And how curious that you should overlook a substantive post addressed to you in favour of a minor post not addressed to you. Did you run out of fine rhetorical flair on the 23rd?

"substantive"?

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

Or, was visiting her proctologist ...and mistaking the issue for substance.

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"substantive"?

I know; quite funny, isn't it? Of course, Ghoti replies to posts not addressed to him/her/it (lusus naturae? ;-) ), too, and completely fails to address substantive arguments, but none of that matters.

There was certainly nothing "minor" about the post to which you replied, either, as it encapsulated hypocrisy and self-contradiction about as well as one could hope. Now, the little dear is calling for an end to the thread, which is more amusing, still. Since this person seemed so up in arms earlier over our "off-topic" posting, I issued a challenge to refrain from replying further, and thereby put an end to it, but the poor creature's bruised and battered ego simply wouldn't allow it to stop.

Kyberean,

Let's say we now ignore the scaly flaking thing, and truly discuss poetry or fiction...?

mef

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Let's say we now ignore the scaly flaking thing, and truly discuss poetry or fiction...?

Agreed. I have an idea for a new thread that might interest at least some here, one that is actually--gasp!--directly related to CAS, but it's getting late, and I think that I shall post it later, after searching the forum to see whether it's been covered already.

Praise Thasaidon!

> encapsulated hypocrisy and self-contradiction
> about as well as one could hope.

On the 20th January:

> Second, I have no "collaborator": Mef's replies are his,
> and mine are mine...
> Your position is so manifestly absurd that I am not going
> to waste any more of my time with you...

Later on the 20th:

> Final thoughts in summary...
> You apply your indignation much too selectively for me to take
> it seriously...

On the 22nd:

> I've taken it far too seriously, myself...
> I have, however, learned some interesting things...

On the 24th:

> little else needs to be said...

On the 25th:

> I know; quite funny, isn't it? Of course, Ghoti
> replies to posts not addressed to
> him/her/it (lusus naturae? ;-) ), too,
> and completely fails to address substantive
> arguments, but none of that matters. There was
> certainly nothing "minor" about the post to which
> you replied, either, as it encapsulated hypocrisy
> and self-contradiction about as well as one
> could hope. Now, the little dear is calling for an
> end to the thread, which is more amusing, still.
> Since this person seemed so up in arms earlier over
> our "off-topic" posting, I issued a challenge to
> refrain from replying further, and thereby put an
> end to it, but the poor creature's bruised
> and battered ego simply wouldn't allow it to stop.

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> I am not going to waste any more of my time with you...
>
> Final thoughts in summary...
>
> I have, however, learned some interesting things...
>
> little else needs to be said...

> You apply your indignation much too selectively for me to take
> it seriously...
>
> I've taken it far too seriously, myself...

> I have no "collaborator"...
>
> him/her/it (lusus naturae? ;-) )...

> poor creature's bruised and battered ego simply
> wouldn't allow it to stop.
>
> encapsulated hypocrisy and self-contradiction
> about as well as one could hope.