Bowser wrote:
Hey look Nataraja, rate down, and it wasn't even me. Seems like half your so called arguments are personal attacks, the very thing you're accusing me of.
Gainsaying myself by offerring one final hijack on this subject, but it will be short.
If you really wish to acuse me of egregious posts (barring the flame thread, as it's taken for granted that everything there is in fun), I suggest you provide links to these posts to back up your assertion.
If you actually want further response from me on this topic, either moderate your tone or take it to PMs or start a new thread if you feel you need to publicly oust me as a charlatan, or whatever you're trying to accomplish here.
Hijack ended. I am through discussing this in a thread not of my own creation. I feel I did great insult to the OP when I last engaged you in debate (term used losely) off-topic from the intention of the thread. Apologies were rendered both publically and privately to that particular OP, and I have no desire to render a similar insult on another forum member.
Byaina the Tulip wrote:
Bowser - Look at who started this thread. Now that you have that, stop yelling at nataraja, please? I am the one who tried imposing some order here, and it's because of an utter meltdown or three that happened some time back.
I could be wrong, but I think he's speaking more generally. I tend to jump all over egregious posts when there is no call for them. I personally only consider flames valid when they are in response to verbal hate crimes. Any, any other case has no good cause in a public forum when you have the option of stopping, taking deep breaths, calming down, and politely refuting the arguements which offended or angered you.
As to the actual arguement posited by Bowser I see no purpose in replying. I just thought I would clear that up for you Byaina.
Byaina the Tulip wrote:
sue me.
I think I'm more likely to salute to you. As I stated in my last PM, detractors tend to be small in number and loud in vocalization, so much so that it's often easy to feel like the whole world's against you.
Don't get discouraged.
[Edit: Completely misunderstood something, and replied incorrectly. Corrected.]
Edited, Wed Dec 1 21:25:46 2004 by nataraja