08-31-2011, 04:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-31-2011, 04:16 PM by Tenet Nosce.)
(08-31-2011, 03:27 PM)abridgetoofar Wrote: The reasons I saw Tenet explain were painting the "gradualist" side of the debate with a broad brush of psychoanalysis. I "agreed" with your statement in a snarky smartass attempt to make a point.
See... this is really the crux of the problem here. Allow me to illustrate:
Tenet Nosce Wrote:I am having great difficulty seeing how this could be interpreted to mean anything different. In my experience, those who forward a "gradualist" scenario are reacting negatively to the possibility of being abruptly separated from loved ones.
Please define where is the "broad brush" here in this statement. I was expressing difficulty understanding something, and speaking from my own experience.
Moreover, as much as I appreciate sarcasm, snarkiness, and smartassness, based on results they are highly ineffective tools to further increased understanding in an online discussion forum. And I am going to assume that you already know this, but continue to float snarky remarks out in threads anyway.
If you are an example of somebody who disproves my characterization, then you could have simply stated so instead of inciting chaos and contributing to the derailment of yet another thread.
You could have said, "Hey Tenet, I am one who forwards a gradualist scenario, but it has nothing to do with resisting separation from my loved ones. Rather, it has to do with ___________."
But you didn't. Instead you chose to play the snarky card. Again. And not only did you play the snarky card, you played it in another thread, namely this one. Then you exited the thread stage left, ignoring two pages of comments, and then jumped back in fists flying.
What, exactly, is the purpose of this behavior?