'Perhaps I am mentally unbalanced, but, if so, the above would seem to constitute the deliberate taunting of a mentally ill person. As I pointed out in that thread Christopher did do on one occasion when he called someone with a bi-polar condition 'mentally ill'.'

I'm lost. I think bi-polar is generally considered mental illness. Anyway you use that description yourself in the first sentence, then say it's deliberate taunting of bi-polar people in the second?

Bronwyn,

As humour is subjective, it cant be used as a defence for personal remarks about a poster. Maggie T was a sensual goddess of a woman, and mocking Cols love for her is naturally offensive, especially to one as sensitive as poor Col.

Daggett

"... could you tell me what you see as "calm, measured, cutting and witty" in Christopher's following responses to me in the forum disccussion ..."

I've only become aware through this thread of the ongoing niggling between you and CJ. Can't say I've noticed it before, so I don't think I'm in a position to make comment on it. Your link didn't work so can't comment more specifically there either. From what you've described though, I agree it didn't look a particularly acceptable response, but I would need to see the full context to judge properly.

In my experience, CJ only ever dishes it out to those who set themselves up for it with their own arrogance or stupidity. Then again, I'll be the first to admit my defence of CJ is probably not dissimilar to Meredith's defence of BD, in that I agree with CJ on nearly every issue. It very possibly 'clouds my judgement', you could say! :)

"Whatever the explanation, it hardly seems to me to be "calm, measured, cutting and witty", so if Christopher ever is calm, measured, cutting and witty" it would seem that he is not consistently so."

CJ strikes me as always being pretty quick off the mark and I think when you're like that you can be inclined to get it wrong at times. I have seen him sail close to the wind, but on balance, yes, I do think he gets it right fairly consistently. I wouldn't have said so otherwise.

CJ

Sorry about discussing you in the third person like this. No doubt, if I've got it wrong, I'll soon hear about it!

meredith

"Separate strings or some such thing to take it personal, like stepping outside the pub for fisty-cuffs rather than inside at the dinner party."

This thread for the moment is actually serving as a bit of a 'step outside', if without the 'fisty-cuffs', to sort out a few issues and is I think proving quite beneficial. It could be said it's a discussion we had to have. Thanks as always, examinator!

Bronwyn: << Sorry about discussing you in the third person like this. No doubt, if I've got it wrong, I'll soon hear about it! >>

No problem - and thanks for your support :) Also, you're quite correct: bipolar disorder is indeed a recognised mental illness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar_disorder

Obviously, I'm not responding to daggett because that would be feeding a troll. For the context of the quotations that he's posted to try and bait me, the correct URL is

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=8120&page=0

Bronwyn,

I think some people have tried to air stuff before and been shot down in flames as trolls...

I notice you have decided your correct on my reasons to defend Boaz with out any answer from me, why even ask me, hey :)... But ok you like CJ, cool.

My point has been everyone was screaming for Col and Boazes head and where was the call for CJ's head?

It wasn't nearly as loud, this is the unbalance I am on about... Examinator only called select people to the monkeys court, they happened to be right wing type people... I don't care so long as the bias is admitted... CJ's out burts are more in align with the majority thinking here than Cols and Boazes.

No problem guys just admit it though..

Houellebecq, I don't have a bi-polar condition. However, I have been told by someone whose word I trust that Christopher once called a person he knew to have a bi-polar condition "mentally ill". If Christopher did not mean to insult that person, why would he have said it?

Perhaps, he also expects us also to believe that repeatedly telling someone to 'get help' is not intended as an insult either.

Anyhow, I am glad to learn that Christopher has again remembered that he is not meant to be 'feeding the trolls'.

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Bronwyn,

Sorry, the link should have been http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=8120&page=0

I certainly invite you to examine the evidence and form your own judgement.

Please take careful note of which of the two of us tried to present helpful information to that forum and which of the two of us first launched a spiteful personal attack.

I might add that, since the London Tube bombings and the Madrid train bombings have been held up as a pretext for the anti-democratic "anti-terrorist" legislation and the ongoing so-called "War on terror" that a supposed 'progressive', Christopher claims to be would at least make the effort to consider evidence that conflicts with the official story, but that proved not to be.

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Ludwig,

Not everyone has the ability to calmly deal with malevolent trolls in the way that you seem able to.

If they are put in a situation that they did not choose to be in and, as a consequence, lash out in a fashion that is a long way short of ideal, then why condemn them?

I think Bronwyn's suggested approach of self-regulation is the best, bat action needs to be taken when that approach fails. Otherwise the following will happen on all too many more forums:

"Congratulations Mad Dog. You've manipulated yet another thread into a vaudeville show with reams of stupefying swill - totally irrelevant to the topic - bravo Morgan!" (http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=2166&page=22#47512)

Meredith,

To the best of my knowledge CJ has never told anyone
to 'bugger off back to whatever pesthole it is you
originated from.'

Or carried on with a series of escalating messages filled with
emotion-filled opinions, words and upper-case letters over
several threads about the same group of people.