marc Chevalier said:Look at it this way: if someone had titled a thread as "If you HAD to be a historical lyncher or rapist, who would you be ...", would you have blamed people for voicing their opinion about it?
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Tomasso said:Tony Accardo.....Began as Al Capone's driver/bodyguard..........Participant in the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre........Built casinos in Las Vegas and Havana...........Fixed a US Presidential election.........Died in his sleep of natural causes at 86..........NEVER SPENT A NIGHT IN JAIL!!!!!
Ghostsoldier said:However, to answer your question (if it were indeed a thread topic), I would follow my own advice, and pass the thread by and offer no judgmental opinion, or at least have a 'read-only' perusal, just so I know which Loungers to steer clear of!
Marc Chevalier said:Well, it isn't. BTW, did you know that in Latin America and parts of the Caribbean, it is NOT celebrated as a holiday, but as a day of mourning? Even the name is different: instead of "Columbus Day", it's essentially called "Indigenous and Mixed Races Day."
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Fedord Spaniard said:yes sir i knew that, i have family there
Marc Chevalier said:I respect your way of handling it. I wish I could be as level-headed, but such a thread would unleash the crusader in me. (Literally: my last name comes from a French ancestor who was knighted in battle while on a Crusade -- unfortunately.)
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