At 03:55 AM 6/24/2005, Russ Paielli wrote:
MIKE OSSIPOFF nkklrp-at-hotmail.com |EMlist| wrote:
Abdul says:
I intend to set a filter for Mr. Ossipoff, I'd rather not expose myself
routinely to the temptation to comment again on his writing
I comment:
That's good news. An idiot considerate enough to quit commenting.
Mike Ossipoff
It always seems to boil down to the same thing, doesn't it.
Note that, in such a contentious environment, we have been able to reach
complete consensus. All agree on the value of my abstaining from
response to Mr. Ossipoff. As to idiocy, well, it is idiocy indeed to
waste effort trying to convince idiots. Again, I'd expect we'd all agree
on that.
Also by the way, I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce a
foolproof new election method. I'll call it the Saddam system. Here's
how it works: you vote for Saddam or you watch your children tortured
and mutilated (and I mean tortured in the original sense, not just
disrespecting your holy book).
Ah, Russ! You and Mr. Ossipoff deserve each other.
Ah, Abd, you know exactly how best to insult me, don't you!
You make a lot of assumptions, don't you?
Assumptions? That Saddam Hussein tortured children and initmidated
voters? You call those "assumptions"?
Has it ever occurred to you that a habit of
gratuitous insult, or the attempt at same, might be a sign of some
deeper difficulty?
Yes, that is entirely possible. However, in this case I'd say it applies
more to you than me, considering that you insulted me even though I was
trying to *defend* you. And whom did I insult, by the way? Saddam
Hussein? If an insult of Saddam is a personal insult to you, sir, then
I'd say you have a problem. And I say that with all due respect.
Also, judging from your "brief" political statement, I'd say you clearly
have much more in common with Mike Ossipoff than I do -- including an
interesting notion of what the word "brief" means. In fact, I'd say you
deserve each other. I'll look forward to the full multi-volume debate
right here on EM to see which of you is the more ignorant about world
politics. We may need to beef up the disc storage for this one!
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