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From: Ivor Jones on 21 Aug 2006 02:34 "Rob Morley" <nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1f53119ca1d338a198a5ac(a)news.individual.net [snip] > I find it insulting that you find it insulting to be told > that you're a European. That doesn't make any sense. besides, it's your problem. I was insulted first. Ivor
From: Brimstone on 21 Aug 2006 02:49 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4ksbd0Fd6cjpU4(a)individual.net... > > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:XbqdndHArPPGXnXZRVnytg(a)bt.com >> Ivor Jones wrote: >> > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > news:mq6dnQFcQcnfInXZnZ2dnUVZ8tSdnZ2d(a)bt.com >> > > Ivor Jones wrote: >> > > > "Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> > > > news:z76dnc5GefPmKXXZRVnyjA(a)bt.com >> > > > >> > > > [snip] >> > > > >> > > > > Why do you not want to be called something that >> > > > > you are? >> > > > >> > > > Because I am not what you believe me to be. >> > > >> > > What do you believe I believe you to be? >> > >> > A European, of course. But then you knew that. >> >> So if you're not European, from which continent or other >> geographic region of the world do your forebears >> originate? > > Irrelevant. Whether they are or were European or not does not mean I am. Wrong, you can't be anything other than what your parents were. > You may think otherwise, but you'd be wrong. How so? > Once again, I ask you to have respect for my wishes and beliefs. Show that > you have *some* regard for others. Stop treating the rest of us as idiots and I'm sure there will be reciprication.
From: Brimstone on 21 Aug 2006 02:49 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4kt2fvFdk8l3U1(a)individual.net... > "Rob Morley" <nospam(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message > news:MPG.1f53119ca1d338a198a5ac(a)news.individual.net > > [snip] > >> I find it insulting that you find it insulting to be told >> that you're a European. > > That doesn't make any sense. besides, it's your problem. I was insulted > first. In which post?
From: Brimstone on 21 Aug 2006 02:50 "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4ksbd3Fd6cjpU15(a)individual.net... > > > "mattic" <this(a)wontwork.com> wrote in message > news:ZW5Gg.15210$rP1.10831(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au >> Why are you trying to impose your views on others. Why >> are you dictating that they should bottom post? That is >> grossly insulting to me. > > I'm not dictating it at all. It is simply convention in the majority of > groups, including this one. People can top post all they like, it just > means I won't give their posts the same consideration. Agreed.
From: Brimstone on 21 Aug 2006 02:51
"Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message news:4ksbd1Fd6cjpU8(a)individual.net... > > > "Alex Heney" <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote in message > news:90ohe2p2em708dre2hu1mn9lv435rigm5l(a)4ax.com >> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 08:07:12 +0100, "Ivor Jones" >> <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: >> >> > "Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote in message >> > news:ro9fe2lft5h14ol1jqc4ddhf06c1o5ie4r(a)4ax.com >> > >> > [snip] >> > >> > > Could it be that you are "defined" even better by the >> > > phrase "illiterate fuckwit"? >> > >> > Ah, the foul language argument again. >> > >> > Do you still not get it..? As soon as you start >> > swearing to make your point, you immediately become >> > completely and totally wrong, even if you weren't to >> > start with. >> > >> >> That statement is totally, utterly wrong. >> >> The language used does not alter the validity of the >> point AT ALL. > > It does, purely and simply because it shows the user of the swear word to > be intellectually incapable of making a point without such usage. That in > itself is enough to convince me that they are wrong. If they were right, > they would be able to argue their point without swearing. What a gross insult. |