ART banned?

ratboy88 · May 4, 2004

hey if baron brought back dildo boy, he's gotta bring back ART.

Gordon Gekko · May 4, 2004

assuming ART is still able to access the site, i will detect his new alias shortly. axeman and i were on to him pretty quickly after OPTIONAL777 was banned.

FLESH GORDON · May 4, 2004

Quote from nitro:

ART and MrJohnGalt were banned by Baron in the ET chatroom yesterday.

The reason given by Baron was that too many people were complaining about them. In particular, apparently people read the ET chatroom log and cannot put either one of them on ignore since it is just a text file.

ART, who as we all know was Optional777, was actually pretty good - he talked the markets and often made intelligent comments backed up by well thought out charts. But as soon as one of the ET morons came in the chat room, he completely flipped and went on a completely fanatical rampage insulting them day after day continously. It was really wearing...

MrJohnGalt, who made no secret that he was WDGann, was banned simply for lewd behavior, constantly making references to his genitals while at the same time telling you he "loved you."

nitro

MrJohGalt sounds a gay horny man.

hapaboy · May 4, 2004

Quote from rowenwood:

Good day hapaboy. What do you think of what I'm saying about special ops and Tillman? I'm asking you becuase you were in the military.

Row, good day to you.

Regarding Tillman, we'll never know precisely why he did what he did.

Personally, I think it admirable that he turned his back on further riches and fame to do what his conscience told him to do. I don't know how much money he made prior to quitting football, but I'm sure his family was set up financially.

What would really impress me would be some top-ranked basketball/football/baseball/etc. player coming out of college and, instead of going pro, enlisting as Tillman did. That would be an unassailable display of putting belief before riches and fame.

Did he enjoy killing? We'll never know that, either. My sense of elite troopers is that they are driven by patriotism, competition, and very high egos. As I understand it, these best of the best undergo rigorous psychological testing in addition to the usual physical hardships. So the nutjobs are weeded out. The military, especially at that level, doesn't want psychos. Level-headedness and an ability to perform under intense pressure are paramount; there is little room for a sociopath in a team setting.

I'm not saying these guys are angels. Certainly they are not averse to killing, but I do not think they enjoy it in a sadistic way. I think they dispatch the enemy with the mindset and manner of a normal person who must kill a rabid dog - quickly and efficiently.

spect8or · May 4, 2004

Quote from hapaboy:

Did he enjoy killing? We'll never know that, either. My sense of elite troopers is that they are driven by patriotism, competition, and very high egos. As I understand it, these best of the best undergo rigorous psychological testing in addition to the usual physical hardships. So the nutjobs are weeded out. The military, especially at that level, doesn't want psychos. Level-headedness and an ability to perform under intense pressure are paramount; there is little room for a sociopath in a team setting.

I'm not saying these guys are angels. Certainly they are not averse to killing, but I do not think they enjoy it in a sadistic way. I think they dispatch the enemy with the mindset and manner of a normal person who must kill a rabid dog - quickly and efficiently.

I'm not so sure, hapaboy. While somebody gaining some sense of satisfaction from taking out enemies (as opposed to simply "killing") may have certain "psychopathic" personality traits (not in a nasty way), this could perhaps be seen as advantageous. As I mentioned earlier using the example of serial killers, this is not mutually exclusive with 'ability to perform under pressure'.

rowenwood · May 4, 2004

Quote from hapaboy:

Row, good day to you.

Regarding Tillman, we'll never know precisely why he did what he did.

Personally, I think it admirable that he turned his back on further riches and fame to do what his conscience told him to do. I don't know how much money he made prior to quitting football, but I'm sure his family was set up financially.

What would really impress me would be some top-ranked basketball/football/baseball/etc. player coming out of college and, instead of going pro, enlisting as Tillman did. That would be an unassailable display of putting belief before riches and fame.

Did he enjoy killing? We'll never know that, either. My sense of elite troopers is that they are driven by patriotism, competition, and very high egos. As I understand it, these best of the best undergo rigorous psychological testing in addition to the usual physical hardships. So the nutjobs are weeded out. The military, especially at that level, doesn't want psychos. Level-headedness and an ability to perform under intense pressure are paramount; there is little room for a sociopath in a team setting.

I'm not saying these guys are angels. Certainly they are not averse to killing, but I do not think they enjoy it in a sadistic way. I think they dispatch the enemy with the mindset and manner of a normal person who must kill a rabid dog - quickly and efficiently.

Maybe I'm wrong to assume Tillman and most ops enjoy killing people. Maybe the guy I met and his team were exceptions.

Maverick74 · May 4, 2004

Quote from rowenwood:

Maybe I'm wrong to assume Tillman and most ops enjoy killing people. Maybe the guy I met and his team were exceptions.

There you go. You all grows up now. Congrats!

rowenwood · May 4, 2004

Quote from Maverick74:

There you go. You all grows up now. Congrats!

Don't flatter yourself. Hence the word maybe, and your inane logic of swimming
seals doesn't help the hero image.

Maverick74 · May 4, 2004

Quote from rowenwood:

Don't flatter yourself. Hence the word maybe, and your inane logic of swimming
seals doesn't help the hero image.

Yeah, but I never made the hero argument, you did.

hapaboy · May 4, 2004

Quote from spect8or:

I'm not so sure, hapaboy. While somebody gaining some sense of satisfaction from taking out enemies (as opposed to simply "killing") may have certain "psychopathic" personality traits (not in a nasty way), this could perhaps be seen as advantageous. As I mentioned earlier using the example of serial killers, this is not mutually exclusive with 'ability to perform under pressure'.

Point taken. However, I didn't say they don't take satisfaction from killing the enemy, but that they don't enjoy it in a sadistic way. There is a difference. I'm sure they take extreme satisfaction when they kill an al-queda soldier. Wouldn't you? I know I would. Because by doing so you're eliminating someone who's hell bent on destroying you, your family, and your country. Taking satisfaction from killing such a threat versus killing for the joy of killing are very different IMHO.