Originally posted by BlueSky:
I don't dislike you, Madman. If I could identify any feeling at all about you, it would be a keen indifference.
What I dislike are your actions. You can occasionally make a lucid argument, but as soon as you can't, you start attacking people. Some who aren't secure with themselves may be offended by it, or have their feelings hurt. I'm not affected by it at all, and I recognize it for what it is. So fire away and call me every name you want, assign whatever radical motives you wish to me, have all the fun you want trying to cast me in whatever light you find most entertaining. It doesn't bother me a bit. In fact, if the day comes when I'm bothered by anything you or any other internet user writes about me, it'll be time to put a gun to my head.
I don't plan to "pick apart" everything you say, I'm just going to point out those times when instead of discussing things like an intelligent adult you stoop to using tactics more suited to fussy three-year-olds who don't get their way.
I challenge you to answer one question, yes or no: have you ever admitted you were wrong about anything? I sure can't see that happening.
BTW, I saw a saying the other day that somehow reminded me of you and your ilk (you like that phrase, don't you?):
[b]Blind faith in bad leaders isn't patriotism.[/b]
I really don't care what you think of me or any of my responses BlueSky. You've been on this board long enough to realize that I treat people in a fairly congruent manner with which they treat me. I rarely if ever attack people who do not attack me. You've chosen long ago to be antagonistic. Not that I care, but I'm sure it probably accounts for your somewhat obsession and sometimes oddly strange persecution complex regarding our dialogs.
I have more respect for people like Wilmac than I do for you. We disagree on almost everything, but at least he has the courage of his convictions. That at least means something. You have no convictions.
Have I ever said I was wrong about something on here? Sure, I've been wrong about things and have freely admitted such. It's always funny how people such as yourself who despise other people who actually have values and convictions, are always the people to ask such questions. People such as yourself with no values or convictions who ride the prevailing winds. You somehow pride yourself and manage to convince yourself that your complete lack of fortitude is called an open mind.
I saw a phrase the other day that completely sums up people of your ilk....
"Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt".... Benjamin Franklin