2021

No, because its not germane to the discussion at hand (One that has been very successful in the past and potentially could be in the future). By continuing this stupid line of putting Rimbo down you’re not in the spirit of fun of the thread, and being a douchebag for no reason other than you’re own sadistic chuckles.

Unfortunately for you, tiohn, you don’t seem to care about being a respectable person and therefore shitting up this thread for no reason other than a shitty chuckle that, in all respects, isn’t that funny or clever. Rimbo’s stupid comments are at least germane to the thread at hand. Your comments are that of an asshole, and not even an interesting one at that.

That’s why I’m asking you to continue grilling him in private; we don’t care about your falsified sense of justice when concerning Rimbo’s marriage status.

2022

So you’re going to continue to derail the thread that you’re upset about other people derailing? Getting upset about derailed threads here (especially one as unserious as this one) is like going to a brothel and getting mad because people are having sex.

Sincerely,
The Least Interesting Asshole in the World

2023

Hey, man, I’m not wikipedia. You want to pretend to be married on the internet, go nuts.

2024

Obviously; if you had read the Wikipedia entry on marriage, you’d find that your idea of what a marriage is and is not is just one of a panoply of ideas that range across different cultures, nations, religions, and eras.

But you know, if you want to stick to your single limited Catholic definition of what a marriage is, go ahead. Plenty of people like you oppose attempts to redefine marriage, so you do at least have numbers on your side.

2025

In Canada a man can marry a man. Or maybe even a moose*!

I’m going to write that guy I linked above and ask for a date. I’ll let you know what response or non-response I get. And yes, I’m going to ask for a date, not just say hi or some coy crap like that. Damn the torpedoes**, as they say.

  • probably not a moose
    ** not a penis joke
2026

Have you tried throwing some pots and pans down the stairs?

2027

That’s not really the point, of course. The point is that there are an awful lot of orthogonal narrow definitions of what a marriage is, and even broader definitions hardly ever agree. madkevin has one narrow point of view, and while it’s not necessarily that same-sex unions should be outlawed, it’s the identical mindset to those who believe they should be: An attempt to restrict the definition to his own set of values – Catholic values, I presume.

But then he offhand references Wikipedia, clearly without actually having read any of the actual article in question, which describes how every religion and culture has multiple definitions of what a marriage is – even if you pick one religion and one culture, you can’t even find agreement – and the modern Western legal institution of marriage is essentially a watered-down version of a legal business contract, where most of the positives and benefits to the contract have been eliminated, retaining only the penalties for breaking it.

Anyway, the Wikipedia article covers this all very well… of course, since this is the end goal for a lot of the internet dating thing, this is relevant.

2028

Hello, you are talking to someone who was making a joking offhand comment, not someone who gives a fig about the debate on what constitutes marriage.

I am more interested in what constitutes getting me a hot date and all I’m getting here is warmed over P&R leftovers. It makes me sad. Sad and hungry, though the latter may have more to do with a light dinner.

2029

Here you go, hot dates that will also satisfy hunger. Actually, they’re pitted dates, stuffed with chorizo and wrapped in bacon. So they’re hot in both (food) senses of the word.

…and, damn, now I’m getting hungry. :)

2030

This was a good thread for a while.

2031

Obviously; if you had read the Wikipedia entry on marriage, you’d find that your idea of what a marriage is and is not is just one of a panoply of ideas that range across different cultures, nations, religions, and eras.

But you know, if you want to stick to your single limited Catholic definition of what a marriage is, go ahead. Plenty of people like you oppose attempts to redefine marriage, so you do at least have numbers on your side.

Also the law and legal definitions.

Move on, Rimbo. You may be in love, you may be common law, you may be consistently wrong - but you aren’t married.

2032

Man, this thread isn’t even in sight of the rails anymore.

2033

We’re 68 pages deep. You might have to allow for a few side trips.

2034

Is this like the thing where everybody who thinks they’re oppressed about something tries to make connections between themselves and Martin Luther King? Because those apples ain’t got nothing to do with your orange.

I’m all for gay marriage. (But, of course, you knew that, just like you know I’m not a Catholic.) If you can find me a gay marriage advocate that wants gay couples to be consider married without going through an actual marriage, by all means link away. You’ll still be wrong, but at least you’ll have company.

2035

Ned, I wish you and your torpedo the best of luck in this endeavor. Keep us posted.

2036

He uses the phrase “Wiseacre.” I approve.

2037

Maybe madkevin should create a new thread “Rimbo: Married or not?” instead of shitting up this one with his bizarre vendetta. It could even have a poll. Wouldn’t that be fun? You like polls, don’t you?

2038

So common law marriages aren’t legal marriages?

I often wonder if WarrenM and madkevin have some kind of forum alerts set so that if Rimbo ever posts, ever, they are immediately appraised of the situation via e-mail/twitter/text and can adjourn to a debriefing room post-haste to author an appropriate rebuttal.

2039

This is a thread that I read whenever I see new posts in. Rimbo posted some stupid shit in it. I responded.

Is this unusual internet behavior or something?

2040

Dude, please. If I posted every time Rimbo said something retarded I’d have gone supernova like five years ago.