NationStates Jolt Archive


post hoc ergo propter hoc

Drunk commies
12-01-2005, 20:19
Before Regan got elected AIDS didn't exist in the USA. Before women got the vote we didn't have nuclear weapons. There's an almost unlimited supply of these weird little statements. Make some up and throw them into your arguments against gullible people. See if any of them stick.
Powerhungry Chipmunks
12-01-2005, 20:22
Before I posted here, I was hungry. Mmmm...Nationstates sandwich.
John Browning
12-01-2005, 20:22
Before Bin Laden became a terrorist, there was no karaoke.
Nasopotomia
12-01-2005, 20:22
Before the Soviets came to power, there were no Big Mac's in Russia
Angry Fruit Salad
12-01-2005, 20:23
Before Roe vs Wade, there were no illegal abortions.

Before Bush, there was no war on terrorism.
Powerhungry Chipmunks
12-01-2005, 20:26
Before Nationstates, Michael Jackson wasn't on trial for molestation...again
Vittos Ordination
12-01-2005, 20:32
Before I was born, my mother hadn't had any children. :eek:
John Browning
12-01-2005, 20:33
I should rephrase mine.

Before the advent of karaoke, Bin Laden was not a terrorist.
Sdaeriji
12-01-2005, 20:35
Before the Republican party was founded, there were no Nazis.
Sdaeriji
12-01-2005, 20:36
Before the Democratic Party was founded, there were no Nazis.
Vittos Ordination
12-01-2005, 20:38
Before the Nazi Party was formed, my mother hadn't had any children. :eek: :eek:
Drunk commies
12-01-2005, 20:38
Before the Nazi Party was formed, my mother hadn't had any children. :eek: :eek:
So that means you are the product of National Socialism. Nice.
Nasopotomia
12-01-2005, 20:41
So that means you are the product of National Socialism. Nice.

Like Frida from ABBA.
Conceptualists
12-01-2005, 20:42
Before the Republican party was founded, there were no Nazis.
Before the Democrat party was founded, there were no Nazis.

Nice to see someone is fair and balanced :D
Vittos Ordination
12-01-2005, 20:43
Like Frida from ABBA.

The artist with the unibrow?
Sdaeriji
12-01-2005, 20:46
Nice to see someone is fair and balanced :D

Indeed. I hate everyone equally.

edit: except Aerou :D
The Emperor Fenix
12-01-2005, 20:50
Before gravity was invented there was no death

Before Blair came to power Bob Geldof wasnt an annoying old git... no sorry about that one
Aerou
12-01-2005, 21:00
Indeed. I hate everyone equally.

edit: except Aerou :D

So if you don't hate me equally, does that mean you hate me more? hehe...

*hugs and kisses*
Powerhungry Chipmunks
12-01-2005, 21:06
After Martha Stewart went on trial, Saddam Hussein was found.
The Emperor Fenix
12-01-2005, 21:12
After Martha Stewart went on trial, Saddam Hussein was found.
Coincidence, i think not.
Drunk commies
12-01-2005, 21:14
Before Martha Stewart got old and lost her looks she wasn't imprisoned for anything.
Dempublicents
12-01-2005, 21:18
Before my parents got married, Mt. St. Helens had not erupted in something like a hundred years.
Drunk commies
12-01-2005, 21:19
Before my parents got married, Mt. St. Helens had not erupted in something like a hundred years.
Yeah, but something like a hundred years after Mt. St. Helens erupted your folks got married. Then it went off again. Perhaps in celebration of it's plan comming to fruition?
Dempublicents
12-01-2005, 21:27
Yeah, but something like a hundred years after Mt. St. Helens erupted your folks got married. Then it went off again. Perhaps in celebration of it's plan comming to fruition?

I dunno. We always said that it was a sign that they shouldn't have gotten married. =)
The Tribes Of Longton
12-01-2005, 21:28
Before the McCarthy (sp?) Witchunts, there were very few (if not no) confirmed communists in the US senate
The Emperor Fenix
12-01-2005, 21:29
I dunno. We always said that it was a sign that they shouldn't have gotten married. =)
Well Rasputin dies and now we've got MRSA, its his revenge i tell you.
Drunk commies
12-01-2005, 21:30
Well Rasputin dies and now we've got MRSA, its his revenge i tell you.
What's an MRSA?
The Tribes Of Longton
12-01-2005, 21:31
Before the Second world war, people regularly died from flatulence. True fact :confused:
The Tribes Of Longton
12-01-2005, 21:31
What's an MRSA?
Methicillin Resistant Staphlococcus Aureus. The Hospital Superbug
The Emperor Fenix
12-01-2005, 21:32
The MRSA "Superbug" is common in hospitals, its strikes you when your down as it were :S. Id have used AIDs which i a far scarier desease but its alreayd been used.
Robbopolis
13-01-2005, 02:34
Before Einstien's Theory of Relativity, there were no school shootings.
Andaluciae
13-01-2005, 02:36
You know what's odd. This is the second time in my entire life I have ever heard of the fallacy known as post hoc ergo propter hoc. And the first time was in my philosophy class this afternoon. This is most odd. I find it amusing.
Eutrusca
13-01-2005, 02:37
Before John Kerry was born, there was no Vietnam War! :D
The Citadel of Evil
13-01-2005, 02:42
before NationStates, there were no stupid threads. ;)

Just kidding, guys
The Emperor Fenix
13-01-2005, 02:42
Before God was born there was no war
Neo-Anarchists
13-01-2005, 02:45
Before I was born, raves weren't popular.

So all you candy-raving E-heads have me to thank!
No personal checks, please...
The Zoogie People
13-01-2005, 02:51
Before Microsoft came along, we lived in constant fear of being glassed by the Soviets.

And you people say Microsoft is evil!
Legburnjuice
13-01-2005, 02:59
It wasn't until I got to college that Ashlee Simpson started getting famous.
Goobergunchia
13-01-2005, 03:01
Before there were moderators, there was no NPO.
Superpower07
13-01-2005, 03:03
Before the Soviets came to power, there were no Big Mac's in Russia
Before Soviet Russia, there were no soviet russia jokes!
Nova Terra Australis
13-01-2005, 03:05
Before life, there was no death.