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izquierdista

(11,689 posts)
1. enFORCEment?
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 09:04 AM
Apr 2012

Seldom can you FORCE people what you want them to do. As most parents well know, you can't FORCE your kids to behave; you can, however, go on a TIRADE, after which the kids will appear to comply with your wishes but go on doing exactly what they did before, this time behind your back. Only small authoritarian minds could believe that enFORCEment works. The rest of us know that it is really enTIRADEment, and after the yelling and shouting is over, we merely act more discreetly so as not to start another round of bombast.

enFORCEment? izquierdista Apr 2012 #1
Or conversely, we learn to enjoy provoking bombast, at the cost of civility in general saras Apr 2012 #3
Sometimes It Costs Votes Also SoCalMusicLover Apr 2012 #2
Some logic here 90-percent Apr 2012 #4
Didn't Zappa smoke cigarettes? Fumesucker Apr 2012 #5
cigarettes 90-percent Apr 2012 #6
Man is not a rational animal.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #7
Prohibition is a gross affront to fundamental human decency malcolmkyle Apr 2012 #8
The drug war will never end.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #10
PROFITS! DiverDave Apr 2012 #9
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