Jay,
From a 3rd party's perspective who happened to come upon this thread, may I offer my view of why MeDroggies was so upset with this post of yours that he finally put you on ignore?
Before I begin, I like to say that I'm not arguing for either side but simply to vocal out what I observed. Of course, what I observed may be tainted by my own personal experience and background.
The way I see this, your debate between MeDroogies were simply a matter of two headstrong egos butting head with each other. And each with his own unique style of debating- one is sporting, and the other is very serious!
Now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a strong ego since this is, IMHO, a hallmark of an intellectual. Both of you argued "beautifully" in your own way. Unfortunately, both of you also carry a chip on the shoulder. IMHO, "Drivel" was not the word that finally pissed MeDroogies off, it was the whole manner of your response that pissed him off. Notice some of your counterpoints came with a touch of belittling:
"You got that backward and reversed.
You make it too easy for me to respond.
Not good enough
So? It does not follow that
No? What do you call this drivel …"
And to rub salt into the wound....
"Thanks for making it easy for me to respond so quickly."
Let me see if I can use an analogy to describe what I observed...
Once upon a time there was a proud Frenchman who challenged a proud Roman citizen to a duel. Both would pick their own preferred weapon. Naturally, the Frenchman would pick an epee (use for fencing) and the Roman citizen a standard issue of a Roman sword. Now, both were very skilled in their own martial skill. The Roman would hack with such strength that anyone who didn't know any better would succumb to such blow. The Frenchman, however, was quick and nimble in his movement and his handling of the epee. No matter how hard the Roman hacked his sword, the Frenchman always manage to side-step ahead. Their duel began with a friendly overtone until both parties began to get tired of the fighting that seemed to get nowhere.
However, in the final hour, the Frenchman began to tease the Roman citizen with his skill of handling the epee. He began to make the Roman citizen feeling like a fool. Now, the Roman citizen was a very proud gentleman and his bloodline was impeccable. And in one instance, the Frenchman even poked his epee on the Roman citizen's behind (divel?). And to end this frustrating duel, the Frenchman thanked the Roman citizen for making this duel an "easy affair" for him. No less, this remark dealt a final blow to the Roman citizen's pride (or in Roman's terminology- his dignitas).
Afterward, the Roman citizen, to his chagrin, refused to deal with the Frenchman ever again!
Now, I'm not saying the Roman citizen was without fault, after all, his arrogance was a little hard to swallow as well. Without playing side, I'm just trying to tell you, from my perspective, that "drivel" was not the culprit here.
But then, what do I know! Just a 2 cents from an ignorant visitor...
However, I sense that BOTH of you agree on one thing which is all that counted- that one must be careful in this current market condition.
Cheers! |
