Tracking Geezer
POSTED BY: AnthonyT
UPDATED: Saturday, September 29, 2007 01:01
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S'wenyways, I guess now is the time to get to Fletch's really on-topic, snark-free posts. 
I'm including what he is responding to, to illustrate his out-of-the blue snark replies to fact-based and civil discussion:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=18&t=30716
SignyM
Quote:Fletch
What do you mean: "Acting in favor of rhetoric"?? On the face of it, that doesn't sound like a good idea.
Quote:SignyM
You know your misquoting folks is part of the reason people stop talking to you.
Quote:Fletch
Fletch2- I'm not misquoting, I really don't understand what Finn meant. That's why I asked. But if you know what Finn meant please enlighten me.
Quote:SignyM (cross-post)
Well I don't speak for Finn, or even agree with his analysis but what he said was pretty clear.
Finn's contention is that Europe favours action via multinational entities such as the UN as an excuse for inaction. Ie, they can CLAIM to be against something, do all the posturing and sabre rattling they need to do to look tough, safe in the knowledge that bodies like the UN will never agree to authorise anything.
The crucial thing is to look at the complete sentence, it is not "Acting in favor of rhetoric." It is the failier to act, and instead to favour rhetoric.
Quote:SignyM
So, will either Finn or Fletch explain the statement about acting on rhetoric?
Quote:Fletch
And my questions never get answered. Sigh. Story of my life. I was hoping Finn would illuminate his comment because it puzzles me greatly, but if anyone else wants to take a crack at it, feel free.
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Sign me Clueless.
Quote:SignyM
All you had to do was look up three posts. Apparently you are blind as well as stupid.
Quote:SignyM
Where? I looked up three posts from Finn's post and from THIS post and I don't see anything that applies. So, I'm blind. Give me a key word to "edit- find on this page".
BTW- I REALLY don't think I deserve your snark. I asked a question, I can't find the answer. What's your problem?
Quote:Finn replies re 'acting in favor of rhetoric'
Oh, okay I see it. But Fletch2, have you ever considered anger management classes?
SignyM
Quote:Fletch
Okay, it was a true misdunderstanding on my part, I just couldn't make the original sentence make sense. Now it does, thanks.
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Ever considered reading classes?
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Sig: I am sorry I wasn't having a good day. My friend's handicapped daughter died on Sunday, she is needless to say a little broken up about it and as "caring friend #1" I've had to deal with a lot of her dark moments. I have a certain degree of compassion fatique and it seemed you were being deliberately dense. I didn't have time for that.
Rue: See how simple that was? I'm still waiting for you to appologise to Anthony.
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Really NOT a good day! I can imagine how she feels.
Apology accepted. Go ye and sin no more, wherever possible.
(OMG I'm turing into Hero and adding caveats to everything.)
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Always look upstream.
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Originally posted by SignyM:
So, now YOU get to interpret my motives? I wasn't meaning to be "arch". I wanted to point out yur posts to AnthonyT for a couple of reasons:
Sorry, then. The cryptic "You'll know it when you see it." comment, and lack of any further explanation seemed not very helpful in relaying your idea.
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May I be honest? I KNOW I'm gonna catch hell for this but... Most of you seem quite fearful: fearful the mildest form of social controlo, which is simply to be noticed and remembered by your peers. Fearful of standing behind your own words. A lot of you who would freely apply tasers and surviellance to others suddenly whither if just a LITTLE potentially unfavorable attention comes your way.
Hardly withering. In case you haven't noticed, I'm pretty much taking this whole thread as a joke. If you got the time and mindset, you can copy every post I've made here since the get-go and send them off somewhere for analysis. Have fun.
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YOU have never seen an open call to the webmaster to report your particulars to the FBI.
Not an open call. I don't know about in secret.
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YOU have never been followed
Wrong. When I worked with NORML back in the day, I was tailed on a few occasions.
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nor have you had to think about what would happen to your disabled child if you should disappear, even for for a few days.
No. At the time all I had was a cat, and he could take care of himself.
Quote:Now that's quite an assumption. I didn't shrivel when the VC were shooting at me, so I'm probably not gonna go all gooey about your 'tracking'. Don't take yourself too seriously here.
But if that shoe even gets close to YOUR foot, you suddenly shrivel like a salted slug!
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I apologize for choosing the wrong word. I simply meant "remember" or "study over time" but I was in a hurry chose a word with unfavorable conotations. Now, if you want worry about it in the context of a discussion among a bunch of geeks on an open forum- feel free.
Please don't apologize. This has been endless fun.
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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Quote:Oooh goody! I get to be snarky! You DO know what "most" means? It's different from the word 'all". They only have one syllable each, but start with different letters. Might want to look it up some day!
May I be honest? I KNOW I'm gonna catch hell for this but... Most of you seem quite fearful-Signy
Hardly withering. In case you haven't noticed, I'm pretty much taking this whole thread as a joke. -Geezer
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Originally posted by Fletch2:
Originally posted by rue:
Yeah - I'm rude to idiots, like you.
You have a very interesting pathology. You are completely convinced of your own magnificent infallability and you become beligerent to anyone that questions it. First you get obtuse, then you nit-pick and then you get insulting. You're kind of a 3 step plan. When you are still browbeating folk and picking through their posts you seem to think you are winning the argument, when the insults fly is when you know you've lost.
Hot dang!...at last...someone has properly eloquated the feelings about this Rue poster. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best damn post I've EVER seen here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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wow, thats alot of pot calling the kettle black by both Fletch2 and Jongstraw...
you really going to call somebody out for namecalling?
in the last two days there's plenty of examples to site from both of you on that very thing. So...
yawn.
Would that mean that in those instances you've run out of good solid arguments?
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Not really. If you recall the title of the thread the idea was that there is a patern to Geezers posts. I was just showing the "pattern" to Rue's.
I was out of order with my comments to Sig and I have appologised. I thought it would be nice if Rue appologised to Anthony, but of course she wont.
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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Can you help? And are there any other forum members that should be tracked?
Don't worry. There are likely several forum members being tracked...PN?
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Geezer
Hardly withering. In case you haven't noticed, I'm pretty much taking this whole thread as a joke. If you got the time and mindset, you can copy every post I've made here since the get-go and send them off somewhere for analysis. Have fun.
I'm so glad you said that. I laughed at a great deal of this thread.
Quote:Ooo... not me!!!!
Originally posted by Hero:Quote:
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Can you help? And are there any other forum members that should be tracked?
Don't worry. There are likely several forum members being tracked...PN?
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