Posted on 09/06/2002 11:28:13 PM PDT by MadIvan
Brilliant. A nice patriotic piece turned into dross because you obviously have a bile spewing control problem, rivalling Linda Blair's escapades with hot pea soup. You are engaging in precisely the sort of behaviour that drives people away - people come here to discuss, not engage in fisticuffs with every passing fool who has more chips on his shoulder than brain cells.
Now run along. The adults on this thread would rather discuss the noble themes in this article than waste time with you.
Ivan
Great article!
Thanks for posting it.
Popular doesn't equal breaking news. It's an editorial. If you can't figure out the difference, educate yourself and try to do better next time. YOU turned it into a problem by 1] misposting, 2] acting snide when it was brought to your attention, and 3] failing to admit your mistake. Don't get mad at the adults just because they're trying to keep this site out of the toilet (and out of the control of the not-so-bright).
He sure is, and so are you. Thanks for posting it!
Rubbish. If you wanted to handle this in a mature way, you would have messaged me privately. Rather, by posting this in public, you showed that you merely were hoping to provoke an argument. By doing so, you knew precisely that people would argue right back at you - and you did in such a superior, insufferable tone that it was demanding a response. This hardly marks you out as the guardian of the site's values and mores - a role which was not assigned to you anyway.
And you have the gall to claim to be the "adult". A genuine adult knows when to be discreet, when to fight, and when to remain silent. As I understand you have been banned from here before, I suppose you have difficulty with the last point.
Ivan
I was not aware of this. It is profoundly disappointing.
In the long run France's media reverted to type, but still.
Best Regards, Ivan
My friend, everyone with a brain has been banned from here before. Haven't you been paying attention? It is one of the ways we measure who is thinking for themselves and who is part of a herd of mindless cheerleaders. To have lasted, what, four years without being banned is not something to be self-satisfied about.
And for the record, I am using my original handle, the one I first signed up with.
I guess you have to be a Web designer or programmer or something to understand the value of keeping a site well organized.
And Ivan, I think we've not only had a good time, we've also learned something. Good night.
OUCH! I didn't know this. I've never heard of that before now.
I usually avoid "cheerleading," and banishment.
I thought it was enough just to be a critical thinker, thorough reader, and an occasional pithy poster (still working on that one).
I guess I'm going to have to work harder at this.
Written by Jean-Marie Colombani and published on September 12, 2001:
Do that and I'll be your cheerleader. LOL!
I guess you have to be a Web designer or programmer or something to understand the value of keeping a site well organized.Do you think that people who sign up multiple accounts make "keeping a site well organized" a tougher job?
I see. So one should aspire to be disagreeable and banned. Pardon me if I don't share your view of achieving intelligence - I thought it was achieved through education, study, thinking, discretion and good taste.
And for the record, I am using my original handle, the one I first signed up with.
Not that it matters much.
I guess you have to be a Web designer or programmer or something to understand the value of keeping a site well organized.
And what precisely do you think I do for a living? Again, you are carrying whatever personal demons you harbour onto this thread for no good purpose. If your intent was to get the thread moved, you could have done it far more discreetly without ruining the tenor or harmony of the thread. But this has given an insight into you - that somehow you equate rudeness with being intelligence, snobbishness with wit, pedantry with sophistication. If you aspire to be banned again, likely all you have to do is keep it up.
Ivan
Sorry you got hassled about this. It probably shouldn't have been in breaking news, but then lots of things wind up there some days, including announcements and fundraisers. A courteous, private message and a note to the moderator would have been sufficient.
At any rate, I appreciate you taking the time to post this and I am very glad you are here.
Wearing underwear too tight constricts the circulation of blood, thereby restricting the flow of oxygen to the brain which already suufers unduly in your particular case by siiting on it.
It is advisable at times like this to perhaps simply engage in that common nocturnal activity called sleep and let the neurons take a rest and pick up nutrients. It is obvious that your synaptic centers are way too overworked at the moment and need to be tended after.
Do it for the children.
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