IS/Daesh Burn POW Alive

[merrylander]

Ike while I appreciate your taking my side don't waste your breath since how the people in here feel about me certainly does not keep me awake nights.

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by Boreas

And finn and DQ and Zeke and, well, me and anyone else who takes a position in direct opposition to your own.



Bullets are too expensive!

The point isn't that you do it or that you don't have a right to do it. The point is that you really don't have an excuse to whine about it when others return the favor. It's babyish and hypocritical.



It's one thing to call someone stupid and another to characterize something they've said or that they believe as stupid. You, I and even Rob have all said stupid things many more times than once but none of us is stupid. Also, if you're dealing with someone who is truly stupid, telling them that they are is pointless but, if you tell an intelligent person that a belief they hold is stupid, their intelligence may lead them to a re-examination of that belief.

And I didn't accuse Rob of being hateful. I know the post you're referring to and my use of the word was used in connection with the hypothetical soldier in his post. In fact, I maintained that a feeling of hatred was unnecessary for the soldier to behave in the way that Rob described.



And, of course, that's not at all a venomous thing to say of someone.



Which, of course, nobody here has done. Observing that Israel has committed atrocities, an incontrovertible fact, doesn't automatically entail comparison to other atrocities, even those committed by the victims of Israeli reprisals.

Atrocities are atrocities and those who commit them, be it Daesh or Hamas or the IDF, run the risk of de-legitimizing the cause in whose service they were committed. Simple stuff, really, and I can't help but believe that you know it.



Sadly, history has taught me that to hope for that would be in vain.



Actually, what I don't like is people telling me what I don't like.

Feh...I'm not the one, nor is Rob, who spit the first wad of venom in this thread.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I think we're supposed to acquiesce to Rob's opinion because he's smarter than the rest of us. We know this because he's told us so.

John

Originally Posted by merrylander

No Mensa was the one who told me, but I quit after a year as they are just a bunch of puzzle solvers.

Oh and Bell confirmed it which was why they put me into computer programming from the plant department. Since that involved a promotion I guess they were serious.

Yes, so you've told us.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Feh...I'm not the one, nor is Rob, who spit the first wad of venom in this thread.

Actually, I just checked and, as a matter of fact, you were. In any case, that's irrelevant.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Feh...I'm not the one, nor is Rob, who spit the first wad of venom in this thread.

I took the time to review the thread and it was indeed you that did so (no surprise). Here's an excerpt from your first venomous post:

Zeke has shown he has a soft spot in his heart for Islamic terrorists and a bug up his ass for those who won't lay down and die behind their terrorism.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by merrylander

No Mensa was the one who told me, but I quit after a year as they are just a bunch of puzzle solvers.

Oh and Bell confirmed it which was why they put me into computer programming from the plant department. Since that involved a promotion I guess they were serious.

No one says you're not smart, Rob. But, hey, we're smart....

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I took the time to review the thread and it was indeed you that did so (no surprise). Here's an excerpt from your first venomous post:

Zeke has shown he has a soft spot in his heart for Islamic terrorists and a bug up his ass for those who won't lay down and die behind their terrorism.

Yes, Post #23, the very one I was thinking of when I posted above.

John

[bobabode]

Now, now fellas. Do you really want to get in the middle of Ike and Zeke's lovefest?

[whell]

What we really need is one of those popcorn smiley icons like they have over on AK.

[bobabode]

Shaddup Whelly.