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Should the Construction of *that* Mosque Be Allowed to Proceed?

Yes. It's a property rights/free speech issue first and foremost.

48%

No. This is war, and self-preservation trumps the enemy's self-forfeited "property rights."

41%

No. It's a sensitivity issue.

Undecided. There are powerful arguments on both sides.

Total votes: 29

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Submitted by Lindsay Perigo on Tue, 2010-02-09 09:19

This reminds me of the Oirishman who burned his ear upon being phoned while doing the ironing!

No doubt he's chewing gum as well. And listens to headbanging caterwauling on his ipod. *And* he has the vote.

piling on: "fail" as a

Submitted by John Donohue on Tue, 2010-02-09 22:16.

piling on:

"fail" as a noun
"my bad"
"noone"
"awesome" ususally with 'dude' attached
"all good"
"all that"

I think the following are not so bad, even cool:

"Epic"
"Tight"

Is this an excuse for Irish jokes?

Submitted by Ross Elliot on Tue, 2010-02-09 21:40.

What do you call an Irishman with rabbits up his ass?

Warren.

This reminds me...

Submitted by Ross Elliot on Tue, 2010-02-09 21:38.

...that Dreamhost is running a Twitter competition, a condition of which is that you must not use the word "fail" in any tweets. Apparently the word has become so ubiquitous in online discussions that the boys at Dreamhost have decided to crack down.

"THE DEATH OF FAIL!

I’m not exactly sure how it started … I guess probably failblog … but it has annoyed me TO NO END when those hip, snarky, oh-too-clever-to-come-up-with-their-own-schtick, kids on “teh internets” use “fail” to mean “failure”.

Just like lolcats, it was kind of clever when the whole thing started, but now, three years on, when there are over 100 tweets a minute with “fail” in them, IT IS JUST PLAIN PATHETIC.

It’s about time somebody put their foot down."

Pity they didn't nip "my bad" in the bud.