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Posted by Seraphina22 [207.144.237.147 - HPPAV] on 01 June 2003 at 15.55.04 ZuluTime:
In Reply to: You'd best stick to checkers; you've got a better chance of winning.... posted by Hunter on 01 June 2003 at 11.00.57 ZuluTime:
I've never really heard the term "checkmate" used in checkers. Generally speaking, it's used in chess. But I'm learning all kinds of new things now that I've been privileged to be in the presence of people like you. Allow me to borrow your method of cut and paste to make my next move.
"You alternately have enough experience to know what 'all' we do is, and haven't spend any time in the room at all. Now which is it?"
The message that I posted was intended for the author of the message it was following up --this Gremlin character. I took the time (out of morbid curiousity) to browse through this website that we're all looking at at the moment. So any opinions I have formed about him are based on not only the roughly 8-10 hours I've spent in your chat room, but on what I've found on this website. Why so defensive, dear?
"And in what instance was there a situation in which a 'valid argument', or even a counterargument, required from Gremlin?"
Well, obviously he saw something that made him want to "argue." I can't imagine what else would provoke him to call someone a "muttfucker."
"Actually, one can argue that it will/won't happen, not only based on biological terms, but based on the surrounding text.."
Ok. Maybe I'm guilty of the dreaded word misusage here. People can argue anything. What I should have said, I guess, is that he can provide no FACTS..hard physical EVIDENCE that it isn't going to happen. That's what it's all about anyway, isn't it? Facts and hard physical evidence?
"I'll just take it this way: you have no fucking clue what a strawman is"
You're exactly right. I don't. I think I actually admitted that in the text of my message when I said "pardon my misuse of the terms, it's all new to me." But you left that part out because it would have made that line of your message pointless.
"You've shown yourself to be [a fraud.] Truth in advertising...."
I'm still waiting on the hard physical EVIDENCE that I'm a liar. Nobody can seem to tell me what exactly it was that I lied about. I'm alot of things....Liar isn't one of them.
"Try being honest more often."
Trust me, I could have made it alot farther in life so far if I wasn't so honest. Being honest is a handicap in today's world. It's especially crippling in job interviews.....but, I digress.
"And what's wrong with pointing out grammatical errors and general improper use of words?"
There's absolutely nothing wrong with it. I do it all the time. In fact, I was doing it ALOT as I browsed through this website. But, when you are force-fed humility as I have been in the past few years, you learn that being so anal when it comes to things that insignificant really can be a pain in alot of people's asses. Why do we feel compelled to magnify other people's minor mistakes? That's a good question to ponder.
"Of course not. You weren't allowed to sit at that table in lunch."
I'm not sure this one even warrants a response. I don't like playing name calling games. I got over that years ago --and so did most of the other people sitting at my lunch table.
"Let's list ALL the definitions, not just the little one that supports your delusion....Let's see...and only the last few cover what you're talking about. In fact, you had to use the very last one to back up your statement."
Ok. I'm not sure what it is that you're saying here. In order to use a word it has to encompass all of that word's definitions in its context?
"And now, let's get into basic anatomy...."
Did you draw that picture yourself? Nice work. Unfortunately, having just had my knee reconstructed a while back, I know more about the anatomy of the knee than I could have ever hoped for.
"Of course, the real problem here is that you infer bow [bou], while anyone with more than a 1000 word vocabulary who doesn't see 'down' after it is going to generally see 'bo' first.."
Let's all bow our heads and say a prayer for Hunter, shall we?
Now, having said all that --let us get down to the heart of the matter. This all started because I quoted the "every knee shall bow" Bible verse in my first post here. Interestingly enough, nobody has commented on anything else I've said in my messages except for this verse. I'm sure you'll counter that with some juvenile insult -- "you're a fucking [insert juvenile name calling attempt here] and therefore not worthy of having us comment on your messages." And well, that's ok too. Why did I choose to quote a verse from a book that I've grown to question the genuineness of? And why did I choose that verse? Well, this is going to mean nothing to you, I'm sure..but you've compelled me to tell it. A few years ago, I had a horrible nightmare. It was one of those "end of the world" dreams, you know. People were running around everywhere dodging the balls of fire that fell from the sky. But what struck me most about this dream was the mysterious voice that I heard over and over saying "Every knee shall bow, every tongue shall confess." Over and over and over this played in my head until I woke up. Now upon discussing this dream with various people, I discovered that this was, in fact, a Bible verse --one that I had probably heard at some point in my life, but was certainly not familiar enough with to quote. Did this dream mean anything? Maybe not. Was it just another episode of lobal epilepsy? Perhaps. But, if nothing else, it has left me with a strange sense of loyalty to that particular verse. But anyway.