I'm sorry.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Know the difference between blogs (on the right or the left) and more credible news sources (the latter being the ones that double check their sources and provide evidence for them).

Nowdays are there any?

[Devastatin Dave]

Only thing this proves is the I.Q. off the average (US) officer.

"off" the average US officer? Maybe your post shows your level of IQ as well.

[Tribesman]

Is 'Chuck Pitman' even a real person? Who knows.

Yep he is a retired UNMC General , now working in the defense industry his career was mainly admin , but he also done a stint of photographic work during the Vietnam conflict and was wounded in Laos .

He is a real person , but it says something about the rightist mindset when they take an article by a ranting columnist and falsely wrap it in the flag by attributing it to a veteran to try and make it more credible .

If they want a genuine rant from a vet they could always use one of Ollie Norths .
But of course with him being ever so slightly traitorous to his country it does dent his credibility somewhat .

[Byzantine Prince]

"off" the average US officer? Maybe your post shows your level of IQ as well.

Is English YOUR third language?

[Reverend Joe]

Wow... what were the first two?

[Devastatin Dave]

Is English YOUR third language?

Did you read what I was quoting or are you showing your IQ as well?

[Sasaki Kojiro]

Upxl is from Belgium...

[Byzantine Prince]

Did you read what I was quoting or are you showing your IQ as well?

Yes I read, but you didn't understand. He is from Belgium, he doesn't have to be perfect in English to be intelligent. If he can do enough to communicate on these boards then that's more then YOU can do on Belgian boards.

PS: My IQ is pretty high.

[Devastatin Dave]

Yes I read, but you didn't understand. He is from Belgium, he doesn't have to be perfect in English to be intelligent. If he can do enough to communicate on these boards then that's more then YOU can do on Belgian boards.

PS: My IQ is pretty high.

Then I'm sorry, I just found it rather funny for someone to criticize someone's intelligence when they make a mistake with the words "off" and "of".

PS: You're still a pretentious little board troll...

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Yes I read, but you didn't understand. He is from Belgium, he doesn't have to be perfect in English to be intelligent. If he can do enough to communicate on these boards then that's more then YOU can do on Belgian boards.

PS: My IQ is pretty high.

How high. I know mine from a few years back. Let's bash IQs.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I suggest that you refrain from making personal attacks

Was it a personal attack? Or was it a Political Attack?

[Reverend Joe]

Then I'm sorry, I just found it rather funny for someone to criticize someone's intelligence when they make a mistake with the words "off" and "of".

PS: You're still a pretentious little board troll...

Uh...

[Devastatin Dave]

Uh...

I was talking to BP, you have actual substance to your posts...

[Reverend Joe]

I was talking to BP, you have actual substance to your posts...

When?!

(And I was messin' with you.)

[Ser Clegane]

Was it a personal attack? Or was it a Political Attack?

The choice of words made it a personal attack - funny pictures of Saddam do not change that.

For further discussion on the nature of personal attacks you can PM me.

[Adrian II]

Maybe your post shows your level of IQ as well.

'Level' means: relative position on a scale. 'IQ' means: the ratio of a person's measured intelligence to his chonological age, multiplied by 100. Hence, IQ already indicates a level.

'Level of IQ' is a tautology.

*wallows in 137 IQ*

[Proletariat]

Isn't tautological when you have an expression like, 'I wouldn't pay a red cent for that car' because saying 'I would pay a red cent for that car' makes no sense?

I thought it had to do with logic only working in one direction, not really redundancies. Any linguists around to weigh in?

*wallows*

Edit: Eh, I answered my own question already. Shoulda just googled it in the first place.

*wallows on*

[Hurin_Rules]

Isn't tautological when you have an expression like, 'I wouldn't pay a red cent for that car' because saying 'I would pay a red cent for that car' makes no sense?

I thought it had to do with logic only working in one direction, not really redundancies. Any linguists around to weigh in?

*wallows*

It can be either.

Redundancy:

This book is a codex.

Vacuous statment:

Either it will rain tomorrow, or it won't.

Both are tautologies.

[Adrian II]

Isn't tautological when you have an expression like, 'I wouldn't pay a red cent for that car' because saying 'I would pay a red cent for that car' makes no sense?

I thought it had to do with logic only working in one direction, not really redundancies. Any linguists around to weigh in?

*wallows*

Edit: Eh, I answered my own question already. Shoulda just googled it in the first place.

*wallows on*

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000:

Tau·tol·o·gy: 1a. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy. b. An instance of such repetition.

*wallows in gratuitous redundancy *

[Proletariat]

Thanks, Hurin. I had just realized that. I think I remembered the first bit more easily thanks to a linguistic proffesor who harped on it for about an hour to a class that just wasn't getting it, a few years back.

(What? No French Revolution Liberty Cap smilie for the respectfully bow/nod?)

[Adrian II]

It can be either.

Redundancy:

This book is a codex.

Vacuous statment:

Either it will rain tomorrow, or it won't.

Both are tautologies.

What, no wallowing?

[Hurin_Rules]

What, no wallowing?

Me, I prefer to luxuriate. Although the difference between the two is purely tautological.

[master of the puppets]

WALLOW yaya WALLOWING IS FUN WHEN THE MUD IS DEEP . (you can tell I have a high IQ .

[Incongruous]

Not as high as mine.

[Incongruous]

Oh really?

[Incongruous]

Um yeah...
Who are you?

[Incongruous]

I am your brain.

[Incongruous]

Oh s**t!

[Ser Clegane]

Stop spamming

[Incongruous]

I do apalogey good sir.