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Originally posted by Silver Cheetah:
Before I comment on this Yorick, may I say how heartwarming it is to witness your new cuddly debate style. So this is the new less sarcastic, less confrontational model, eh? Well, well. Plus ça change, plus ça la meme chose, eh?
Not quite sure which (planet) you're living on....
Ah yes, that'll be planet let's drive everyone anyway who doesn't agree with Yorick by insulting them, being sarcastic, and taking some mythical moral high ground.
I happen to think Barry had a point. But he had the temerity to disagree with YOU, didn't he Yorick, so all actions justified, end of story.
(And I got called on being sarcastic. Jesus. )
You didn't think this worthy of comment Ryanamur? You're not playing favourites are you mate?
How did I insult Barry? By saying he didn't know what he was talking about? How is this an insult? I'm saying he's uninformed, not an idiot. I think he's a smart guy, just blasting away at the wrong target at the wrong time due to misinformation.
He keeps postig about how there's no evidence, or little evidence linking Al Qa'eda to the attack.
He has repeatedly skirted around dealing with Wahabism at all, yet it is central to the issue. This is not the first time I've pulled him up on this.
I fail to see the insult factor in this. Is that not what the forum is for? Discussion, exchange of ideas? I like Barry. I think he's wrong. End of story.
Cheetah on the other hand is repeatedly posting antagonistic open sarcastic disdain of a very personal nature. Calling into question aspects of my personality, motives and negative effects on my intended country of residence.
Again, in my last post I suggested she may not be up to speed on current affairs, as she'd seemingly missed the enourmous political, financial and military clout, not to mention sheer population size (larger than the U.S.A.) that the European Union possesses. It was not sarcastic, yet accused of being so.
As I posted in her mothers thread, sarcasm is where the intended meaning is the opposite of the literal meaning.
I could have added how if Islam had an historical enemy it would be Europe. Wars were fought in Spain, France, Austria and the Balkans. In North Africa and the middle east, by English, Germans, French and Italians against their Islamist counterparts. Europeans have humiliated the citizens of every other continent in their conquest, greed and expansionism.
America and Australia would not exist were it not for the "evils" of Europe.
When she blanketly criticises America, she should be criticising Western civilisation itself, the very civilisation that has enabled her to access the information and ideas she seems so willing to spread on her computer - an Icon of the Wests information revolution.
Singling out a single country neither wins friends nor furthers causes. It merely creates international misunderstanding and disharmony. Shutting ears instead of opening them.
Instead of gaining a potential ally or refine her ideas, she insists on seeking to cut me and others down and write off everything I say using anger and derision.