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Sly, take things into perspective, when you look at our vast universe, you will realize that your problems are not as big as you think.

P.S I am a cosmologist with a love and hate relationship with the field. It makes me depressed very much.

I don't think Sly has a "defective' character.

I feel like he feels hemmed in because he feels Obama "wants to take my guns away."

He feels Obama's a liberal--so, by extension, liberals "want to take my guns away."

This might be at the crux of his frustration--in addition to his frustrations at not being able to find a girl.

Yes, he does need formal therapy. But he also needs to meet more people in his area, rather than rely on the Internet so much.

I don't believe that Sly's opinions are limited to simply owning guns. Like myself, he sees the Second Amendment an integral part of the Bill of Rights, and, by extension the Constitution. Knock over that domino, and watch all its natural rights dissolve.

You did describe it well--the domino effect.

It's possible one thing could lead to many other things. In an exponential sense.

There is no doubt that sly's conservative views on certain issues has put him on the radar of certain posters as well, I notice these same people and he may not be able to articulate these views well enough to do rhetorical battle with these people as most aren't. This cabal of posters does not particularly like debate but they definitely hold grudges, most of them aren't articulate enough or have the stamina to argue them with me. I always like how I'll make these large posts in the middle of one of these threads only for people to completely ignore it and to continue bickering over nonsense. Some people take the discussion of politics way too seriously, I do it for fun because I find it stimulating and it's special interest of mine but I am not so delusional to think I am on the floor of United States congress and that any of this matters. I get along just fine with a lot of the more left wing posters, I think we agree on more things than they would probably be comfortable to admit. It's not something I take personally, my favorite posters here are probably ones that disagree with me the most that at least respect differences in opinion without projecting hate towards each other. We all have more in common than we do apart, we really should be able to have civil discussions. Anyone that feels any hostility from me should know I mirrored what you give to me, I don't like to argue like that because its not persuasive and you always attract more flies with honey than you do vinegar. The people that are respectful with me I consider their opinions and I do feel my views have been influenced by well thought out civil debate.

PPR can be quite lively especially here in an election year, some people consider it a bit too rough and tumble but I think it's fun which is why post there. I'd say it's a much better subforum than say L&D which really brings out the worst in the board unfortunately,,relationships obviously something a lot of us struggle with. I wish more of the older PPR posters came back, it was funner with more people that actually test your views. I think people would be surprised with the posters I got along with the best on a quasi-personal level.

I'm sure we probably would disagree on a lot of things but I'm an open-minded person and hear people out who give the same courtesy to me. Perhaps you can have a unique insight into my worldview considering we came from the same place. Enough of this I don't want to derail the thread and make it about me, sometimes its hard not to do that.

I, myself, like Laughing Cow cheese

It depends on my mood.

Sometimes, I like sharp cheddar cheese.

Other times, I like mild Norwegian cheese.