Pericles wrote:

"I see it as a spectrum of discourse that has vulgarity and coarseness at one end, and politeness and respect at the other."

LOL

And LOL

"politeness and respect" are singularly missing from your posts.

You are open in your contempt for people whose views differ from yours and you are blunt to the point of rudeness.

But guess what Pericles?

I'm cool with that.

I PREFER bluntness to politeness and I've long stopped pretending I respect people whose views I despise. I do, of course, respect their right to propagate those views. But this is a different thing.

I like reading your posts even when you're attacking me.

The only time I've seen you back pedal a little is when a Muslim is under attack. Then you become a bit of a humbug. I guess we all have our blind spots.

But, on the whole, politeness and respect are not your long suits.

Grateful, Philip Tang and HermanYutic,

Keep at it boys and may the best superstition win

Steven, what would you and the other Islamophobes know about politeness and respect?

I think that Pericles' contributions are models of clear, restrained discourse. He is invariably polite and measured in his language, unlike you haters. The only other poster whose manners come close to his in this thread is grateful.

Go figure.

Always the first person to raise accusations of trolling,
CJ Morgan is here doing the very same thing, as is his wont.
CJ apparently doesn't have the capacity to counter arguments,
so that anybody who posts something he disagrees with becomes a hater.
I believe that Philip Tang and myself show far more politeness and respect toward the ideology of Islam than it deserves.
Contrarily, CJ only ever attacks the man.
I repeat, for the slow of wit:
"You neo-fascists are mad-hatters!"
"It is Shaitan who is smart, not his minions (meaning PT and HY)."
"You have your cartoons, lies, hatred and craving for evil."
CJ sees these comments of grateful as politeness and respect because they also attack the man.
They attack the man that CJ disagrees with and this makes it acceptable, even polite and respectful, to him.
Go figure.

Thanks CJ, have a great Christmas

Not trolling, Herman.

I chose to leave this thread alone early in the piece, so as to not provide a soapbox for you haters. As I expected, the discussion turned into an orgy of Islamophobic vilification, with about the only respites coming from Pericles and grateful.

Do have a nice Christmas. Do yourself and everybody else a favour and try and refrain from uttering anything hateful for at least one day of the year.

Cheers Pericles - I'll have a cold beer for you :)

CJ Morgan: "Cheers Pericles - I'll have a cold beer for you :)"

It will be a glass of vino in my case. Cheers to you both.