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Have you tried starting XP in safe mode?

This is an amazing thread. I've never before heard anybody (seriously) state the opinion that "sprawl is an unmitigated good" or that "there are plenty of small farms in america." Bravo! The world needs more people like you. Out of curiosity, do you drive a hummer?

anyone got a match?

What do you think it would have been like to have been a loyal British subject during the american revolution? Do you ever wonder what it would feel like to be tarred and feathered? Careful which brush you use when you start painting broad strokes.

Hmm. Interesting. Terrorists:

I really take offense to these comments. I support the ultimate goal of limited rural development and "urban sprawl." That makes me a terrorist? Contrariwise, that must make you a developer.

I still see hash around. There was a bunch at last year's oregon country fair. Or, so I heard. In Railay, there was some stuff from afganistan floating around.

Why are they always 21?

You guys are right. You've made me see the error of my ways. I hope the developers use the insurance money to cut down some old growth to make room for more mansions. After all, everybody needs AT LEAST 4,000 sq ft in a new, gated development. It's in the bill of rights, or some shit. After all, it's JUST LAND! God wanted us to turn it into cities. And the poor developers! Man, they're just trying to feed their kids, and shit. Man! What a sad, sad tale. Sorry, little Timmy, daddy can't buy you that baseball glove you wanted now. Looks like you'll have to sell the house in Vail just to make payments on the Lotus.

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You're right, I am now inspired to resist it. So what size house should we set as the standard, above which all should be burned? Should we check to see if anyone's inside, or should we resist population overload also? I'm going to go slash SUV tires and key some Hummer doors tonight- anyone want to join? OMFG, you're so off the sidewalk and into the weeds that I can't even see your head up yr ass anymore. I never said we should go around burning shit, and I never advocated violence as a solution to anything. I think I remember saying it was a pretty stupid demonstration. All I said was I don't feel any sympathy for the developers. You do, apparently? I'm sure they're crying all the way to the bank. Maybe you can meet them halfway and comfort them. 8D

easy to say, now that you've got yours Now that I've got my 4,400 sqft multi-million dollar mansion?

So how many people live your house? I'm planning to burn down my home to erase this blight from the landscape, but then I'm going to need a place to live. Do you have an extra room? Nope, we're all stocked up on crazy. You're right, resisting urban sprawl is wrong. After all, we've already fucked the planet, why stop now?

Sure has. My father worked for MS before they even had a campus. I remember when the first four buildings were put up in Redmond. It's totally crazy how much Redmond/Woodinville have changed. Oh Noes! I don't feel sympathy for the developers who are going to recoup the losses of their multi-million dollar McDonald houses!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I MUST BE ONE OF THOSE ECO-TERRORISTS!

Maybe you guys should burn it for me, that way I can collect the insurance money. Then we can blame it on eco-terrorists. Apparently, that's the way to do it.

My house is purple. And no, it's not a 4,400 sqft mcmansion hastily erected in a rural community in an effort to squeeze more money out of a dying housing market at the expense of the environment and society.

I love how only the coach's kid gets to pitch.

happiness is wanting what you have, and not wanting what you don't.

Hey, I'm not saying it was an intelligent, or effective demonstration. And yeah, yeah, I know -- burning housing materials produce toxic fumes and that's bad. I'm just saying I don't feel bad about it. So some mcmansions got burned down? Nobody lived in them? They were insured? Oh fucking well, who should i feel sorry for? The poor developers? Poor babies. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they set the damn fires themselves. Gotta pay for that new condo in Fiji, you know!

Having grown up in Woodinville and seen it been raped by developers, I'm not sorry to see this sort of thing happen. The forests, streams andd ponds I used to play in as a child are now home to huge suburban developments. I had a secret spot nobody knew about -- now there is a Jr. High there Yeah, this is a dumb way to make their point, I know that. But -- I'm not sad to see more mcmansions go away. It's too bad they didn't get the entire block.

Enough with the drama!

Thread drift. But man, are there too many people in the world, or what. Every now and then I meet American adults who have chosen to remain childless though.

drama? Shit, just talking my mind. It seems silly to me, is all. I don't remember crying about it. But whatever, everyone else seems happy so what do I know? I know it's a climbing site. Spray and climbing go hand in hand is all I'm saying.

Hey, I know! Let's tell everyone to "keep spray in spray" -- and then hide spray!

There are many reasons to go leashless. Being afraid of euros calling you "lame" is not one of them.