tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post113642013730456163..comments2024-03-28T14:46:40.884-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Well qualified."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136525460926183422006-01-05T23:31:00.000-06:002006-01-05T23:31:00.000-06:00Althouse: Do you think it was better long ago whe...Althouse: Do you think it was better long ago when they used to let more people into law school but it was harder to stay in. Perhaps that was a better system...Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136495851507277942006-01-05T15:17:00.000-06:002006-01-05T15:17:00.000-06:00Mary: You were on notice that I would delete your ...Mary: You were on notice that I would delete your repetitive comments that selfishly made this thread about you instead of the original post. You are abusing this forum and need to stop.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136490602796873412006-01-05T13:50:00.000-06:002006-01-05T13:50:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136490347894949792006-01-05T13:45:00.000-06:002006-01-05T13:45:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136490247332237962006-01-05T13:44:00.000-06:002006-01-05T13:44:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136488294822112152006-01-05T13:11:00.000-06:002006-01-05T13:11:00.000-06:00Sloan: I disagree with that characterization of th...Sloan: I disagree with that characterization of the Law School's approach to admissions. Academic credentials count for everyone, even when we do give a lot of attention to other factors. We are trying to assemble an interesting group of students, so we don't just take the students with the highest GPA/LSAT numbers. It would be a very different, less vibrant place if we did.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136485250741345192006-01-05T12:20:00.000-06:002006-01-05T12:20:00.000-06:00Thanks Coco... my point is that there are some peo...Thanks Coco... my point is that there are some people in law school who are not qualified to be there and did not "compete" to get in...yet they are there anyways....why? <BR/><BR/>Btw, this fact has nothing to do with how the professors. I am sure Althouse can attest to reading horrible exams and papers and wondering why some people are in her class or even in the law school.Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136478484917833072006-01-05T10:28:00.000-06:002006-01-05T10:28:00.000-06:00"...Just don't try to sell yourself as a principle..."...Just don't try to sell yourself as a principled thinker, allowing free discourse, and encouraging competing views...."<BR/><BR/>Frankly, I don't understand where this view comes from. I don't recall arguing anywhere that I oppose free discourse. Nor does anyone on this board make such an argument. That is pure nonsense.<BR/><BR/>There are plenty of people on this board that argue that other outlets such as the NY Times or the MSM or Bush/Cheney oppose free discourse....but that is part of our own free discourse.<BR/><BR/>I need to find my little red book.Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136476214621326982006-01-05T09:50:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:50:00.000-06:00Mary, I did have a discussion on this board last w...Mary, I did have a discussion on this board last week with goober_snatcher (unfortunately it's fallen off this page so I can't find it for you). He noted he felt the wiretaps (as well as most other actions by the Bush adminstration) were motivated to enrich oil companies. His positions were decidedly liberal at that point anyway.<BR/><BR/>I do agree with you that his comments were designed primarily to get a rise out of people, but based on my conversations with him he has a decidedly liberal bent and characterizing him as a liberal is accurate. I think most people looking at the totality of his posts would agree.Goatwhackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188180755273440630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136475986490106422006-01-05T09:46:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:46:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136475606027352052006-01-05T09:40:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:40:00.000-06:00"Enforce the rules equally is all we ask. Don't gi..."Enforce the rules equally is all we ask. Don't give one "side" special spin or advantage."<BR/><BR/>I think Althouse equallly removes disgusting posts. Althouse can and should remove any post she wants. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, this is just a blog. If Althouse deletes one of my posts I would not feel as if my rights were violated. Instead, I should perhaps re-examine my discourse in the probable chance that Althouse deleted the post for a good reason.Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136475160216670722006-01-05T09:32:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:32:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136474820729495622006-01-05T09:27:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:27:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136474586499635142006-01-05T09:23:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:23:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Derve Swansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03588383169658816894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136474517733393912006-01-05T09:21:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:21:00.000-06:00Okay, that last one of Mary's came in after I wrot...Okay, that last one of Mary's came in after I wrote I was going to start deleting things like that, so I won't delete it. But that's it for things like that.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136474186755096222006-01-05T09:16:00.000-06:002006-01-05T09:16:00.000-06:00"mary said...By selectively deleting posts, you ma..."mary said...<BR/>By selectively deleting posts, you manipulate the argument."<BR/><BR/>One of the ones I took down said something nasty about YOU!<BR/><BR/>Cold Pillow: "Why exactly are they a 'supposed liberal'?"<BR/><BR/>I wrote that because the person was so nasty from the liberal pose that I had some suspicion that it was someone trying to make liberals look bad. <BR/><BR/>And what the hell? What's with all the anger abou my deleting posts where a commenter calls another commenter a "fag." <BR/><BR/>Really, now people are just junking up the comments with long, self-serving rants. You're wasting our time. I'm warning you that I'm going to delete anything repetitive or too long now. This whole thread was hijacked in the first comment. That's unfair to those of us who actually want to talk about the Alito nomination and not a lot of jabbering about my comments policy. If you don't like it: <I>get your own blog.</I> See if anyone wants to read you there.<BR/><BR/>Let's talk about the original post now.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136472143391798752006-01-05T08:42:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:42:00.000-06:00"....What about these comments would lead you to b..."....What about these comments would lead you to believe 1) the person is serious, or 2) they are a "supposed" liberal?..."<BR/><BR/>It's clearly a "supposed liberal" mocking Christianity. How could you see it any differently?<BR/><BR/>How come liberal artists don't make fun of the prophet Mohammed. Showing Jesus with a bong or Mary fornicating is cliche these days. In contrast, attacking Mohammed would take real guts and real artistic challenge.....hmmm perhaps Christians aren't so bad after all.Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136472119606256562006-01-05T08:41:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:41:00.000-06:00Re: "Fighting dirty, like a girlie some cultures w...Re: <I>"Fighting dirty, like a girlie some cultures would say, is when you delete a terse insult, then CONCLUDE a person's political ideology by the rude insult."</I><BR/><BR/>1. Saying <I>"some cultures would say"</I> does not minimize your choice of the phrase <I>"Fighting dirty, like a girlie "</I>. In fact it is the very same thing you supposedly deride in that same sentence, ascribing an insult to some other folk, but using it. It permits one to be abusive while simultaneously disavowing that abuse.<BR/><BR/>2. It's not a giant leap of logic to suggest that someone slinging insults or nonsense like Mr Goober on this blog is <I>probably opposed</I> to Ms. Althouse, and therefore more port than starboard. It's a judgement call, and likely a very good guess. You want courtroom DNA proof? Feh.<BR/><BR/>Re: <I>"When discourse falls to the level of entertainment news or cartoons, we are in trouble."</I><BR/><BR/>When discourse requires one to follow some ludicrous guidelines invented by an anonymous poster, we are in trouble. Your <I>rules</I> have no basis in argument that I know of.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136471776350886672006-01-05T08:36:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:36:00.000-06:00"....diverse student body, open to all qualified c..."....diverse student body, open to all qualified candidates who have competed to get in...."<BR/><BR/>You have to be kidding me? You think a law school classroom is full of students who are all "qualified" to be there and who have all competed to get in. That does not sound like reality to me.Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136470972650219192006-01-05T08:22:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:22:00.000-06:00I missed the "fag" post. Sounds like somethign Jo...I missed the "fag" post. Sounds like somethign Jon Stewart would say.Sloanasaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787488302564761993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136470714549915802006-01-05T08:18:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:18:00.000-06:00bearbee, I think the Welsh invented everything.bearbee, <BR/><BR/>I think the Welsh invented <I>everything.</I>KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136470496313152932006-01-05T08:14:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:14:00.000-06:00"Verification word ~ ridcwyhb"Isn't that Welsh?"Verification word ~ <B><I>ridcwyhb</I></B>"<BR/><BR/>Isn't that Welsh?bearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136470105072067532006-01-05T08:08:00.000-06:002006-01-05T08:08:00.000-06:00mary appears to believe that a blog is discredited...<I>mary</I> appears to believe that a blog is discredited when deleting, ignoring, or ridiculing comments that are argumentative, insulting, or juvenile.<BR/><BR/>I disagree. It seems to me that <I>mary</I> wants to believe that <I>liberty</I> is equivalent to <I>libertinism</I>, when clearly they are not the same thing, but very nearly opposites. Civility enforces the civic. Libertines enforce anarchy.<BR/><BR/><I>Fighting fair</I>, in <I>mary's</I> world, means permitting abusive behavior, and responding to idiotic arguments like <I><B>"is so!"</B></I> with detailed ripostes. Feh.<BR/> <BR/><I>Verification word ~ <B>ridcwyhb:</B></I> the awful but unshakeable feeling that one is arguing with spambot.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136468936944328682006-01-05T07:48:00.001-06:002006-01-05T07:48:00.001-06:00Mary: Did you even notice the word "supposed" befo...Mary: Did you even notice the word "supposed" before liberals? Jeez!Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1136468931816992352006-01-05T07:48:00.000-06:002006-01-05T07:48:00.000-06:00“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush ...“Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”<BR/><BR/>Was this reported in the MSM? It seems to me that they would have been slobbering over this tidbit........bearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.com