General TV trivia

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say 'uncle', and this ends. Kissing the hand is optional.

Why would I say uncle?
You're the one keeping it going.
You could have stopped at any time.
It seems this really bothers you, though.
I don't know why you are so attached to the "They banned the books, isn't that horrible."
It's a TV-trivia thread.
It's your TV-trivia thread.
You seem very invested in these trivia threads.
You have rules and points and all kinds of things which seem to matter to you about it.
Why are you keeping this going?
 

This entire thread is the example.
That you don't seem to understand that is unfortunate, but can't be helped.

This would bother you much less if you just dismissed it and moved on.
You could have avoided the entire Streisand effect here.

Also, I strongly recommend reading Mere Christianity, Book III, Chapter 7, as it might help you.
 
This entire thread is the example.
That you don't seem to understand that is unfortunate, but can't be helped.

This would bother you much less if you just dismissed it and moved on.
You could have avoided the entire Streisand effect here.

Also, I strongly recommend reading Mere Christianity, Book III, Chapter 7, as it might help you.

You were challenged to provide a LINK as evidence of your accusation. You and I and anyone reading this thread know that you are dodging the issue with distraction.

My opinion of you has waned considerably because of your reluctance to take personal responsibility for your actions. In my neighbourhood, we call this 'sucking and blowing' or 'writing cheques your ass can't cash'.

Your mother and I are very disappointed, young man.

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Do eet! Do it NOW!
 
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onomatopoeia said:

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Those two links show NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that I have ever supported censorship.

Valcazar said:

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I've already explained that the "I don't care" referred to you wanting to chat while I was working. Each of your posts was in between a post in which I gave the correct answer to a question which had gone unanswered for many months. If a child interrupts while his father is working, anything the child had to say would not be well received, unless it was related to an emergency. Your contribution to the thread at that time had no immediate urgency. While you are not my son, there is merit in the analogy. You could have 'held your water' until a more appropriate time.

The only reason the subject of The Five Chinese Brothers came up was because the book was mentioned in a question post made by unassuming, which was answered on the same page where I was quoting myself to claim stump points. I quoted unassuming's question post, and effectively I was engaged in a dialogue with him. You were not a party to that dialogue.

My statement that the book had been banned from libraries came from Doug Miller, either as an indirect quote, or as an incomplete memory. I mentioned that my conversation with Doug had been in 2017. As a seller of books, Doug may well seldom visit libraries, because he sells books but doesn't lend them. It may be true that The Five Chinese Brothers is no longer in stock at any bookstore which sells new books. You have, as yet, not provided a link to any retailer of new books in your vicinity which has at least one copy on display or on order. The list of previously published books which are now out of print likely far exceeds the number of titles easily found, hence the existence of, and the need for, secondary market shops.

Your information that the book was not banned in Toronto libraries was news to me. I only visit the library to make photocopies. I have plenty of books to read in my own personal library. As Doug is the owner of the only store, (to my knowledge), of second-hand books in Toronto which specializes in children's books, I assumed that his statement was true.

You don't even live in Toronto. It's good that you looked into whether or not the book was, indeed, available in some Toronto libraries. I have no interest in having a copy of The Five Chinese Brothers transferred to my local branch because I have two copies in my person library, and Doug owes me two more from a trade.

The 'evidence' which you have been asked to provide refers specifically to the quote next to the red arrow in the screen cap above.

When have I EVER written ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, which would lead YOU to believe that I have EVER supported censorship OF ANY KIND, in ANY POST which I have made on the Internet, ANYWHERE?


If the Like I gave you for the split post is evidence in your eyes, keep in mind that it was given to you AFTER your post, and it refers specifically to your first statement, and definitely NOT to the second.

I should not have had to restate the same challenge with more all caps words, but you have either misunderstood your task, or you are talking around the question, because you are unable to justify your accusation.

THAT'S what matters to me.
 
onomatopoeia said:

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Those two links show NO EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER that I have ever supported censorship.

I have never accused you of supporting censorship.
I even told you its just the opposite.

You seem to be confusing me pointing out you seem to want it to be banned with you wanting to ban it.
Those are different things.


I've already explained that the "I don't care" referred to you wanting to chat while I was working. Each of your posts was in between a post in which I gave the correct answer to a question which had gone unanswered for many months. If a child interrupts while his father is working, anything the child had to say would not be well received, unless it was related to an emergency. Your contribution to the thread at that time had no immediate urgency. While you are not my son, there is merit in the analogy. You could have 'held your water' until a more appropriate time.

Now THAT's some funny delusional shit.
That you think this is even remotely a useful analogy is wild.

The only reason the subject of The Five Chinese Brothers came up was because the book was mentioned in a question post made by unassuming, which was answered on the same page where I was quoting myself to claim stump points. I quoted unassuming's question post, and effectively I was engaged in a dialogue with him. You were not a party to that dialogue.

My statement that the book had been banned from libraries came from Doug Miller, either as an indirect quote, or as an incomplete memory. I mentioned that my conversation with Doug had been in 2017. As a seller of books, Doug may well seldom visit libraries, because he sells books but doesn't lend them. It may be true that The Five Chinese Brothers is no longer in stock at any bookstore which sells new books. You have, as yet, not provided a link to any retailer of new books in your vicinity which has at least one copy on display or on order. The list of previously published books which are now out of print likely far exceeds the number of titles easily found, hence the existence of, and the need for, secondary market shops.

Your information that the book was not banned in Toronto libraries was news to me. I only visit the library to make photocopies. I have plenty of books to read in my own personal library. As Doug is the owner of the only store, (to my knowledge), of second-hand books in Toronto which specializes in children's books, I assumed that his statement was true.

You don't even live in Toronto. It's good that you looked into whether or not the book was, indeed, available in some Toronto libraries. I have no interest in having a copy of The Five Chinese Brothers transferred to my local branch because I have two copies in my person library, and Doug owes me two more from a trade.

The 'evidence' which you have been asked to provide refers specifically to the quote next to the red arrow in the screen cap above.

When have I EVER written ANYTHING, ANYWHERE, which would lead YOU to believe that I have EVER supported censorship OF ANY KIND, in ANY POST which I have made on the Internet, ANYWHERE?


If the Like I gave you for the split post is evidence in your eyes, keep in mind that it was given to you AFTER your post, and it refers specifically to your first statement, and definitely NOT to the second.

I should not have had to restate the same challenge with more all caps words, but you have either misunderstood your task, or you are talking around the question, because you are unable to justify your accusation.

THAT'S what matters to me.

I'll repeat, since you seem to be slow.
You seem to be confusing me pointing out you seem to want it to be banned with you wanting to ban it.
Those are different things.

I mean, look at this.
You have now completely derailed this thread, your own thread, a thread you are so dedicated to you think of it as "work" and are mad that I interrupted "daddy working". (Like I said, wild.)
You have now spent post after post defending against something I never accused you of, after coming up with reason after reason why you think the "banned" story must have been true.
Because it really seems it is important to you that it is true, because then you are brave and strong for having the book despite the ban, supporting your self-image of yourself involves being a mighty opponent of censorship.

Once again, the actual response to all this nonsense is 🤷
 
The Jeffersons featured the first black and white married couple , Tom and Helen Willis, what show featured the 2nd?
 
Answer: Frank, (Name was shown on his police ID and on an evidence bag that he signed off on)

The writers and Peter Falk all agree that this is not his name.
The prop department added it.


It remains the kind of thing Columbo fans argue about to this day.