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Originally posted by Yorick:
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.
Hehe, now you know how the rest of us feel when our comments are noticed, and yours somehow slip by without comment..... [img]smile.gif[/img] Doesn't feel that good, does it?
Yorick, you've made the Europe point many times, and I have agreed with you every single time. I do not hold America responsible for all the world's ills.
As I have said countless times before, the reason America gets singled out HERE is because this is a war forum called America Strikes Back and it was set up to discuss AMERICA'S NEW WAR. It is inevitable that when discussing cause and effect, the part America has played in the past, both in the Middle East and the rest of the world will come up. I myself have made numerous points regarding European colonisation of the rest of the world, and the highly negative and destructive effects that colonisation has had on the regions affected. You've made these points before, I have responded with pretty much this answer before.
I do not cut off everything that anyone who disagrees with me says with anger and derision. I manage to have good relations with many on this forum who hold very opposite views to myself. (MagiK, Sir Kenyth, Mangess, Nachtrafe, to take just a few examples.) Out of everyone posting in this forum, I have the most difficulty with you, for all the reasons I put in my previous post.
Yes, I am using sarcasm towards you. More now than ever before. The reason? Because I see you have not changed your style in the least since Memnoch posted his thread. You seem to be saying it is ok for you to be aggresive in defending your point of view, because you are right. As I have said, we all think that. Why are you somehow excempt from the rules of behaviour that bind the rest of us, because you feel strongly? We all feel strongly!
As there is no double standard operating on this forum, it seems to me that if it is fine for you to use sarcasm and rudeness, then I can use sarcasm to you, Yorick. My use of it above was to make that very point. What goes around, comes around...