> > tell you what, john, i will be delighted
> to engage in civilized discourse with you.
> Is that the carrot or the stick?
> > i will stop discussing your personality disorders
> (unless you enjoy being the topic of discussion). i'll
> even stop asking you who you really are, what your
> tax bracket is, and your source of income!~)
> I already gave you my permission to go ahead
> with that. You and Charlie have fun now.
is that reverse psychology, or reverse, reverse psychology.
i suspect the latter, because you thrive on the attention.
if you really wanted to have substantive discussion, you would not resort to
straw men and ad hominem attacks when you are cornered.
i came to brinlist because i am a big fan of dr. brin's novels. i also admire
his pragmatic, rather than dogmatic, approach to discussions of this type, and
agree with many of his socio/economic/political/ecological positions. i was a
lurker most of the time i've been on brinlist, but once i dared to start making
posts i had a honeymoon period where i was only corrected in how to post
correctly.
i only became a target of trolls like yourself when i dared to refute your
arguments, and question your vitriolic tactics. i learned to stand up to
bullys when i was in high school. i suspect you were also bullied when you
were a child, and that explains the venom you spew on line. you fit a certain
profile, you see...
jon
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