What has happened to common sense?

sorry cj, but 'common sense' has finally been put to rest in the big dumpster where everything 'common', 'popular', 'traditional', or 'standard' belongs (i wish!).

[sense is one of the least 'common' of entities!]

Could you be more specific? Which topics are you referring to?

Hardly. Seems like parts of Europe are actually exercising some common sense lately. Hmm....

Just about every topic addressing any even mildly controversial subject.

Try it. Post something like "You should brush your teeth this way". I cannot even predict the responses, though I could guess.

It seems, CJ, that you have a problem identifying the appropriate fora for your rants. "Common sense" suggests that this belongs in the Politics forum.

I figured "Debate" was reasonable, no?

Small cj please Sentanta

It's the Brits cj, isn't it?

How about fist-fight, CJ ( to you, other CJ), how about knock-down-drag-out . . .

It's the brits? What?

See what happens when you start a debate thread with a poorly defined topic?

Common sense is poretty unreliable really. Birds of a feather flock together, yet opposites attract... how does that work?

I did that on purpose.

I think we should do away with cents entirely, keep the quarter dollar, and round everything off. What good is a dime, anyway?

Re: What has happened to common sense?


This entire post is disingenuous, CJ, and is feeble attempt to pick a fight on your own terms, on your own ground. The concept of common sense as an art form seems antithetical at best. Artists could easily be classed with those to whom you refer, in a snotty peroration, as "intellectuals." At any event, common sense is held to be the bailiwick of the common man and woman.

You then go on to state a thesis which fits in the "have you stopped beating your wife?" category. If someone asks if you have stopped beating your wife, answering either yes or no constitutes an acceptance of the premise that you have beaten your wife in the past. The same exercise is in evidence here. You try to stake out the "moral high ground" of common sense, and then characterize before the fact all those who disagree with you as " 'intellectuals' who try to apply overly complex equations to solve all the worlds problems." Therefore, you haven't come here to debate, you've dropped off a rant, and challenge anyone dense enough to be willing to categorize themselves in your terms to disprove your tendentious thesis.

That is no debate, CJ, it's an invitation to a fist fight.

That's too complicated Set. cjsha wants a more elegant answer. Like this: you're just wrong! See how simple and elegant that is?

How about, you're a poop-head?

And where are the guns in response, FreeDuck?

I bet you all find protection in the crosswalk.