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Author Topic:   Fine tuning: a discussion for the rest of us mortals
crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1488 days)
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From: Silver Spring, MD
Joined: 03-20-2003


Message 34 of 83 (261956)
11-21-2005 12:18 PM
Reply to: Message 33 by nator
11-21-2005 10:57 AM


Re: Lam-logic and Ringoisms
The way to control how people parody you is to occasionally do obviously risible things.
You're such a well-mannered, intelligent, mature debate opponent that the vast majority of your stellar contribution doesn't provide any grist for the comedy mill. If you were occasionally a bit more ridiculous, you might find the parodies more fair.
Or perhaps you might find that's not worth the price. I didn't think that RR's parody of you was very fair - it was very far from the mark. But you're such a worthwhile debate partner, so uniformly admirable in your posting style, that there simply isn't much to make fun of.
For my part, because I'm fairly ridiculous most of the time, I thought RR was spot-on in making fun of me.

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crashfrog
Member (Idle past 1488 days)
Posts: 19762
From: Silver Spring, MD
Joined: 03-20-2003


Message 37 of 83 (262020)
11-21-2005 2:31 PM
Reply to: Message 36 by nator
11-21-2005 2:10 PM


Re: Lam-logic and Ringoisms
It's just that I feel like I work hard here to be a good debater, to have my information right, to research and present arguments carefully, that it really annoyed me that the only thing I an "noted" for by some is a debate that stemmed in part from a personal issue.
Well, trying to parody you for being an exemplary poster is a little bit like trying to make fun of Mother Theresa for being nice.
It's just not very funny. I mean, where's the humor?

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