kwakwa's random thought and quotations

No, it's clear what you meant. Just reveling in the use of the phrase modest in such a condescendingly dickish context.

 

"Modest" is a word, not a phrase, and I'm glad you finally understand where I'm coming from vis-a-vis you.

 

I'm bored now. You win.

 

I hope you had a good time trolling my thread.

 

i'm not sure when "trolling" became a synonym for a debate or discussion.

either way, i just wanted to say that it's because of people like you that i hate talking about religion and philosophy. i want to make it clear that i have absolutely nothing against you personally, but i feel that the way you carried yourself in this exchange was less than mature.

there was no reason whatsoever for you to attack lode based on his current level of education. he is extremely intelligent, and made his point very well. if you weren't already aware, i'll be happy to inform you that your level of education has no bearing on your level of intelligence. they are not mutually exclusive.

but anyway, i don't want to start this debate up again because i have no interest whatsoever in investing time in a futile exchange with you, so i won't add my opinions on the topic. i only posted because i wanted you to know that you'll have more success reaching people in the future if you carry yourself in a more respectful in mature manner. because really, thats the purpose of debating. theres no point in exchanging ideas if your demeanor keeps the other person from being receptive to what you say.

 

Science offers a theory of how things began, we must understand that theory has not yet been made fact so thus far it is nothing more or less than explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of hypothesis.

 

I accept that statement.

 

And I have no interest in engaging in discourse with patently unfair and biased people like you.

Had you perused the entire exchange between lode and me -- as any fair-minded person would do before issuing the judgement you posted -- you would know that lode started the personal insults against me, beginning with "put on your big boy pants and go to college," and followed by "Why does love exist is something your parents should have explained to you, not your Vassar educated compatriots," before I joined issue.

I don’t passively take shit from people; I respond in kind.

So excuse me if I am underwhelmed by your jaundiced pontifications.

 

i did read the entire thread, thank you. and i said nothing of personal attacks, only that it was unfair of you to insult his intelligence based on his current level of education.

i stand by my statements that you carried yourself without much maturity or respect, and you are only proving my point. i made no comments regarding how i feel about you as a person, in fact i stated that quite clearly in the beginning of my post, yet in your first sentence you call me "patently biased."

although you may not like to hear my "jaundiced pontifications," i made them both to express my views and to aid you in having more successful interactions with people in the future. you seem to need the advice, though i doubt you'll take it.

 

Move on Kwa. Our tiff is over. Your point isn't more coherent whilst trying to emasculate a young woman with verbose posts.

 

Had you bothered to read the thread before passing judgement, you would know that other posters agreed with my views and you would also know that lode agreed with those other posters whilst he insulted and belittled me for the same views.

Evidently, lode thought he could bully a noob. He was dead wrong -- no go with this noob.

I am civil and polite, and I neither insult nor speak unkindly to anyone unless and until someone is uncivil toward me first. Then I respond in kind.

Both in real life and on the net, I don't care if I'm disliked if being liked entails compromising my principles and integrity. Experience has taught me that this way I can look in the mirror every day and be comfortable with what I see.

That's just me.

 

i doubt he was trying to bully you, but since i'm not him i can't really comment one way or the other.

and i'm glad that you make it a point to be polite towards people, but really, what do you gain by exchanging insults, even if the other person insulted you first? if you don't counter them with your own personal attacks, chances are good that the attacks on you won't continue. if they, do the other person just looks like an ass.

as far as principals and integrity, i'm not really sure how they factor into this. theres no integrity in insulting people, nor are your principles being upheld when you voice your opinions. it seems those two things were essentially what made up this thread, and neither involve principles or integrity.

 

I would recommend that you use a different verb than "emasculate" when the object is female.

Although technically correct, "emasculate" just sounds awkward with a female object.

Don't you agree?

Now get outta my face.

 

My principles and integrity entail not saying or writing anything I cannot defend and, consequently, not taking shit from anyone in any verbal exchange.

Without going into details, the reasons have to with my profession for the last 19 years.

 

hey now, i can be emasculated. better than being "effemmenated."

i would rather lose something something i don't have than something i do.

 

Point well taken.

 

Are you Dear Abby?

 

all i'm saying is, people listen to you more if you aren't being abrasive. theres no point in saying anything at all if people don't listen. thats all i'm getting at.

if you don't mind me asking, whats your profession?

 

My quotations of the day are from one of my favorite philosophers, Aristotle:

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire."

"A friend to all is a friend to none."

"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind."

"All virtue is summed up in dealing justly".

"Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy."

 

add boredom and hatred and the list would be complete.