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No! They do not!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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super wrote: has ever been an argument 5 minute long?
"Sorry but you are completely mistaken and I really must catch the next train but let me put you straight before I leave..."
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I prefer functions with several arguments
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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I have a wife for that function.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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A: "You are a moron"
Answer: "Your mother ****** **** ***** ***** ******** *****"
A: "Your statement is moronic"
Answer: "Your understanding of the problem is akin to a fish trying to learn free climbing, anyway prove it"
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Or my personal favourite:
Quote: You seem to know a lot about this! Would you be so kind as to provide me with links to published, peer-reviewed scientific articles to support that complete and utter bullshit?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It's Australian: it's trying to join in the action and attack people!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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super wrote: During online chat/discussion If make this statement
"You are a moron" = That's a personal attack.
but then if I say
"Your statement is moronic" = Is this still a personal attack or not?
This question is moronic.
(well? )
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with all respect ... I respectfully disagree
as he is asking very politely about the subject ...
this question is not moronic at all ...
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Tachyonx wrote: as he is asking very politely about the subject ... Basic grammer explains what the subject is.
Tachyonx wrote: with all respect ... I respectfully disagree Noted and ignored, since there's no argument to be found
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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what can I say ? ...
oops, beer icon is missing ...
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Personally, I would not use either. It is not polite!
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yes, it's not polite. If you have an issue slap him [lightly of course] with a glove [emoji].
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On the internet, EVERYTHING is a personal attack.
Besides, if the person really is a moron then they wouldn't understand there is a difference between the 2 statements anyway. So a true moron will definitely take both statements as a personal insult.
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Quote: Your statement is moronic" = Is this still a personal attack or not? It's a personal attack to the statement.
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super wrote:
English Clarification please.
This seems an absurd question. Why English? Tell me a language where the second statement is not an insult or a deliberate confrontation.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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In the Norwegian Parliament there has been lots of hair-splitting cases whether the President of the Parliament should reprimand a speaker for using unacceptable language or not. Characterizing another member of the Parliament is almost never accepted, while characterizing a statement, which everyone knows who made, as utter nonsense is much more likely to be accepted.
Maybe "moronic" is so insulting that it wouldn't be accepted at all in our Parliament. But "nonsense" is certainly acceptable. Besides, there are a few recognized modifiers: You could e.g. say that claiming that schoolbags made of clear plastic improves security is, with all due respect, utter nonsense. The "with all due respect" really is the opposite ... You use it to indicate that you really have no respect, but since you explicitly indicate that you are aware that you are bordering on the respectless but will not cross the line, you may actually do that: Cross the line to the respectless. It is like "I usually have respect for the speaker before me, but this time... well..."
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First one is accusing the OP of being an actual moron.
The second is implying that the OP is acting like a moron via their statement.
Both hurt the OP's feelings.
OP runs to mommy, crying.
"Hush now baby, baby, don't you cry."
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The discussion is actually about hypocrisy.
The point was that the super portrays himself as someone who's truly nicey-nice, and condemns everyone who displayed even the mildest of aggression in an argument. However, he personally attacked someone and then went on a spree to justify it, and basically reduced it to an English/grammar question.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: However, he personally attacked someone
Did not.
cheers,
Super
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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super wrote: "Your statement is moronic" = Is this still a personal attack or not?
Yes - the proper non-personal form would be: "That statement is moronic."
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With those two statements, there may not be much difference.
But I prefer to say "that statement is incorrect" rather than "you are wrong".
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"Your statement is oxymoronic" is better, because it adds an ox doing the moronic statement.
throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.
modified 20-Oct-19 21:02pm.
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