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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    Chitown explained herself and even compromised on the title. Let it go. Next comment about the thread title by anyone and they get a vacation from the site. Keep it on topic or don't post. Final warning for everyone.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Again, unnecessary minutia. Ban the AR-15, someone else designs kits for similar weapons. It turns into a never ending game of whack-a-mole. I've actually fired AR-15s, both semi and fully automatic. While I don't believe fully automatic weapons should be legal, a semi-automatic is a FAR more deadly mass-shooting weapon because each shot is aimed and expended with accuracy and ammunition is not wasted (after the second or third round, an automatic weapon is wildly inaccurate, which is why actual soldiers rarely use the automatic setting on their rifles). If you want to hit and kill, 1-3 rounds is the way to do it. Again, for all intents and purposes, the AR-15 isnt different enough from a hunting rifle to warrant our attention. We should focus on the actual gun problem and the cultures surrounding it, not specific guns . Eliminate the AR-15 and six months later, someone designs a legal but extremely similar rifle. In the end, you've accomplished nothing... Actually, *less* than nothing because now you have to reopen the debate AGAIN and try to rally the public around actual legislation that might work AGAIN. Do it right the first time. Focus on wide-sweeping changed that affect all guns and gun owners, not a ridiculously small subset of people who own a specific firearm.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    While I believe reasonable gun regulation needs to happen, this is a valid response. Banning firearms such as the AR-15 is a useless gesture and another example of the left missing the damned point. For all intents and purposes, an AR-15 is a pretty crappy hunting rifle painted black. Banning it is rather pointless. We need to stop getting caught up in unnecessary minutia and deal with the really big problem: too many people who shouldn't be anywhere near a firearm have access to dozens of them. I think Levi is taking a pretty reasonable approach in this thread. I could get behind some of those changes (along with smart guns).
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    As for Scalia, he wasn't the guy I most wanted off the court. That's easily Thomas. Scalia was a jerk but he was a smart and funny jerk. Thomas is mostly (entirely) useless.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    No, you're observing aomething, adding your personal twist, and then "calling her out". Exclamation points do not only convey positive excitement.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    No, it's a blunt statement on how subtle - while simultaneously devastating - brain injuries can be to a person. It's not as simple as "I feel good" because the brain can trick you into feeling "perfect" while compensating for all sorts of crap happening to your vision, motor skills, etc. Aging and shifts have probably helped Mauer to his dismal recent results but a guy with Mauer's skillset doesn't age overnight to the tune of losing .140 OPS points. Something else is happening here.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Wait. I thought Mauer was 100% healthy, as evidenced by the fact he wasn't drooling on himself, wearing a foam helmet, and screaming "CONCUSSION SYMPTOMS" every time he was within ten feet of microphone.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Yep and yep.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed. He's an interesting flyer in that there's a little upside in that bat if you squint really hard. But, at the very least, he's solid behind the plate and that's what is really important in a third catcher.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm not contradicting myself, which is why I clearly stated a perspective and stated nothing as fact. If moral absolutes cannot exist without god, explain Buddhism. There's a circular argument here and that's what bothers me. It hinges on the acceptance of a god for morality and without god, morality cannot exist. Well, what about someone who believes in a different god? How can you say moral absolutism exists as a Christian while acknowledging moral absolutism also exists for Jews? Absolutism is a pretty rigid thing. In its very definition, there is no wiggle room. If, as a Christian, you accept Jews also employ moral absolutism, then you must accept that Atheists can do the same because you're allowing personal perspective into the argument and not absolutism. Never mind that no religion on earth actually applies moral absolutism. 1500 years ago, Catholicism preached "do not lop off someone's head without cause... unless they're a slave, then do whatever, it's cool". Today they preach "do not lop off someone's head without cause". In 2016, many Christian religions preach "homosexuality is wrong". In 50 years, that will no longer be said from a mainstream pulpit. It's inevitable. If moral absolutism is a constantly moving target interpreted by 10,000 different people 10,000 different ways depending on perspective and time period, how does it exist at all? If it does exist, then it's on a personal level, which loops us back around to, you guessed it, Atheism...
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    You're taking this from a particular perspective that is tainting your view. From an Atheist's perspective, god does not exist (the same goes for Agnosticism, really). Therefore, all humans make their own laws and build their own societal structure because there is no law maker. From an Atheist's perspective, the Bible is nothing more than a book of laws/guidelines written by man to influence other men... You know, pretty much the same thing Atheists do, only they do it through society, government, and law of man instead of god. And, again, we end up at exactly the same point no matter if you believe in God or not. The same moral absolutes apply depending on perspective. And if you don't like my argument using the word "Atheists", replace it with "Buddhists". The same principles apply. Are Buddhists incapable of morality because they believe in man and nature, not a god?
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Given the make-up of the 40 man, I view this as a swap of Pinto for Hicks. Given how both struggled mightily in 2015, I'll take the safety net of Hicks' defense over the potential bat of Pinto. Herrmann and Fryer are irrelevant, IMO. Those guys are readily available every offseason and I like the small upside of Hicks if he gets the bat going.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    First post wins the thread.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    All you need to do is go back a ways to a time before organized religion existed. During that time, man still cared for its sick and elderly. Those societies created art. They did more than was required to simply survive... and they did it without any concept of what we view as modern religion. Did they believe in a higher power? Sure, probably... but that higher power could have been fire, for all we know. Maybe it's even likely, as fire was what sustained those societies and gave them life, food, and warmth. Yet these simple people transcended basic animal instinct and forged a society for the better of everyone. It was often crude, violent, and ugly but it was more than the bare minimum required for survival. On top of that, most modern religions center around the same basic concept: don't be an ass. If several religions are capable of focusing on the same broad-sweeping concepts, why can't someone do the same without religion? If you're Christian and dogmatically believe Atheists are incapable of accepting societally-generated precepts of good and evil, then Jews must be the same. And Muslims. And maybe Lutherans. After all, they don't believe in the exact same set of principles outlined in your book of choice. Most Atheists - the ones I know, anyway - simply believe in generating those same principles through societal interaction and agreement and not a decree from above. The end result is similar, if not the same.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Which is a great idea in the abstract but reality rarely unfolds so symmetrically. 60 years ago, a governor of one our states stood on a university doorstep, screaming at the sky how black people would never be allowed to enter its hallowed doors. Oppression is usually borne from power and majority. If all people had equal power and ability to fight for their own equality, your idea might work... but that's not the hand reality has dealt us. If not for aggressive intervention, there are places in the south that would still refuse to serve black people in 2016. It's really easy to say "well, everyone should be able to do whatever they want" while standing in a position of unrivaled power (in 2016, that'd be a white straight male, probably Christian). For everybody else, that policy really sucks. In practice, no one denies service to the white straight male because he constitutes such buying power the business would likely fail without him. But a black dude? Eh, screw that guy, my business can survive without him. So we end up in a place where everyone serves one group and the rest of the world is told "figure it out your own damned self, not my problem".
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Bingo. Actions are what matter, not belief structures.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    My best friend of 25 years is a strict Catholic. So yeah, he's my black friend. If you want to get down to it, you'd classify me as an agnostic. But I don't believe in agnosticism - if you question god's existence, you're an atheist because questioning faith equals no faith - but that's an entirely different discussion. But that's not my point, now is it?
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    So you don't respect people because they have different beliefs that don't affect your life in any way, shape, or form. You're rad. Funny, I'm an atheist who has absolutely *no problem* with people who believe in God. Many of my good friends are religious. They're great people. Again, you're rad.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Can Kurt Suzuki turn things around? Sure. Will Kurt Suzuki turn things around? Nah, probably not. Boy, I really hope Murphy works out.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    You just illustrated why acknowledging SSS is important. One oddity - such as hitting .116 against LHP over 45 PAs - can completely alter the perception of a player. Buxton will (probably) be fine. I'm not even a little bit concerned about his 2015. Most of my concerns still revolve around him hurting himself too often.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed. I mentioned earlier that Park is being paid utility guy money. The financial aspect is nearly irrelevant.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I don't get it but I don't think it will be damaging if the Twins play it smart, either... To me, it boils down to Arcia. If the Twins give up on him, I'm going to be more than a little bit pissed off about it. If they find a way to keep both Arcia and Park on the roster all season, then I don't care too much.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't really like his age but if he's younger, he would have cost a lot more. I don't really care if year three and four pan out for the Twins because Park is making about $3m a year. That's utility guy money. The only aggravation I see with Park is the Twins holding on to him for too bloody long but they didn't hesitate much to send Nishioka packing to MiLB so that concern is probably unwarranted.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Back to election talk. Cruz's campaign told Iowa voters Ben Carson had left the state and taken a leave of absence so "tell your friends not to vote for Carson". Ick. Just ****ing ick. I didn't think it was possible for me to dislike the man more but there you go. He did it. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/04/ted-cruz-voicemails-ben-carson-exclusive-audio/
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Not sure if you're disagreeing with me because my point was unclear: I hate the decisions made regarding the bullpen this offseason. One guy. That's all I needed. One guy. Most other decisions are a mixture of "meh" and "huh?" to me. I don't hate the moves but I don't really understand them, either (mainly Park).
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