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Re:Feds Walk into a Building and Demand Everyone's Fingerpri... by countingteeth on Monday October 17, 2016 @03:23AM (#12723205)
You are wagging fingers also, and therefore boring.

Honestly, I've been finger-wagged out of an opinion or two, so "never" is too strong. Frankly, I challenge you to name any form of "political discourse" that regularly changes opinions. In my experience political discourse in general rarely accomplishes anything other than preach to the choir and cause opponents to dig in.

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Re:Feds Walk into a Building and Demand Everyone's Fingerpri... by oldmanjay on Monday October 17, 2016 @10:29AM (#12725298)
I'm not telling you what to do, which is a necessary component of the finger wagging. I do enjoy when people accuse me of the actions they are taking, though. Very human. Very, very human.
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Re:Feds Walk into a Building and Demand Everyone's Fingerpri... by countingteeth on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @12:22AM (#12732075)
In my language, finger wagging is scolding someone, for what they've done (or failed to do). It's not telling them what to do.

You were certainly wagging your finger at a fingerwagger.

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