"Beg the question" is another lost cause.

The downvoting option is extremely uncivilized.

Yeah, it's a very interesting discussion.  Thanks for the link, I don't think I read of that particular law before.  I've not been to the north or south of the island; hopefully get there eventually.

Thanks for that information.  I'm certainly not an expert, though I am aware of the Anglican/nonconformist division in Irish history.  Clearly, though, there was a Catholic-Protestant sectarian conflict imposed with the Plantation in the 17th century.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…, for example.  The nonconformists…

@avclub-d7b683529752a4d24d84c4941861a363:disqus Same to you!  I do know that but I'll never be found :)

All true.  I'm Ulster-Scots-descended myself.  Family legend has it that my ancestors were Protestant inhabitants of Londonerry when James II's army beseiged it in 1689.  There was an interesting segment on the BBC I think about a year ago where Ulster-Scots Orangeman types at a Burns Dinner were asked about the irony…

Agreed.  I've been following this site far longer than I've commented on it and I think sconn is the first troll I've seen here.

That's interesting and I don't doubt a bit of it.

@avclub-8bf222b92447aa41ed4ffdf8e4f60c75:disqus Not to worry, I can see how you might have taken it that way.  I just meant there is something else notable about Lennon besides wife-beating whereas with Chris Brown there's just his unmerited fame.  And yes, while the world is going straight to hell in a myriad of…

Greg Ginn and Mike Love need to form a supergroup.

@avclub-52ed1f89cb6f846e8efba0e4eacf9c27:disqus Seriously, fuck off.

"Woman"'s pretty great without any context.

Apparently he was the victim of one which was the source of his interest in/concern about child pornography.  He claimed he wanted to see for himself what was on the net and called his lawyer to ask if there was anything he could do to report what he found.  The latter bit seems a bit dumb given that the police are…

I'm pretty cynical and I happen to believe that Townsend was in fact doing research exactly as he said.

That is true, it just somehow doesn't come across outside of the music.  At all.

@sconn NO, STAY! I'm sorry, everything is forgiven!  Everything is forgiven, sconn. Okay?  Just please don't go.  Your warmth and charm light this place up.  It just wouldn't do without you.

@avclub-d5776aeecb3c45ab15adce6f5cb355f3:disqus Wasn't Mike Tyson on Law & Order not to mention every late night talk show (inexplicably) beloved by many white people?  He's a convicted and confessed rapist for christ's sake.  The list goes on.

@avclub-52ed1f89cb6f846e8efba0e4eacf9c27:disqus Stop trying to start a race riot, dude.

@avclub-8bf222b92447aa41ed4ffdf8e4f60c75:disqus I hate that line too, which is why I've never used it.

@avclub-52ed1f89cb6f846e8efba0e4eacf9c27:disqus That is not a claim I have made.