U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

[Butchers Bill]

there are the few who refuse to take a side....and are by no means apathetic just because they dont blow their cybertops on the internet whenever someone tries to bait them into it.

No one here has blown their tops yet...Dio has not deleted his account again.   

Apathy is defined as:

"Lack of interest or concern, especially regarding matters of general importance or appeal; indifference."

So how is not taking a side regarding Iraq not being apathetic??

[mussa]

war is fun

http://www.threeleggedlegs.com/view/?what=ricochet

[Wingspan]

So how is not taking a side regarding Iraq not being apathetic??

maybe they agree with points make by those pro war and anti war...which i, for one do. but that does not mean i dont harbor concern over the points i agree with reservation.

i fall in the middle, i have concern, and interest.

too many see it as a political division. it's not a black and white issue.

[Phanatic]

Welcome to politics today where both sides rattle off a bunch of useless speaking points handed down by idealogs. YAY!!

...and people too apathetic to take a side get to pretend they are superior because they don't care either way.  YAY!

I care to pick a candidate on merit and not party affiliation. I also care to try and sift through the spin to see what the real issues are. Thanks for generalizing though. It makes my point.

[Butchers Bill]

maybe they agree with points make by those pro war and anti war...which i, for one do. but that does not mean i dont harbor concern over the points i agree with reservation.

i fall in the middle, i have concern, and interest.

too many see it as a political division. it's not a black and white issue.

Thats taking a side though...and more and more Americans are taking the "middle" side.  Thats why many of the "experts" believe there will be a viable third party in the 2008 elections.

[ice grillin you]

Thats why many of the "experts" believe there will be a viable third party in the 2008 elections

not a chance in hell

[Wingspan]

Thats taking a side though...and more and more Americans are taking the "middle" side.  Thats why many of the "experts" believe there will be a viable third party in the 2008 elections.

part of the semantic game is why i dont get involved with this crap online. it's useless.

run the ball more, damnit.

i'll grow a 3rd testicle before there's a viable 3rd party.

[Phanatic]

Yeah a third side that someone will create so that we can categorize our views into a nice neat little row to be catered too or discredited. Oh joy!!

[Father Demon]

maybe they agree with points make by those pro war and anti war...which i, for one do. but that does not mean i dont harbor concern over the points i agree with reservation.

i fall in the middle, i have concern, and interest.

too many see it as a political division. it's not a black and white issue.

Thats taking a side though...and more and more Americans are taking the "middle" side.  Thats why many of the "experts" believe there will be a viable third party in the 2008 elections.

I rarely resort to name-calling.  But this is why you are a retard



It's called Normal Distribution, or sometimes called the Bell Curve. 

"More and more people picking the middle side" is not a new idea or statistical anomalty.  The bell curve exists in almost everything, including randomness, as long as the statistical collection is significant.  This also proves why MOST people fall in the middle.  To accuse people of not taking a side is not only retarded, but it proves that this is not a black/white, right/left, right/wrong world.  The only reason people assume there is a right-wing or a left wing majority, is because the press only needs to discuss the extremes.  The majority (68.27% fall within the first standard deviation of the curve, 95.45% at the second standard deviation and 99.73% at the third standard deviation) are in the middle.  It's only the asses at either end of the spectrum that are a) being broadcast because they are opinionated freaks, and 2) draw ratings.  If you look at the rule of normal distribution, you find that almost no one is at the extreme left or extreme right, irregardless of what the media and talk show hosts (on both sides) will have you believe.

[Geowhizzer]

Demon, there you go getting all mathematical on everyone.  Nerd. 

[Butchers Bill]

I rarely resort to name-calling.  But this is why you are a retard



It's called Normal Distribution, or sometimes called the Bell Curve. 

"More and more people picking the middle side" is not a new idea or statistical anomalty.  The bell curve exists in almost everything, including randomness, as long as the statistical collection is significant.  This also proves why MOST people fall in the middle.  To accuse people of not taking a side is not only retarded, but it proves that this is not a black/white, right/left, right/wrong world.  The only reason people assume there is a right-wing or a left wing majority, is because the press only needs to discuss the extremes.  The majority (68.27% fall within the first standard deviation of the curve, 95.45% at the second standard deviation and 99.73% at the third standard deviation) are in the middle.  It's only the asses at either end of the spectrum that are a) being broadcast because they are opinionated freaks, and 2) draw ratings.  If you look at the rule of normal distribution, you find that almost no one is at the extreme left or extreme right, irregardless of what the media and talk show hosts (on both sides) will have you believe.

Did you just take a stat class kid?  Perhaps you should take an english class as well because irregardless is not a word.  Or didn't they teach you that in special ed?

Maybe you should consider a Political Science class too...maybe then you would see how ridiculous your post is.

[cj2112]

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irregardless

[Wingspan]

I rarely resort to name-calling.  But this is why you are a retard



It's called Normal Distribution, or sometimes called the Bell Curve. 

"More and more people picking the middle side" is not a new idea or statistical anomalty.  The bell curve exists in almost everything, including randomness, as long as the statistical collection is significant.  This also proves why MOST people fall in the middle.  To accuse people of not taking a side is not only retarded, but it proves that this is not a black/white, right/left, right/wrong world.  The only reason people assume there is a right-wing or a left wing majority, is because the press only needs to discuss the extremes.  The majority (68.27% fall within the first standard deviation of the curve, 95.45% at the second standard deviation and 99.73% at the third standard deviation) are in the middle.  It's only the asses at either end of the spectrum that are a) being broadcast because they are opinionated freaks, and 2) draw ratings.  If you look at the rule of normal distribution, you find that almost no one is at the extreme left or extreme right, irregardless of what the media and talk show hosts (on both sides) will have you believe.

Did you just take a stat class kid?  Perhaps you should take an english class as well because irregardless is not a word.  Or didn't they teach you that in special ed?

Maybe you should consider a Political Science class too...maybe then you would see how ridiculous your post is.

eh-hem

[Butchers Bill]

eh-hem

Ok, you would not even qualify for his special ed class just for pointing out your idiocy.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irregardless

Usage Note: Irregardless is a word that many mistakenly believe to be correct usage in formal style, when in fact it is used chiefly in nonstandard speech or casual writing. Coined in the United States in the early 20th century, it has met with a blizzard of condemnation for being an improper yoking of irrespective and regardless and for the logical absurdity of combining the negative ir- prefix and -less suffix in a single term. Although one might reasonably argue that it is no different from words with redundant affixes like debone and unravel, it has been considered a blunder for decades and will probably continue to be so.

[mussa]

ur bitching about correct grammar on the internet. get a fargin life.  luzer