Jim Rockhill writes:
Quote:Nice to see that you are still humorless, still defensive about your own positions or errors (though quick to point out the flaws in others), and still prone to loading your posts with rhetoric ("cheap debating point", "Thought Police") in an attempt to make those positions seem as if they were brave sallies against the status quo, instead of simple opinions, whenever someone else attempts to express their own opinion or make an objective point.
Nice to see you evading the issue while simultaneously pretending to a moral superiority your own rhetoric belies. If trying to exploit a typographical error isn't a cheap debating point, by your definition, then I'd like to know what is.
And speaking of "humorless", your failure to recognize the humor behind some of my deliberately over-the-top rhetorical ploys suggests that your sense of humor is the one that needs tweaking, not mine.
Quote:You are entitled to your opinions, but it seems more than a little odd to see you demanding that everyone else respect your opinions when you show so little respect for anyone else.
It seems more than a little odd that you mistake a request to recognize that I am merely stating an opinion for a demand that that opinion be respected. I merely find it funny that my opinions matter so much to some of you that you react in Pavlovian fashion. I would add that your "fastened its fangs into a buttock" remark is itself an over-the-top projection and misapprehension. I enjoyed the rhetorical overkill, though; it's good to see that you're learning. ;-)
Anyway, Rockhill, if you want to compare van Hollander to von Karajan, then knock yourself out. By doing so, you'll make my job easier, as you'll certainly not require my help to look silly. And if you don't like my posts, then here's a simple solution: Don't read them. I've made hundreds of posts here; that you recall only the "negative" ones is just a testament to your selective perception.