FreeThinkerNZ

http://www.thecivilian.co.nz/god-deeply-frustrated-aucklands-gay-people-live-nowhere-near-a-fault-line/

LOL, that's fine. But a bunch of e-friends of mine on here can verify. I've skyped with them, emailed etc. Meet me in chat sometime if you want to.

Thanks for the welcome back, Voice. How are you doing these days? I started responding to several threads but I can't keep up with them all time-wise at the moment. So if there's any policy issue you want to ask me about here, fire away. I'll get involved in other threads again when I'm able to.

Love you too, man!Uh oh. That sounds like I just got put into the friend zone... Why does this always happen to me? Oh no, I wasn't putting you in the friend zone my love! I was trying to keep up with all my posts and failing, lol. Thank you very much for such a nice welcome back, xx

Thank you so much for your thoughts. I don't live near the area, luckily. 2 people reported dead. Better a night time EQ in a rural area than a daytime EQ in a city.

Hi Yunea, thanks for the welcome back, hope you are doing well.

Yes as long as the choice is either him or the wicked witch... I guess he'd have gotten my vote too. And I agree that there's many things said about him which... surprisingly fall apart real fast once examined in detail. Athena Brown of 4thwavers.net did a long investigative posting about that some time ago, finding that at least of the common claims of his sexism and racism, none hold water. Naturally that doesn't rule out the option that there are other ways he actually is sexist/racist/whatever which are just not talked about... And yes from what he said during his campaign he has some good plans. Of course the question is always what happens once the decision has been made. I keep hearing very conflicting claims about what he said/did after the election and I'm hardly in a position to analyze it all, so I'm going with best/worst case scenarios. And like I said... as I see it, the worst case is that he's a moron I'd still have much preferred seeing a president-elect named Sanders, or at least a third-party one... but again, if the choice is him or killary... Yeah, there have been confusing claims since Nov 8 about policies but I'm working on the assumption that the media is spinning facts as usual and the truth is somewhat different. I think it's understandable that some of his top officials will be long time party operatives and some lobbyists because it's unavoidable. There just aren't enough bodies from outside who have the right skills and experience. But he'll be in charge and he doesn't let people persuade him to change tack lightly. He has certain family members who are very smart politically and have been working on policy outside the public eye the whole time. I don't see him as sexist/racist any more than anyone else might be. If the claims are based on his words (and many of them aren't even that) then context must be considered. Regarding the "locker room talk", he immediately owned it and apologized and kept doing so, even though once was sufficient. Hillary's apologies are few, late, and insincere. For her worst actions, eg Benghazi, I doubt she'll ever admit her role and apologize. I don't think she's capable of that much insight and empathy.

IKR? I think this is the most attention I've had from the guys here in two and half years, lol.

Yes, it seems they did! And I didn't even notice it happening, lol. If our presence in the chat room deters the leftists, at least we'll be able to get drunk together and talk sex. And they said the day of miracles was over. I'd be glad you were back even if you hadn't changed your mind about anything. Aw, shucks. I would have felt the same way about you too. You're a lot more interesting than you give yourself credit for sometimes. Gotta run but might see you in chat later? *Sigh* I kept looking at the chatroom but you weren't there. Sorry bro, I fell asleep.

Love you too, man!

Sorry, I'm going to need that initialism spelled out. Googling it didn't tell me what it means. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law Ah, got it, thanks. It was because it was in caps. Understandable that this could be seen as Poe's law. That would have been impressive! But I do genuinely feel this way. Internet land in the last 10 years has had strange effects on people. I think it's exciting! I still love my liberal/left-leaning friends from before and one of them now refers to me as their "smart conservative friend"... he lives in the US South, lol. Atheism is a minority within the American right wing, it's bigger in other countries. In NZ, there are probably just as many believers in the left wing as the right, because they're Catholics or socially-minded Protestants (like my family).

Yes, it seems they did! And I didn't even notice it happening, lol. If our presence in the chat room deters the leftists, at least we'll be able to get drunk together and talk sex. And they said the day of miracles was over. I'd be glad you were back even if you hadn't changed your mind about anything. Aw, shucks. I would have felt the same way about you too. You're a lot more interesting than you give yourself credit for sometimes. Gotta run but might see you in chat later?

Sorry, I'm going to need that initialism spelled out. Googling it didn't tell me what it means.

Oh my... I can see the hickies forming on her butt from here. You're disgusting but strangely endearing.