Mutual respect, prejudice, safety, and personal responsibility

[Jimboot]

I had an ex-girlfriend (Note the EX) that told me this was wrong.  She told me I should treat others as THEY want to be treated, not as I wanted to.
Of course, she was nuts.

Bill

You crack me up 

[Jimboot]

I will do this one more time.

For starters, SeaMonkey makes a strange Orwellian posting similar to "War is Peace" or "Freedom is Slavery."  He says that insulting someone online really means you like them.

I state that what SeaMonkey said is pretentious.

Then you make a snarky posting and I ask you what you are talking about.

You try to justify your snarky posting by claiming that saying to someone that they are pretentious is bad and unacceptable behaviour.

Well, Jimboot, your argument itself is pretentious.  And now you are stuck in the little box you trapped yourself in and you are pulling out all the stops to tread water.  And that includes a lot of underhanded nasty comments while still professing that you are an innocent angel that hasn't said anything bad.

My point for this thread has been made.  You cannot call someone a shill or government agent because you can't possibly know that.  Nor can you know if some mentally unstable person or persons out there are reading your defamatory postings, and they want to go out in a blaze of glory by attacking some poor innocent person.  That's where the personal responsibility comes in.  For example, recently some people got gunned down and murdered in Denmark.

Personally, I don't even believe that you believe your own pitch yourself.  If you truly believed it then you would not have called me a troll, would you?  I just think that you are trapped.

MileHigh

You are a fascinating study

[MileHigh]

You are a fascinating study

Well in my opinion in this discussion you have been a faker.  Try to be real if there is a next time where we end up debating something.

[sarkeizen]

Aye, and so ye have.  And I take no offense.

After all, it is just conversation.

Conversation, where I come from involves two people discussing a topic.  Something you can't manage very well or very long.

[SeaMonkey]

Conversation, where I come from involves two people discussing a topic.  Something you can't manage very well or very long.

When entering into a discussion you may either
accept things as they are, or you may insist that
things be done 'your way.'

Tolerance is a wonderful thing!