From Dictionary.com…
spell1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (spl)
v. spelled, [b]or spelt /b spell?ing, spells
v. tr.
To name or write in order the letters constituting (a word or part of a word).
To constitute the letters of (a word): These letters spell animal.
To add up to; signify: Their unwise investment could spell financial ruin.
‘Spelt’ is the correct past tense form of ‘spell’ in British English. Perhaps some Americans don’t know that. I’m from New Zealand. Can you find that on a map?
Well guys, it’s good to be back on the ol’ T-Forum again. And I see the threads here still spark the same fired emotions as before…good to see. Here’s my take on this situation;
All of these threads seem to be well thought out and have some heart put into these responses. Do I agree with Michael Moore’s outlooks and opinions of this great and prosperous country that I have risked my life to defend?? No I do not. Do his views make him a terrorist?? No they do not. He is an American just like the rest of you and has his right to say what he believes. However, I do not believe that his occupation as a movie producer give him any edge over any one else’s opinions. OK, he’s famous, but who gives a damn about what he has to say? I sure as hell don’t, and you should not either. If you disagree with him, show it in your actions in every day life. Go out and tell everyone how much you love your country. If you agree with him and share in the same beliefs as him, then keep it to yourself to avoid getting your ass knocked out. God bless, and keep up the good posts. RLTW
rangertab75
[quote]deanosumo wrote:
‘Spelt’ is the correct past tense form of ‘spell’ in British English. Perhaps some Americans don’t know that. I’m from New Zealand. Can you find that on a map?
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Well, I’m not afraid to admit when I’m wrong. Sorry, based on someone else’s comment I was led to believe you were from Canada…anyway, it was just a jab.
No worries dude. It takes a man to do that.
Interesting discussions on this board, aye?
peartmath
Why can’t you accept some self-criticism? Why must some negative analysis/commentary mean he intends to bring harm? It is such a ridiculous jump in logical step-taking – I honestly can’t fathom how you conjur up such a distorted perception of his work.
The book is called Stupid White Men and it deals with the few greedy, dishonest, self-appreciating, men with tremendous amounts of power and connections, and little concern for the good of the many.
As for your analogy to the robbing student, I don’t know how Moore has done anything of the sort. How has he condemned the average American for anything Bush and his cohorts have done?
[quote]deanosumo wrote:
‘Spelt’ is the correct past tense form of ‘spell’ in British English. Perhaps some Americans don’t know that. I’m from New Zealand. Can you find that on a map?
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I am too.
I’m from Canada and I fail to see what difference it would have made in the post if Deanosumo had been from here instead of New Zealand.
And btw, I feel compelled to enlighten you, dear WS, that I’ve never heard anyone use the word “aboot” anywhere else than in some dumbass southpark episode so I think you should just turn off the t.v. and open a book…any book…and oh ya, read it too…
And just so you know, skidoos and horses are no longer the prime means of transportation “up north”,eh!..just thought you should know so you can tell mom you learned something on the board today!
Dude, I think you got it wrong. Michael Moore is a patriotic American - it’s just that he’s saddened by the evils committed by the people of his country, and by those representing them in government, and he wants to make people realise that the violence that America has undertaken throughout the world, and that it’s citizens have perpetrated on eachother, is the wrong way, and needs to stop. He also wants to make people understand why it is happening, so that it can be fixed.
To Batty: What’s with the personal insults? This is a forum, not your local bar or bowling alley! Let’s see: in the movie, MM rips on Bush for spending 7 minutes with kids in a classroom; I use a principal in a classroom. I refer to his book SWM and its theme. Who’s the moron, Batty? You obviously are just some dumb kid who doesn’t know jack. Go back to your porn sites and box of Kleenex, Junior.
For the rest of you guys: read, really read this guys stuff. For example, the guys says to only hire black people and if possible marry a black woman. Now, doing either is fine but the guy’s an obvious nutcase. The part where he gives step-by-step instructions for men to piss like women should have any T-Man ready to rip his balls off (see article Blue Whales at this site)! The guy is a mental terrorist out to destroy what it means to be a man!
If you guys want to let MM do your thinking for you, go ahead! But remember, everything has consequences.
This is just plain ignorant - Moore is no terrorist. He’s not even dangerous. He is a man with a camera and an opinion.
You can hate Michael Moore, but to call him a terrorist is nonsense. We’ve always had muckrakers - some have been good, because they exposed real problems. Others merely act as gadflies buzzing around people making decisions.
But Moore is harmless. He is certainly no terrorist. And saying so is irresponsible.
Roy Batty,
Clinton in fact did not do more than Bush to eradicate the world of OBL. Get your facts straight.
RSU wrote -
Why can’t you accept some self-criticism?
And I will answer to him and vroom who are seeing things from only one side of the fence.
We can! The key word is SOME. All you two seem to be doing for the past 6 months or so is non stop nagging and criticizing of what we are doing. Nobody f-ing said we are perfect and we never make a mistake. Vroom, you are a dipshit if you think any country has anything over ours. By the way we didn’t get this handed to us, Our ancestors kicked the shit out of some very snobby, elitist bastards in eourope to gain our freedom. And we have fought ever since to retain it. Even with ourselves when it needed to be done. I’m sick of people like you trying to take away our greatness by criticism and diversion. Why do you want to knock us down? All we have ever done is try to help your country, try to lift it up to our level, What do we get in return? Remarks like the ones you made above. Simply mind boggling.
And anyone else who told me to take it easy, go fuck yourself. I never said anything about his stance on world issued or his different beliefs, except the belief that the majority of americans are shitheads and couldn’t tie thier own shoes. That I will not sit here and listen to.
Vegita ~ Prince of all Sayajins
Moore is a twit, not a terrorist. Don’t confuse the two.
[quote]peartmath wrote:
MM rips on Bush for spending 7 minutes with kids in a classroom;[/quote]
No, he doesn’t rip on Bush for spending the time with the kids – that was fine. What he does OPINE is that upon the President learning the country he presides over was under attack, it would have been just GREAT to see him react somehow – not sitting there dumbfounded for 7 minutes, waiting to be told what to do. And I absolutely agree. I never knew that Bush sat there for 7 minutes without acting – until, that is, I saw Farenheit 9/11.
You call Bush’s action leadership? Two of our own jetliners flying into the most famous buildings in the world doesn’t deserve the President dropping what he was doing and attending to it?
Where - really where - does he say this? I want page numbers, dates, something.
LOL…you sound like a scared, insecure, little sissy!
Vroom, you are a dipshit if you think any country has anything over ours. By the way we didn’t get this handed to us, Our ancestors kicked the shit out of some very snobby, elitist bastards in europe to gain our freedom. And we have fought ever since to retain it. Even with ourselves when it needed to be done.
Veg, I think you are going around the bend. History is filled with revolts against tyranny – the US is not the only country to have people who have had the fiber to do so.
I’m sick of people like you trying to take away our greatness by criticism and diversion. Why do you want to knock us down?
Where do you get the impression that I am “trying to take away” from the greatness of the US? I certainly am critical of the current administration, if that is your problem with my views. I think you are very shitty at being able to think about another persons views when they aren’t the same as yours. Disagreeing on things is natural and does not equate to a slam on everything you hold dear.
All we have ever done is try to help your country, try to lift it up to our level, What do we get in return? Remarks like the ones you made above.
Lift us up to your level? Canada needs lifting from what? What the hell are you talking about? I certainly have no idea! The remarks I made above, by the way, were certainly not very disparaging, nothing worth getting your panties in a knot about anyway. In particular, was anything I said false?
For all you religious conservatives out there, isn’t excessive pride one of the seven deadly sins?
I’m not religious or conservative. It’s just that if all you hear is negative comments all day and all night (or anytime you read posts from a certain someone) it starts to leave a bad taste in your mouth. Just like if I was going out with a chick that bitched and complained non-stop, She would be out the door because that just isn’t healthy.
What is really amazing is that we don’t even need any advanced weapons to defeat terrorism. We could just take all of the T-Nation political posters and have them start headbutting terrorists. Everyone in here has a head that is harder and denser than any naturally occuring material on earth. Is anyone here ever wrong? I certainly am, I screw up all the time. All we get here is condecending remarks that try to make one side sound smarter than the other.
I still havent seen very many legitamate alternatives being discussed. It’s all just negative gloom and doom ranting. God fobid some of us agree with the path that we are on, I for one don’t get so wrapped up in death that I wouldn’t die or wouldn’t want someone else to die for a good cause. Hell even a mediocre cause, if the net gain is positive then it is worth it. People die and go on to something else. You guys throw around these conspiracy theories like they are gospel but not one of them has ever been proven or else GWB would be out of office.
I play golf with one of my best friends and all he does is complain about his shots. If the ball doesn’t go into the hole he is complaining. That is fucking retarded and I’m starting to not want to play with him. It’s called obsessive compulsive and that is what I feel like lately when I log into t-nation and stop by here. some of you seem like the type who would win a million dollars in the lottery and then complain about not getting to keep it all because of taxes.
Vegita ~ Prince of all Sayajins
Veg,
This is the “Politics and World Issues” forum right?
Sounds to me like you can dish it out but not take it. You are handing out insults and putdowns like they are going out of style and then calling others negative because they don’t agree with your opinion.
Chill a bit. Look a little harder to recognize a balancing positive statement or conciliatory tone as well…
Vegita,
Remember that Thomas Jefferson said that the “highest form of patriotism is dissent”, and FDR said that apathy and attempting to squelch dissent on the president is “treasonous”… You’re just gonna have to take what you consider to be bad with what you consider to be good. Good thing that you don’t get to make all the rules. Me and Vroom and the other “leftists” in here would be the first ones against the wall. So comforting to know that you favor fascism over the freedom we now enjoy.
One thing about you that particularly confuses me… How can you support a president who has such a staunch right-wing fundamentalist position? Would someone who is agnostic (if memory serves) be happy living in a theocracy, which is where Bush et al would like to take us to? That is one of the reasons the forefathers sought to create a “new secular world order”… to escape theocracy and all that represents.
[quote]Nicky_Boy24 wrote:
I’m from Canada and I fail to see what difference it would have made in the post if Deanosumo had been from here instead of New Zealand.
And btw, I feel compelled to enlighten you, dear WS, that I’ve never heard anyone use the word “aboot” anywhere else than in some dumbass southpark episode so I think you should just turn off the t.v. and open a book…any book…and oh ya, read it too…
And just so you know, skidoos and horses are no longer the prime means of transportation “up north”,eh!..just thought you should know so you can tell mom you learned something on the board today!
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wow, too funny…
[quote]Warrior Spirit wrote:
wow, too funny…[/quote]
I’m glad you think so! No hard feelings.