Remember, back when you accused me of not reading it because I hadn't posted and I linked to my reply in that very topic?
Yes, it is you who is keeping it going-- you just KEEP bring UP the bloody topic, you equate it with the most famous anti-Semitic text known, you slander everyone who disagrees with you as being a nasty political hack, and you can't even be bothered to refute the actual book; I say once again, this is like Mr. Derbyshire's ( http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGYwMzdjOWRmNGRhOWQ4MTQyZDMxNjNhYTU1YTE5Njk= ) amazing refutation of a film he had not seen.
This will be my last reply to this topic, because I'm sick and tired of re-typing portions of the bloody book. For all I know, you *might* even be right--but, given your refusal to respond in the rational manner, by doing a refutation of the actual words, we can't know.
I'm not even all that interested in the bloody topic, I am simply interested in the skill you USUALLY have when writing and a bit disturbed to see it seem to flee you on a topic the deaf can hear your views on.
You SHOULD be able, if you are right, to write a da Vinci Code style, point by point refutation with quotes--then, when people "accept and defend complete rubbish, to hold up stuff that demeans their own intellect, to insult anyone who disagrees, and, worst of all, to completely abandon any shred of critical attitude, insisting that that which flatters our party positions is therefore sacred and untouchable" you can simply send them to that refutation, rather than wonder if they expect you to "falsify my own life experience and the history of my country (on which every Italian alive or dead would answer as I do), accept a thesis that is not just false but obviously false, not just politically motivated but obviously politically motivated, and that for no reason except in order to preserve a personal relationship." That will serve several purposes-- give you a chance of convincing folks, get this off your chest and be one heck of a read to boot. My mom once told me that if you open up with "shut up, you ignorant idiot" you're not going to enlighten anyone, and you'd better serve your side with silence.
Folks who have a personal relationship with you--if that's the correct phrase for knowing you online? (not really sure)-- know that you hold strong views, and that you're usually really good at defending them. I know that I accept that, and heaven knows I don't expect you to agree with me on most things, but watching you launch an attack for an insult not even delivered offends my sense of style and makes me wonder what topic there is that unhinges my writing skill--and if anyone would be able to tell.
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Date: 2008-05-25 07:55 pm (UTC)Already.
Did.
Remember, back when you accused me of not reading it because I hadn't posted and I linked to my reply in that very topic?
Yes, it is you who is keeping it going-- you just KEEP bring UP the bloody topic, you equate it with the most famous anti-Semitic text known, you slander everyone who disagrees with you as being a nasty political hack, and you can't even be bothered to refute the actual book; I say once again, this is like Mr. Derbyshire's ( http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGYwMzdjOWRmNGRhOWQ4MTQyZDMxNjNhYTU1YTE5Njk= ) amazing refutation of a film he had not seen.
This will be my last reply to this topic, because I'm sick and tired of re-typing portions of the bloody book. For all I know, you *might* even be right--but, given your refusal to respond in the rational manner, by doing a refutation of the actual words, we can't know.
I'm not even all that interested in the bloody topic, I am simply interested in the skill you USUALLY have when writing and a bit disturbed to see it seem to flee you on a topic the deaf can hear your views on.
You SHOULD be able, if you are right, to write a da Vinci Code style, point by point refutation with quotes--then, when people "accept and defend complete rubbish, to hold up stuff that demeans their own intellect, to insult anyone who disagrees, and, worst of all, to completely abandon any shred of critical attitude, insisting that that which flatters our party positions is therefore sacred and untouchable" you can simply send them to that refutation, rather than wonder if they expect you to "falsify my own life experience and the history of my country (on which every Italian alive or dead would answer as I do), accept a thesis that is not just false but obviously false, not just politically motivated but obviously politically motivated, and that for no reason except in order to preserve a personal relationship." That will serve several purposes-- give you a chance of convincing folks, get this off your chest and be one heck of a read to boot. My mom once told me that if you open up with "shut up, you ignorant idiot" you're not going to enlighten anyone, and you'd better serve your side with silence.
Folks who have a personal relationship with you--if that's the correct phrase for knowing you online? (not really sure)-- know that you hold strong views, and that you're usually really good at defending them. I know that I accept that, and heaven knows I don't expect you to agree with me on most things, but watching you launch an attack for an insult not even delivered offends my sense of style and makes me wonder what topic there is that unhinges my writing skill--and if anyone would be able to tell.