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I can see politics being discussed here with people thinking they have knowledge proper on their side. No difference there. I'm sure they care about their positions and opinion, smileys or no. Lastly, I fail to see how the usage of smileys on a forum is indicative of ignorance.

In fact, whoever typed that did something very wise: he started the message with a sentence to give an outline of what is to follow in the post, much like a disclaimer. He doesn't really know (hence your first claim 'talking like they know about it' is drawn into question) and has the guts to say so.

I'm not saying the post makes a lot of sense otherwise, but I don't really see what you're getting worked up about, and what you base your claims on?

This is a serious post. :]

Now that's a gripe worthy of a rant. That's what it should have read in your first post.

I don't share the sentiment, but now it makes sense.

I can explain the smiley.  First, this part:

explains this part:

This is referring to making a revenge killing, hence the smiley.  The smiley is playing the role of a smirk in this case, not a happy "I wuv you" smiley.

As for killing people with a smile on your face, it happens all across the world every day.[/color]

now im not one for political views.....and i dont rememebr exactly if california has the death penalty.........btu they better freaking keep it. im all for the death penalty. however a friend of mine made an ineteresting comment about death row.......and basically they said "if they're going to die anyway, whats the point of keeping their death prolonged?" and i brought that comment up with someone else i knew and they basically said "...because if they happened to be proven innocent, then we won't be killing an innocent person"

which i entirely agree with. but seriously, the death penalty needs to be reinitiated in some states, whomever they may be.

and as a side note, thank GOD for texas. ;)

I understand what you're saying Kruz.  I will say this much.  Most people who joke about death have never seen it, or have never had it affect them personally.  Not all, but most.  There are also some people who make light of things that they, deep down, have difficulty dealing with so that's their answer to avoiding having to deal with difficult thoughts and feelings.  They can't take it head on so they laugh it off and hide their vulnerability from their so-called friends.  I'm offering this only to help describe why some people may react incongruently with the gravity of the subject matter.  I also don't know how you feel as a rule about this person overall, which I think may play an unspoken part in your rant.  In my observations of behavior, often times people will react one way toward someone they already dislike, while passing over an identical behavior in someone they do not.

Let's expand this thought and do a little experiment.  Draco, in her post above, discussed the death penalty in a serious manner, but also included a smiley in the end in her reference about Texas.  Now, how do you feel about this since I've drawn attention to it?

What you provided was clarification of what it was that was offending you, which is exactly what I hoped I would provoke you into doing.  My apoligies to Draco on doing that at her expense.

All this talk, over a freggin smiley, wow, just wow.

I understand what your getting at, but for once, I stand by Tabun.

lol xD i actually found that quiet interesting to read. and in reality, i dont know if the death penalty IS used in Texas, however Texas doesn't take murderers and rapists etc lightly. They do what needs to be done and they get it done QUICKLY.