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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (51056)6/14/2002 6:56:25 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
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That was a joke? Does it read like one? Where's the grinnie? What EVIDENCE do YOU put forward that that was a joke? I say that's a prima facie insult.

He said in his "apology" that it was an attempted joke gone bad.
OF COURSE he's going to try to weasel out of it. Have you seen a time when EVENTUALLY he didn't? Usually miuch, much later of course. He was actually unusually speedy this time.

Look, if he proves to me he actually has had a change of heart and is fit for civilized society, I will accept him back in. I'd extend that to X and BIA too. But I want evidence first. ANd that evidence will have to include desisting from issuing intentional malicious insults at people. Particularly the rather nasty shots he has take at several women.

Let me point out that he ands I WERE having reasonable discourse on SMBR up until he lodged that slam at E. But I will be d**ned if I will put with that.

The absence of malice isn't a compliment. There's a lot of room between malice and compliment. Malice is a passion for causing suffering with the insult.
Suffering? I'd suggest a short PM chit chat with E will settle that issue.

And next time we get into a discussion like this, I'll be sure to bring my calipers.

Again, there's a lot of room between "pretty bad" and grievous.
Calipers, please.

You send me a stack of links as though your conclusions were intuitively obvious from those clips.
I send you those links as evidence. It avoids the "PROVE I SAID THAT!" SYNDROME.

May I suggest that there really is such a thing as trying TOO hard to See Both Sides Of Every Issue? Your moral compass can become demagnetized if you do that too much too often.
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