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Originally Posted by CFrance

I believe that was a subtle joke. I could be wrong.

I assumed he was joking so I decided to do the same. Jokes are no fun if you have to explain them. Talk about picking everything apart. :-)

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Originally Posted by jblum315

Many many years ago my father told me there are three things you don't talk about except with family. They are religion, politics and money. He left out sex since no one talked about it in those days. I have found it to be a sound policy.

I think some people would like to add food to that list.

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Originally Posted by CFrance;71***4

Amen. And simple. Why must every little thing be picked apart to death?

That's a good question. Most of the topics on this board, especially the most exciting ones, are topics that get picked apart to death. For example, Martin vs Zimmerman, mass shootings, gun ownership issues, good pope/ bad pope, just to name a few.

Basically, we're both asking the same question. On this thread, I inquired about motives -why we do what we do. And you're asking why must every little thing be picked apart to death. That's what usually happens on every thread.

So far, neither one of us has said explicitly that we think it's "good" or "bad". We're just asking "why".

Maybe people just enjoy communicating with each other.

There's nothing wrong with communicating as long as it's enjoyed and done respectfully. But it doesn't always work that way, judging by the many threads that have recently been shut down.