My Halloween costume is both topical and controversial. We've already had a very substantive debate on gun safety because of it along with proper spellign..
I see you have taken the bait and fallen into my trap. Now I can viciously taunt you as a spelling fascist! BWAHAHA!
I went to a Halloween party as the invisible man. I didn't even go and just had several friends talking to "me" as if I was there. I won best costume.
And yet you and Fatty are posting personal attacks for no good reason. Please stop, it was amusing for a short time, but it is getting truly tiresome. That goes for you too, Fatty, all that has to happen is one of you start acting like an adult and the whole thing would be over. Is that really too much to ask?
Actually, I responded directly to a cartoon that was the second post in the thread. My response was a joke. Then Fatty piggybacked me as he is wont to do, saying I couldn't take a joke. This was characteristically inexplicable. He's been following me around ever since I broke his (facebook) heart. But I'm not attacking or fighting; I'm dangling yarn in front of a drunken cat for fun. I can't help it if he keeps swatting at it.
So really, Gladiatorowdy, your question is why can't I stop joking? I answer your question with another. Who died and made you protector of deadly serious conversation here? I've given up on meaningful debate in this forum. I'm sorry that upsets you. But I don't see anything in the rules that says I have to stop having fun here.
I don't see how you can characterize your response as a joke. Insist all you want, but it wasn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_(Internet)
Pretty presumptuous of you to pretend to know when I'm joking and when I'm not. I'm not insisting; I'm telling you. It was a joke. Now, you might not share my sense of humor, but that's not what's at issue. As for the other bit, I tried sincere debate here. It was a bust. This just isn't the place for it. And there are plenty of posters that only come in here to crack jokes. There's no requirement that one engage in meaningful debate to post here.
If you want to demonstrate your sincerity about what you said here, then you will stop joking in the form of personal attacks.
I don't get it. Is your spine just really weak? Why do you continue to harp on this? It's becoming quite old. People have anonymity on the Internet, so you should expect personal attacks. If you want debate without such a thing, the Internet is certainly not the right place to look for it (at least not in a forum where there are differing viewpoints). It's like going to the Red River Rivalry as a UT fan and getting upset that OU fans are insulting you and walking out of the game sulking. Give it a rest. Get over it. That goes for anyone being insulted by "personal attacks." It's the Internet. Most of these people are probably a lot more civil in real life. If you want to argue legitimately on here, you need to ignore personal attacks and continue to debate the issues, not curl up in a fetal position and claim someone's argument isn't valid because it included a personal attack.
when has name calling and personal attacks ever been an effective method of debate? freestyle rap battles? terrible analogy. I expect insults and banter at a rivalry football game. There are many, many, many posters here who get their message across very clearly and effectivly without insults or personal attacks. FranchiseBlade, while I disagree with him/her on nearly every single topic, I still read every post he/she makes, because he/she is able to do it without immature banter.
I didn't say it was an effective method of debate, I simply stated they happen. Precisely my argument. You should expect similar things in an anonymous Internet argument. Agreed, and that is the preferred method of doing so. That being said, it happens (obviously) and it's unnecessary to continuously complain that people are using personal attacks instead and using it as a scapegoat (seemingly) to avoid discussion. Ignore them and continue to discuss. If the person using the personal attack didn't have a legitimate point, discuss why it's illegitimate instead of complaining about the attack.
I intend to continue drawing attention to this behavior. I will post what I want to post, and what I think is appropriate to post. I am not going to have the number or substance of my posts dictated to me by a bunch of people that I generally disagree with. If anyone wants to infer that this constitutes "scapegoating," I really do not care. I am not going to be baited into an argument about this by anyone here, so there is no point in anyone wasting their time trying.
That's your prerogative. I just wanted to let you know it makes you look like you have no spine and it gets us no further than the personal attacks themselves.
