bagginsbill opened this issue on Apr 29, 2008 · 496 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Wed, 07 May 2008 at 1:58 PM
Ah, yes -- it's good to see that these types of threads always go through their natural evolutionary process. First: the OP which kicks off the dispute: which leads to a lengthy debate (replete with personal recriminations -- questioning the characteristics of the opponent's ancestors, their maturity, their motives for saying what they've said, etc.) : which is then followed by laments over the worthlessness of the entire exercise -- which said 'entire exercise' is totally beneath the notice of the triangulated 'above-the-fray' lament-makers......so: of course it follows that it has to be commented on.
Here's the lesson: no one should ever participate in a forum thread -- controversial (on any side of a given issue -- right or wrong) -- or even non-controversial. Because if you do participate in a thread: then you always run the risk of being lamented over for having spoken up and expressed an opinion on a given subject.
Non-participation makes one superior to the participants......and that's always a neat trick. It's a trick which is commonly used by politicians who wish to appear to be better than their 'bickering' opponents. Sometimes it even works.
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