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AURaptor, I have a contusion.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:41 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by Bytemite:
I can't hear you, lalala, I'm hiding.

*ninja*



[looks around] Where'd he go? Can't find him anywhere!

Darn those ninja skillz!

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:54 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


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Originally posted by Kwicko:
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That’s a serious retardation of leaning ability.


Hell, I can lean pretty much anywhere, any time. I absolutely have leaning ability.

That’s good to hear, but it doesn’t seem to bare true in your responses. So far tinny typos have managed to completely derail your understanding of the text. Or rather, perhaps you understand the text, but you’re just an asshole who would rather ignore the issue and instead attack people for insignificant typos? Either way, whether you’re an idiot or an insufferable prick, you don’t come across very well.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 12:58 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


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Originally posted by Storymark:
Nope. I just genuinely dislike the dude, and think he's a self-deluded hypocritical chump. My own political beleifs are not contigent upon that. But nice try.

But that would seem to argue my point. What do you know about Auraptor that would lead you to feel so strongly and personally against him, other then his political views? You genuinely dislike a person for no other reason then that this person’s political beliefs differ from yours. What you are describing is ideological bigotry or fundamentalism.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:03 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Either way, whether you’re an idiot or an insufferable prick, you don’t come across very well.



So which one are you? Are you an idiot who can't spell, can't own up to the fact that you can't spell, can't simply say, "Oops, my bad - edited to fix spelling error", or are you an insufferable prick who'd rather attack those who point out your glaring errors, for having the temerity to call you on the fact that you're really not very bright?

Or are you both? Are you an insufferable prick who is also quite stupid?

Whichever it is, you don't come across very well.

Mike

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:05 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


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Originally posted by chrisisall:
I argue with him as I would with a man about to jump off a bridge!!! I want him to see past his own immediate pain & fear!! Confident folk can give reasons for their beliefs, he hides behind an Oxycontin fiend for his comfort!

Perhaps that is your problem. Perhaps it’s time for you to set aside the self-righteousness and take a real and honest look at other people’s views. And if you were more confident in your own point of view, you wouldn’t need to portray someone who disagreed with you as a suicidal maniac. Perhaps you’d have a better chance of understanding of what he has to say and a better chance of explaining what you have to say. But as I said, I don’t think its about understanding or explaining. I think it’s about you wanting to find a demon to cast aside so that you can feel the some sort of righteousness in your own views. But believing that you are right about something doesn’t have to mean that someone who disagrees with you is crazy.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:10 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


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Originally posted by Kwicko:
So which one are you? Are you an idiot who can't spell, can't own up to the fact that you can't spell, can't simply say, "Oops, my bad - edited to fix spelling error", or are you an insufferable prick who'd rather attack those who point out your glaring errors, for having the temerity to call you on the fact that you're really not very bright?

Or are you both? Are you an insufferable prick who is also quite stupid?

Whichever it is, you don't come across very well.

Making a typo has nothing to do with being smart or dumb. Even the best spellers sometimes misspell words. And I don’t come to this board to edit documentation for publication. I come here to chat with friends and fellow browncoats. So that explains my typos. I’m still waiting to hear how you feel justified in your assholish response to those typos or how you can be completely befuddled to grasp the meaning of posts giving minor insignificant typos.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:29 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Making a typo has nothing to do with being smart or dumb. Even the best spellers sometimes misspell words. And I don’t come to this board to edit documentation for publication. I come here to chat with friends and fellow browncoats. So that explains my typos. I’m still waiting to hear how you feel justified in your assholish response to those typos or how you can be completely befuddled to grasp the meaning of posts giving minor insignificant typos.



So continually using the wrong word, even when it's been repeatedly pointed out to you as being the wrong word, says NOTHING about your being smart or dumb? Like when you wrote this:

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But that would seem to argue my point. What do you know about Auraptor that would lead you to feel so strongly and personally against him, other then his political views? You genuinely dislike a person for no other reason then that this person’s political beliefs differ from yours. What you are describing is ideological bigotry or fundamentalism.



Twice in that same post, you misused the word "then" instead of using the correct word, "than". This indicates pretty clearly that you're either dumb, or you're just being an asshole and refusing to use the correct word in a fit of spitefulness.

I’m still waiting to hear how you feel justified in your assholish response to those who point out your continuous typos or how you can be completely befuddled and fail to grasp the usage of words no matter how many times their correct usage is pointed out to you.



Mike

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:35 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


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Originally posted by SignyM:
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he's forthcoming with his view of the world
I'm not sure its HIS view. I think it's someone else's.



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Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:44 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


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Originally posted by Kwicko:
I’m still waiting to hear how you feel justified in your assholish response to those who point out your continuous typos or how you can be completely befuddled and fail to grasp the usage of words no matter how many times their correct usage is pointed out to you.

For those that are paying attention, what kwicko is doing is attacking me to make himself feel superior. Obviously, typos aren’t really as big a concern to kwicko as he pretends, or he would be displaying his asshole qualities to many of you. Storymark for instant, misspelled beliefs and contingent. So it’s not spelling he’s concerned with. Just the desperate need to make himself feel superior by ridiculing others. This is truly an asshole quality. But it’s the same thing people do to Auraptor when they ridicule him for his point of view. More and more, the arguments on this board are rarely about understanding and debate, and more frequently about invalidating other people, personal attacks and fostering hate and divisiveness. And I’m just wondering if that’s really the direction we want to go.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:21 PM

BIGDAMNNOBODY


It's okay for Storymark to misspell words, it's not like he's a teacher or anything...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:24 PM

JONGSSTRAW


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Originally posted by SignyM:
Not "politically" challenged. But yes, I have only concerned thoughts about rapo. I don't get angry with him anymore. (At least, not as much as before.) But I agree with Rue. It's dangerous for anyone to censor their data so heavily. Sooner or later, that person is going to fall into a pit they didn't see.


I can't see you to tell if you typed those words with a straight face or not. Much as I'd like to try in some way to trust your sincerity, you know that I've seen too many of your posts to even remotely believe your condescending explanation of your Auraptor obsession. I do believe the condescending part.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:30 PM

RIVERDANCER


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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Storymark for instant...


Now, I will go back and look for errors on Storymark's part, but if it was just for an instant I probably missed it...

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I’m just wondering if that’s really the direction we want to go.

I'm kind of wondering whether you're including an error in all of your responses on purpose. It might be funny if you were, but on the other hand you don't seem to be joking. If that is your motivation, kudos on your dry wit.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:41 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Finn wrote:

For those that are paying attention, what kwicko is doing is attacking me to make himself feel superior. Obviously, typos aren’t really as big a concern to kwicko as he pretends, or he would be displaying his asshole qualities to many of you. Storymark for instant, misspelled beliefs and contingent. So it’s not spelling he’s concerned with. Just the desperate need to make himself feel superior by ridiculing others. This is truly an asshole quality.



For those that are paying attention, what Finn is doing is attacking me to make himself feel superior. Obviously, effective communication and proper use of the English language aren't a big concern to Finn, or he would be displaying better language skills instead of being such a defensive prick about it. He attacks and ridicules anyone who doesn't fall in line with his authoritarian world view, which is truly an asshole quality. And he can't be taught anything new, especially by anyone on this board, all of whom he regards as not worthy of his time or his best efforts, and thus he refuses to even TRY to communicate effectively or properly. I've tried - repeatedly - to gently point out his errors in a humorous, offhand way, in an effort to make him a better communicator, but instead he's attacked me, become a brutish asshole and a prick, and steadfastly refused to correct himself. Sounds to me like Finn is a total asshole.





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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:43 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I have a conclussion too. Many of you attack Auraptor, becuase it makes you feel more comfortable with your own point of view. Maybe you should take a lesson from auraptor and learn to be as confident with your own point of view and stop despising other people to make yourself feel better.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero



You also misspelled "because".

You sure you want me to point out every single one of your fuck-ups?

Okey-dokey.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:43 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


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Much as I'd like to try in some way to trust your sincerity, you know that I've seen too many of your posts to even remotely believe your condescending explanation of your Auraptor obsession
Believe it or not, but if you go back through my posts you'll see I've generally been pretty easy on rapo the last month or so. I realized at some point that he may have a true deficiency. You may have me confused with Rue. That happens a lot.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:49 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
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That’s a serious retardation of leaning ability.


Hell, I can lean pretty much anywhere, any time. I absolutely have leaning ability.

That’s good to hear, but it doesn’t seem to bare true in your responses. So far tinny typos have managed to completely derail your understanding of the text. Or rather, perhaps you understand the text, but you’re just an asshole who would rather ignore the issue and instead attack people for insignificant typos? Either way, whether you’re an idiot or an insufferable prick, you don’t come across very well.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero



You seem to have misspelled "bear" and "tiny" here.

Mike

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:49 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


Quote:

Originally posted by SignyM:
I realized at some point that he may have a true deficiency.



Chick, if you're a shrink and want to get me on your couch, just come out and ASK!

Sheesh.






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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:53 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Quote:

Originally posted by chrisisall:
I argue with him as I would with a man about to jump off a bridge!!! I want him to see past his own immediate pain & fear!! Confident folk can give reasons for their beliefs, he hides behind an Oxycontin fiend for his comfort!

Perhaps that is your problem. Perhaps it’s time for you to set aside the self-righteousness and take a real and honest look at other people’s views. And if you were more confident in your own point of view, you wouldn’t need to portray someone who disagreed with you as a suicidal maniac. Perhaps you’d have a better chance of understanding of what he has to say and a better chance of explaining what you have to say. But as I said, I don’t think its about understanding or explaining. I think it’s about you wanting to find a demon to cast aside so that you can feel the some sort of righteousness in your own views. But believing that you are right about something doesn’t have to mean that someone who disagrees with you is crazy.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero



"...so that you can feel the some sort of righteousness in your own views" makes no sense.

Did you mean "you can feel some sort of righteousness"? Or did you mean "you can feel the SAME sort of righteousness"?

The way you wrote it, it makes no sense at all.

Mike

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:56 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Quote:

Originally posted by Kwicko:
I’m still waiting to hear how you feel justified in your assholish response to those who point out your continuous typos or how you can be completely befuddled and fail to grasp the usage of words no matter how many times their correct usage is pointed out to you.

For those that are paying attention, what kwicko is doing is attacking me to make himself feel superior. Obviously, typos aren’t really as big a concern to kwicko as he pretends, or he would be displaying his asshole qualities to many of you. Storymark for instant, misspelled beliefs and contingent. So it’s not spelling he’s concerned with. Just the desperate need to make himself feel superior by ridiculing others. This is truly an asshole quality. But it’s the same thing people do to Auraptor when they ridicule him for his point of view. More and more, the arguments on this board are rarely about understanding and debate, and more frequently about invalidating other people, personal attacks and fostering hate and divisiveness. And I’m just wondering if that’s really the direction we want to go.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero



You misspelled "instance" while you were trying to chide Story's misspellings.

Mike

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:57 PM

JONGSSTRAW


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Originally posted by SignyM:
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Much as I'd like to try in some way to trust your sincerity, you know that I've seen too many of your posts to even remotely believe your condescending explanation of your Auraptor obsession
Believe it or not, but if you go back through my posts you'll see I've generally been pretty easy on rapo the last month or so. I realized at some point that he may have a true deficiency. You may have me confused with Rue. That happens a lot.

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I will agree that you and Rue have certainly posted less frequently than in the past, and have seemed to lost your taste for blood. In some ways you both have become moderates compared to the liberal fascists and personal attack crazies now overrunning and polluting the RWED. But I see you and Rue supporting these punks, encouraging these maniacs, and piling on with them against your target of choice Auraptor. So what am I to think. All day today I wrote 90% light and sarcastic stuff, and what do I get for it? Any sort of fair debate or ribbing back? No, just vile name calling and cherry-picked quotes that are twisted to just further insult my sensibility and intelligence. You know the names of those who do this. You should be angry at them too, because they destroy your credibility to a large degree, and make for a very nasty place to spend time in. At least you and Rue are interesting.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 2:58 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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I'm kind of wondering whether you're including an error in all of your responses on purpose. It might be funny if you were, but on the other hand you don't seem to be joking. If that is your motivation, kudos on your dry wit.



Exactly. And either way, I'm happy to oblige.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:01 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Oh, and Jongs?

You misspelled "non-vicious".

Hey, Finn asked me to point it out...

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:05 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


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But it’s the same thing people do to Auraptor when they ridicule him for his point of view.
People don't ridicule rapo for his POV. They ridicule him for his inability to describe or explain his POV, his ability to deny data that doesn't suit, and his amazing lack of logic.
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More and more, the arguments on this board are rarely about understanding and debate, and more frequently about invalidating other people, personal attacks and fostering hate and divisiveness. And I’m just wondering if that’s really the direction we want to go.
Understanding and debate requires listening and thinking. I feel I've done more than my share of trying to understand both you and rapo. I've tried to get both of you to flesh out your viewpoints (Why do you think that? What about in thiscase? Where does it break down? Where does another consideration come in?) But I got nothing out of rapo, and all I got out of you was being called a "Nazi" for asking too many questions!

And I'm not getting much understanding or debate from either of you, BTW. Makes me think you're not really looking for understanding and debate, but for agreement.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:15 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by SignyM:

Originally posted by Finn:
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More and more, the arguments on this board are rarely about understanding and debate, and more frequently about invalidating other people, personal attacks and fostering hate and divisiveness. And I’m just wondering if that’s really the direction we want to go.


I've tried to get both of you to flesh out your viewpoints (Why do you think that? What about in this case? Where does it break down? Where does another consideration come in?) But I got nothing out of rapo, and all I got out of you was being called a "Nazi" for asking too many questions!




So it would be accurate to say that more and more, the arguments Finn posts on this board are rarely about understanding and debate, and more frequently about invalidating other people, personal attacks, and fostering hate and divisiveness.

Is that really the direction Finn wants to go? Apparently it is.




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Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:16 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


Touche.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:54 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


Quote:

Originally posted by SignyM:
People don't ridicule rapo for his POV. They ridicule him for his inability to describe or explain his POV, his ability to deny data that doesn't suit, and his amazing lack of logic.

No. People ridicule him because of his point of view. Because he is very vocal in not supporting the Left-leaning agenda, he is despised.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
Understanding and debate requires listening and thinking. I feel I've done more than my share of trying to understand both you and rapo. I've tried to get both of you to flesh out your viewpoints (Why do you think that? What about in thiscase? Where does it break down? Where does another consideration come in?) But I got nothing out of rapo, and all I got out of you was being called a "Nazi" for asking too many questions!

I never called you a Nazi for asking too many questions. I accused you of using Gestapo debating tactics to manipulate the argument, which you’re very good at. You ask the same question over and over again, until you confuse the issue, while simultaneous declaring the other parties opinion for them. Such as you accusing me of wanting to murder or not caring about the murder of millions of people. This has never been my position. It’s simply the position that you assigned to me. I’m sure you do the same to auraptor.

But you’re not the only one. Is kwicko listening to a thing I’ve said in this thread? From the very first post that I made in this thread, he has completely ignored everything I’ve said. Kwicko takes the asshole approach of not listening. He’s a bit more Neanderthal about it. You take a more subtle, perhaps more sophisticated approach, but you still don’t listen to anything you don’t want to hear.

So these Auraptor threads that are popping up, are all about finding some way of invalidating Auraptor, and not listening to him. You don’t have to take my word for it, just look at people in this thread who disagree with Auraptor and see the hostile often very personal attitude they have towards him. Storymark came right out and said that he “genuinely dislikes” auraptor. For what??? What the hell does Storymark know about Auraptor apart from his point of view on this board? I’m sorry Signym, but these discussions are not about trying to understand Auraptor, they are about trying to invalidate him.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:02 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:

I never called you a Nazi for asking too many questions. I accused you of using Gestapo debating tactics to manipulate the argument, which you’re very good at. You ask the same question over and over again, until you confuse the issue, while simultaneous declaring the other parties opinion for them. Such as you accusing me of wanting to murder or not caring about the murder of millions of people. This has never been my position. It’s simply the position that you assigned to me. I’m sure you do the same to auraptor.

But you’re not the only one. Is kwicko listening to a thing I’ve said in this thread? From the very first post that I made in this thread, he has completely ignored everything I’ve said. Kwicko takes the asshole approach of not listening. He’s a bit more Neanderthal about it. You take a more subtle, perhaps more sophisticated approach, but you still don’t listen to anything you don’t want to hear.

So these Auraptor threads that are popping up, are all about finding some way of invalidating Auraptor, and not listening to him. You don’t have to take my word for it, just look at people in this thread who disagree with Auraptor and see the hostile often very personal attitude they have towards him. Storymark came right out and said that he “genuinely dislikes” auraptor. For what??? What the hell does Storymark know about Auraptor apart from his point of view on this board? I’m sorry Signym, but these discussions are not about trying to understand Auraptor, they are about trying to invalidate him.



"You ask the same question over and over again, until you confuse the issue, while simultaneous declaring the other parties opinion for them" should read, "You ask the same question over and over again, until you confuse the issue, while simultaneously declaring the other party's opinion for them."

Also, I've noticed that you regularly capitalize words like "Nazi" and "Gestapo" and other authoritarian watchwords, yet you rarely capitalize the names of users here, other Browncoats. It may be Freudian on your part, but it indicates that you hold fascists and tyrants in higher regard than you do Browncoats. Curious, that.

Is Finn listening to a thing I’ve said in this thread? From the very first post that I made in this thread, he has completely ignored everything I’ve said. Finn takes the asshole approach of not listening, and actually attacks those who try to point out his errors or correct him, calling THEM assholes and pricks for trying to help him communicate more effectively.

Also, what are Finn's posts about me, other than him trying to find some way to invalidate me? Rather than simply correct his "simple typos" and move on, Finn has spent post after post after post attacking me, calling me a prick and an asshole, desperately casting about for ANY possible method by which he can invalidate me.
Just look at his hostile, often very personal attitude towards me. You, Finn, came right out and said that I'm a prick and an asshole. For what?? What the hell do you know about me, apart from my point of view as regards spelling, grammar, and intelligence? I'm sorry Finn, but this attitude of yours is not about trying to correct your errors and learn to be a better communicator, it's about trying to invalidate me.



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Thursday, April 9, 2009 7:37 PM

SIGNYM

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No. People ridicule him because of his point of view. Because he is very vocal in not supporting the Left-leaning agenda, he is despised.
Later, you complain that I state your opinion for you. Well, you've just stated everyone's here for THEM. And you're doing what rapo does: repeat the same argument over and over as if that means something. I'm willing to back up my contention with examples, are you? Come up with examples to make your point.
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I never called you a Nazi for asking too many questions. I accused you of using Gestapo debating tactics to manipulate the argument, which you’re very good at. You ask the same question over and over again, until you confuse the issue
How is that a "gestapo" tactic? And, if I ask the same question over and over, how can it possibly "confuse" the topic? It seems that it should focus the dicusssion.
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while simultaneous declaring the other parties opinion for them. Such as you accusing me of wanting to murder or not caring about the murder of millions of people. This has never been my position. It’s simply the position that you assigned to me.
So speaking of declaring people's positions for them... You just declared mine for me. AND you got it wrong.

But I'm glad that you brought it up. You've often said "Human life is sacred" You're willing to extend the definition of "human life" to an undifferentiated blob of cells, but if that life happens to belong to a criminal then his or her life is NOT sacred, because it's not human life that's sacred to you, but only INNOCENT human life. But then, even "innocent human" life is forfeit if its collateral damage to some other higher cause. So even innocent human life isn't "sacred" either, apparently, because "sacred" means of the highest worth.

Then we went through a long discussion about criminals, and how they might not be responsible for their actions. Unfortunately, for the same reasons they may not be rehabilitable either. Yanno what YOU got out of that discussion? That I was making a good argument for the death penalty! Why did you jump to that, instead of assuming that the answer would be "life in prison without parole"? Because keeping prisoners alive is an economic drain???

The sum total of your arguments is NOT that "human life is sacred" but that it is in fact expendable for certain goals that YOU think are more important. That's not saying that you "want" to kill millions of people or that you "don't care", but it also says that other goals (efficiency, "freedom", punishment etc.) are more important to you in some cases.
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I’m sure you do the same to auraptor.
Since I don't even do that to YOU, you'll prolly have a hard time finding examples of where I "do that" to rapo. But- be my guest. If you can come up with examples post 'em here.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:04 PM

CITIZEN


Quote:

Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
So these Auraptor threads that are popping up, are all about finding some way of invalidating Auraptor, and not listening to him. You don’t have to take my word for it, just look at people in this thread who disagree with Auraptor and see the hostile often very personal attitude they have towards him. Storymark came right out and said that he “genuinely dislikes” auraptor. For what??? What the hell does Storymark know about Auraptor apart from his point of view on this board? I’m sorry Signym, but these discussions are not about trying to understand Auraptor, they are about trying to invalidate him.


He knows how he states his view and treats other people. He knows all the same things you know about Kwicko who you just called an "asshole". What do you know about Kiwcko except his opinion of politics that allows you to call him an "asshole"? Could it be that you're just displaying "ideological bigotry or fundamentalism"?

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Thursday, April 9, 2009 11:13 PM

CITIZEN


Quote:

Originally posted by SignyM:
How is that a "gestapo" tactic? And, if I ask the same question over and over, how can it possibly "confuse" the topic? It seems that it should focus the dicusssion.


It's discussion and if you're being asked over and over a question you really want to wriggle out of, I can imagine that that would be quite uncomfortable. Like when the Police know you are lying, and keep trying to trip you up by asking the same question over and over, which is where he's probably getting Gestapo from, but he want's to make out you're more of a Nazi at the same time.

What people often fail to notice, just like politicians in fact, is that if them just answered the fucking question, you'd stop asking it .

This is what you remind me of when you try to pin down some of these wriggly characters:



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Friday, April 10, 2009 1:29 AM

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People don't ridicule rapo for his POV. They ridicule him for his inability to describe or explain his POV, his ability to deny data that doesn't suit, and his amazing lack of logic.


I in fact DO explain my POV, even when I'm not badgered by others who don't agree with what I say. And logic is what MY answers are based on, sweetie. Lack of logic ? That's rich. Coming from you.




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Friday, April 10, 2009 2:45 AM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


Quote:

Originally posted by citizen:
He knows how he states his view and treats other people. He knows all the same things you know about Kwicko who you just called an "asshole". What do you know about Kiwcko except his opinion of politics that allows you to call him an "asshole"? Could it be that you're just displaying "ideological bigotry or fundamentalism"?

The definition of an asshole is attacking someone for typos.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Friday, April 10, 2009 3:08 AM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


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Originally posted by SignyM:
Later, you complain that I state your opinion for you. Well, you've just stated everyone's here for THEM. And you're doing what rapo does: repeat the same argument over and over as if that means something. I'm willing to back up my contention with examples, are you? Come up with examples to make your point.

I’m not stating anyone’s opinion. This is what I see people doing, not opining. These calling out Auratpor threads are not opinions, they are threads. And there should never be threads on this board seeking to call out an individual for ridicule.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
How is that a "gestapo" tactic? And, if I ask the same question over and over, how can it possibly "confuse" the topic? It seems that it should focus the dicusssion.

It focuses the discussion where you want it focused.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
So speaking of declaring people's positions for them... You just declared mine for me. AND you got it wrong.

In what way did I do that?
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Originally posted by SignyM:
But I'm glad that you brought it up. You've often said "Human life is sacred" You're willing to extend the definition of "human life" to an undifferentiated blob of cells, but if that life happens to belong to a criminal then his or her life is NOT sacred, because it's not human life that's sacred to you, but only INNOCENT human life. But then, even "innocent human" life is forfeit if its collateral damage to some other higher cause. So even innocent human life isn't "sacred" either, apparently, because "sacred" means of the highest worth.

Yes, I did say human life is sacred. I also said that we live in an imperfect world. In a perfect world, the decision between the one human life and another would never need to be made. In a perfect world we would never need to weigh the future happiness of many future lives with the loss of a few present unhappy lives. But in the real world, these are issues that arise.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
The sum total of your arguments is NOT that "human life is sacred" but that it is in fact expendable for certain goals that YOU think are more important.

No. The sum total of my argument is that human life is sacred, but that the world is not as simple as you try to portray it. You decided to accuse me of the imperfection of reality - and I don't think that is fair.

But as I said, this isn’t all about you. What about Kwicko who has not addressed a single issue I’ve made in this thread, but attacked me for typos. How is Kwicko listening to anything that has been said? Kwicko is exhibiting troll behavior. What about Storymark who came out and stated unequivocally his personal dislike of Auraptor? In what way do these two represent people who listen to opposing arguments?

And it isn’t even all about this thread, what about the discussion on hydroelectric power in the other thread? I pointed out the need for new technology in batteries before solar and wind could compete with hydroelectric. The responses that I got were equivalent to ignoring the issue I brought up and instead criticizing hydroelectric power because I asserted that it was more reliable then solar or wind. The comparison between shutting dams down once ever several summers and solar power that only works when the sun is up was made, how is that even a valid comparison? How is this listening to anything I said?




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 3:08 AM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)


Quote:

Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Quote:

Originally posted by citizen:
He knows how he states his view and treats other people. He knows all the same things you know about Kwicko who you just called an "asshole". What do you know about Kiwcko except his opinion of politics that allows you to call him an "asshole"? Could it be that you're just displaying "ideological bigotry or fundamentalism"?

The definition of an asshole is attacking someone for typos.




The definition of "asshole" is attacking someone for pointing out an error.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 3:18 AM

CITIZEN


Quote:

Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
The definition of an asshole is attacking someone for typos.


Apparently not:
ass⋅hole
   /ˈæsˌhoʊl/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [as-hohl] Show IPA
–noun Vulgar.
1. anus.
2. Slang.
a. a stupid, mean, or contemptible person.
b. the worst part of a place or thing.
–adjective
3. Slang. stupid, mean, or contemptible.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/asshole

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Friday, April 10, 2009 3:47 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


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I in fact DO explain my POV
Not really. You STATE an opinion. But when people want to find out the length, breadth and depth of a particular statement, you run out of gas pretty quickly. What people find especially troubling is that you don't derive your opinion from the wealth of data available to you. Rather, you select your data to support your opinion, and ignore reams of countervailing data as if it didn't exist.

Example: The whole world is in economic crisis. Banks (especially the EU-Basel II banks) have suddenly found themselves over-leveraged. World trade is in free-fall. Mortgage brokers, hedge funds, investment houses like Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, and insurance giants like AIG 's assets crumbled away. Bristish banks crumbeld under the weight of their own bad mortgages, all without Fannie and Freddie. Iceland and Ireland went into default. And you blame all of this: ALL of this, on two men- Dodd and Frank- two Democrats who were out of power when all of this was brewing. Two men who didn't have ANY control of any committees, who couldn't "keep" anything from reaching the floor if their lives depended on it. And yet, despite that this catastrophe (like all major catastrophes) occur because of MULTIPLE failures, you continue to assert- against all evidence- that two out-of-power Dems brought down the whole world.

THAT'S what makes you a laughing-stock rapo. You seem incapable of incorporating and responding to countervailing facts. Your response is to shut your eyes, plug your ears and hum loudly.

AND BTW FINN- THAT kind of response does NOT make for understanding and debate.

My problem with you guys (both of you) is that I feel that I understand your positions better than you do! I know your assumptions. I can see their logical extensions AND the contradiction they engender. I also know that you can't acknowledge some of your assumptions because of emotional reasons. The only thing I've learned from you is that there are scarily delusional people in the world.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 4:13 AM

FINN MAC CUMHAL


Quote:

Originally posted by SignyM:
My problem with you guys (both of you) is that I feel that I understand your positions better than you do! I know your assumptions. I can see their logical extensions AND the contradiction they engender. I also know that you can't acknowledge some of your assumptions because of emotional reasons. The only thing I've learned from you is that there are scarily delusional people in the world.

Exactly my point. In your mind, you have us all figured out. We don’t share your point of view, so we are delusional nutcases. This is your excuse for not listening. This is why you insist upon asking the same question over and over again. You expect to hear the answer you want to hear, and if we don’t give you that answer, it’s not because we have a different point of view – it’s because we are scary and delusional crazy people. You can’t see my reasoning on the issue of human life because you insist upon apply an unrealistically childish model of reality, one in which no difficult choices are ever made. And you do that, because as long as you can confine my point of view in your mind to some simplest model it was never intended for, then you can right me off as scary delusional monster who wants to see people murdered. You have it all figured out.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Friday, April 10, 2009 4:29 AM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:

Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
Quote:

Originally posted by SignyM:
My problem with you guys (both of you) is that I feel that I understand your positions better than you do! I know your assumptions. I can see their logical extensions AND the contradiction they engender. I also know that you can't acknowledge some of your assumptions because of emotional reasons. The only thing I've learned from you is that there are scarily delusional people in the world.

Exactly my point. In your mind, you have us all figured out. We don’t share your point of view, so we are delusional nutcases. This is your excuse for not listening. This is why you insist upon asking the same question over and over again. You expect to hear the answer you want to hear, and if we don’t give you that answer, it’s not because we have a different point of view – it’s because we are scary and delusional crazy people. You can’t see my reasoning on the issue of human life because you insist upon apply an unrealistically childish model of reality, one in which no difficult choices are ever made. And you do that, because as long as you can confine my point of view in your mind to some simplest model it was never intended for, then you can right me off as scary delusional monster who wants to see people murdered. You have it all figured out.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero


Signy and gang are only here to attack their enemies and ridicule them into wanting to leave. That's what they do, that's all they do. And their new explanation for their juvenile antics is that they feel that those opposed to their beliefs need their help in seeing the light. It's laughable.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 4:59 AM

BIGDAMNNOBODY


Quote:

Originally posted by citizen:
He knows how he states his view and treats other people. He knows all the same things you know about Kwicko who you just called an "asshole". What do you know about Kiwcko except his opinion of politics that allows you to call him an "asshole"? Could it be that you're just displaying "ideological bigotry or fundamentalism"?


scroll up to a few of Kwicko's posts. If he walks like a duck...

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:01 AM

CITIZEN


Quote:

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The real idiots here, Kwikky & Citizensky, are so over the line in their relentless and un-warranted personal attacks of vulgarity and insanity, it's becoming like a virtual stinkin' cesspool of filth and mayhem in here. You won't see me around much Finn. Remember, the more they insult you, the better they feel. Best strategy is to ignore them. Nothing gets a psychotic bully madder than being ignored. But bravo to you if you want to contuinue to engage them.


Oh sweet irony! The moral high road from someone who only ever insults people because he can't argue against what they say any other way!


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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:02 AM

CITIZEN


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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
scroll up to a few of Kwicko's posts. If he walks like a duck...


The term 'asshole' refers to a lot of people here much better, often those throwing it about.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:04 AM

BIGDAMNNOBODY


Quote:

Originally posted by SignyM:
My problem with you guys (both of you) is that I feel that I understand your positions better than you do! I know your assumptions. I can see their logical extensions AND the contradiction they engender. I also know that you can't acknowledge some of your assumptions because of emotional reasons. The only thing I've learned from you is that there are scarily delusional people in the world.


Wanton hubris.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:14 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!


"You genuinely dislike a person for no other reason then that this person’s political beliefs differ from yours."

I think enough people have had enough discussions with Rap where he made claims that were blatantly untrue, where he refused to back up his claims with any kind of objective fact, where he resorted to calling names, and where, when proven wrong, he disappeared - only to show up again later with the same RapFacts™ and same MO. That might possibly engender a certain amount of dislike.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:17 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!


"Obviously, typos aren’t really as big a concern to kwicko as he pretends, or he would be displaying his asshole qualities to many of you."

He points out mine. I then do an oops, my bad, and correct them. And ... do you have a point ?

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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:27 AM

JONGSSTRAW


Quote:

Originally posted by citizen:
Quote:

Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
The real idiots here, Kwikky & Citizensky, are so over the line in their relentless and un-warranted personal attacks of vulgarity and insanity, it's becoming like a virtual stinkin' cesspool of filth and mayhem in here. You won't see me around much Finn. Remember, the more they insult you, the better they feel. Best strategy is to ignore them. Nothing gets a psychotic bully madder than being ignored. But bravo to you if you want to contuinue to engage them.


Oh sweet irony! The moral high road from someone who only ever insults people because he can't argue against what they say any other way!




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Friday, April 10, 2009 5:57 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


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Wanton hubris.
Not really. I know it sound terribly arrogant, but the only reason why I know how Finn and Rapo think is because I've been there and done that myself.


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Friday, April 10, 2009 6:00 AM

CITIZEN


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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:


Thank you for agreeing with me.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 6:04 AM

JONGSSTRAW


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Originally posted by citizen:

Thank you for agreeing with me.


Yeah, I agree that yer a fucking troll.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 6:13 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


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Exactly my point. In your mind, you have us all figured out. We don’t share your point of view, so we are delusional nutcases.
Not really. You go off track because you have deep contradictions within your own thinking that you can't acknowldge. Rapo really IS a delusional nutcase because he has to ignore large swaths of reality in order to maintain his mental model.
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This is your excuse for not listening. This is why you insist upon asking the same question over and over again. You expect to hear the answer you want to hear
I hear you quite well.
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You can’t see my reasoning on the issue of human life because you insist upon apply an unrealistically childish model of reality, one in which no difficult choices are ever made.
Actually, I DO see your view of human life quite well. Better than you, in fact, because I have no emotional attachment to your argument. So when you say "Human life is sacred... EXCEPT..." you have just said - by defintion- that human life is NOT sacred, human life is expendable. Now, the only question is: What are YOU willing to expend human life FOR? I never said that the decisions weren't painful or weren't made reluctantly. I never said that you would wantonly or casually expend human life. But, yes... you are willing to expend human life for something other than saving human life. Acknowledge it, if only to yourself, and drop the Human life is sacred mantra because that really IS a simplistic statement. It may make you feel all warm and fuzzy... righteous, even... but it doesn't reflect your value system.
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And you do that, because as long as you can confine my point of view in your mind to some simplest model it was never intended for, then you can right me off as scary delusional monster who wants to see people murdered.
Well, do you advocate the death penalty? If yes, then- logically- you want to see some people murdered. Not everyone, of course. Just those you think aren't worthy enough.

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Friday, April 10, 2009 6:44 AM

CITIZEN


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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Yeah, I agree that yer a fucking troll.


Your words say one thing. Our actions prove another.

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