Bailout Bill Fails; Dow Plummets 780 Points

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Xantar

Well, Strangler, all I can say is you need to chill out and stop taking things so seriously (not to mention personally). You say my post back then wasn't political discourse? I've got a news flash for you: about 95% of what's going on in these threads isn't political discourse. You and various others might as well not even bother replying to each other for all the good it does. Personally, I think it's sort of a minor miracle of a thread makes it through one page without somebody blowing up in a fit of righteous anger and somebody else publicly questioning the other's personal integrity.

This place is a playground. Every once in a while, something constructive and productive happens, but I never expect it from here and certainly not from you. To me, you're a very good intellectual sparring partner whom I otherwise will never interact with in any other way (although I guess at one point we were geographically pretty close). I could launch into a long complaint about all the times where I think you've used long discredited information and where you've had the last word because by the time I looked again, everybody had moved on and it was no longer worth my while to reply. I can assure you that any time I've stopped posting, I've always had more to say and I've always found some points you've made to be disingenuous. I've never stopped because I feel I've said my piece and there's nothing more to be said.

But you know what? Life is too short and the world is bigger than this. I'm not saying this to try to prove that I'm a better person or anything. I'm just explaining what my view of this forum is. We're just a couple of guys wasting time on a message board that doesn't exist beyond our computer screens. You can call me a coward or dishonest or arrogant or any number of other things you want. It won't make any difference to me, and I'm not going to waste any emotional energy getting worked up over it. Whatever reaction you decide to have is ok with me. Really.

And with that, I'm not going to reply to anything more you say to me or about me in this thread.

Wow, you love to have it both ways. First you overreact to Bond's post, "wasting emotional energy", and then you accuse others of getting worked up and emotional when they call you out on it. Exactly which side of your face are you speaking out of in this thread?

And for the record, there have been several instances where I have made political point concessions and even changed my mind in the middle of a discussion (rarely, true, but still happens on occassion). I have never really seen you do that, not even to admit you overreacted to Bond's comparitively benign post!

And with THAT, I will not reply to anything else you say in this thread because I'm rubber and you're glue and I don't shut up, I grow up and when I look at you I throw up. Nanny nanny boo boo. [/sarcasm]

See? I can be all growed up too.