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Which is Better - Ruthless Beatings or Brutal Beatings?
Poll ended at Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:12 pm
Ruthless Beatings 52%  52%  [ 10 ]
Brutal Beatings 47%  47%  [ 9 ]
Total votes : 19
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:12 pm 
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It has been brought to my attention that -Ruthless Beatings- might be redundant. I'm wondering if -Brutal Beatings- is more to everyone's liking? Please vote.

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Definitely brutal beatings.


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It has been brought to my attention that -Ruthless Beatings- might be redundant. I'm wondering if -Brutal Beatings- is more to everyone's liking? Please vote.

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Brutal beatings. Ruthless could be any variety of beating as long as it's done without regard. Brutal is just....bad...really...REALLY bad....

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:26 pm 
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I don't now, "ruthless beatings" is not redundant. A beating that you've got coming is not ruthless. A ruthless beater shows no regard for whether the beating is deserved. A ruthless beater has no sense of proportionality -- perhaps giving the most severe beating when only a minor beating is called for.

A brutal beating is just that, but it may or may not be deserved. "Brutal" describes the beating, but not necessarily whether it is justified.

For example, it would not be ruthless, but rather merciful, to deliver a brutal beating to Mr. Happy.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:38 pm 
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I vote for A Kiss And A Hug.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:59 pm 
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Ruthless gets my vote. Why mess with what works? :)


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Jeff wrote:
Ruthless gets my vote. Why mess with what works? :)


Oh and what happens with Ruth Less gives you a brutal beating for it? THEN WHAT? HUH?? HUHHHH??


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Personally, I think your beatings could use more Ruth.

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Holt is stretching almost as much as his avatar....

And I heard it WAAAAY before you did. ;)

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:56 pm 
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Gotta go with ruthless. It has more style. Brutal is just brutal with no finesse.

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It seems that Ruthless Beatings is winning, but by only two votes. Please vote if you haven't already.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:07 pm 
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Theres been too much change lately. I think you should stick with the Classics.

And Ruthless Rolls off the tongue much better than Brutal

Or Listen to Jay-He Kills Racoons therefore He knows the difference bewteen Ruthless vs Brutal


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I'm always ready to dispense a Brutal Beating. :p

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When said out loud, "ruthless" sounds better than "brutal" when paired with "beatings" to me. I don't like the alliteration of "brutal beatings." Sounds too, I dunno, beetle-browed.


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Ruthless Beatings is now only wining by 1 vote.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:16 pm 
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I like the word "brutal".....:lol:

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Wait...there's an actual vote?

In reference to the word "BEATING" (the nature of which being a righteous smackdown) when a Youtube search is done, those found under "ruthless" are far less dramatic and intense than those when you do same search for "Brutal".

I don't know if that makes "Brutal" more apt than "Ruthless" when paired with the word Beating, but..well...there you have it.

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Judge WAN wrote:
Ruthless Beatings is now only wining by 1 vote.

No. My vote counts for 10. :ohyes:


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:29 pm 
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Ruthless...and justice is served.


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:18 pm 
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I like Ruth and I'd hate to see her involved in any sort of beating, so "Ruthless" gets my vote.


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PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:05 am 
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"Brutal" just sounds sexy.

I don't even post in the Playroom unless I can say "Brutal".

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