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nator
Member (Idle past 2191 days)
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From: Ann Arbor
Joined: 12-09-2001


Message 11 of 37 (455372)
02-12-2008 7:15 AM
Reply to: Message 3 by pelican
02-10-2008 10:52 PM


Re: Peace brothers
quote:
This opening post of yours is real nasty and would have been an excellent starting point.
But is it valid?
I mean, you do appear to be a troll, even if you aren't one.

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nator
Member (Idle past 2191 days)
Posts: 12961
From: Ann Arbor
Joined: 12-09-2001


Message 18 of 37 (455589)
02-12-2008 11:05 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by pelican
02-12-2008 7:38 PM


Re: tipping the wink
quote:
You know if I didn't know better, I could assume that you, I, Heinrik and Dameeva are the same person. We think uncannily alike.
Come to think of it so do RAZD, Molgirl and Percy.
You've got to be joking.
All three of these people have wildly different writing styles.
One is an Atheist, one is a Diest, and another believes in God.
Molbiogirl is quick to lay out the sarcasm, is very "quippy" and puts out a lot of machismo.
RAZD is very methodical and extremely thorough, researches his topics nearly to death, and is generally very detached and cool in his reponses. He is interested in evidence and rarely allows himself to be drawn into an emotional response.
Percy is eloquent and turns a phrase better than almost anybody else here. He has the ability to be a "velvet hammer" in that he can utterly crush an opponent's argument in a succinct, extremely clear, yet rather impersonal way which anticipates their emotional response and also tries to soften the blow. He explains things very well. When he is forced to really put it to somebody, he is fearfully effective, moreso because he so rarely indulges in anything even remotely resembling an ad hominem, whaich is something few of us on this forum could boast.
quote:
You know if I didn't know better, I could assume that you, I, Heinrik and Dameeva are the same person. We think uncannily alike.
Is this an admission?
Since in that list, there is only, seemingly, two posters mentioned.
You know, it is exceedingly lame and pathetic to invent support in the form of a puppet poster, and you have a lot of nerve being annoyed at anyone for any behavior towards you. Since you lied about your multiple memberships, why should we respect anything you write?
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nator
Member (Idle past 2191 days)
Posts: 12961
From: Ann Arbor
Joined: 12-09-2001


Message 19 of 37 (455591)
02-12-2008 11:20 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by RAZD
02-12-2008 10:59 PM


feeding the trolls is my civil disobedience
Don't feed the trolls?
How else can I protest the suspension (speaking of "acts of stupidity") of so many excellent posters in the name of "making EvC better"?
We have lots and lots of posts from hill billy and paula rose now, when just a few weeks ago we had lots of posts from Ringo and jar.
Yeah.
EvC is so much better now. It is so great.
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nator
Member (Idle past 2191 days)
Posts: 12961
From: Ann Arbor
Joined: 12-09-2001


Message 21 of 37 (455700)
02-13-2008 12:52 PM
Reply to: Message 20 by RAZD
02-13-2008 12:10 PM


Re: civil disobedience should serve a purpose
quote:
One of the issues that Percy had was people carrying grudges from one thread to another, and you had to be an oldtimer to then know what is going on. One way to clear the air is to ban everyone that did that and the ones that were targets, start fresh in other words with "new" people (or new incarnations of old people).
Then I am shocked that he didn't ban me outright, since I totally hold grudges and interact with people in new threads with their full history in mind.
In fact, Percy pretty much does that, too, and reminds people of their past behavior constantly.

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