lol, my point exactly.

What so we're now all dobbing to the teacher, who presumably is Bronwyn? I don't really picture her as the scary old head mistress you're looking for. Hmmm Mistress Bronwyn...

Though I can see CJ as a Dicky Knee type character with an apple for the teacher.

Anyway, He said, she said. Give me a break man. Y'all should listen to meridaf when she talks about the monkeys court. She's talking sense.

So daggett = James and CJ = Christopher huh?

Bronwyn “not an arrogant one as you wrongly interpret.”

Maybe, along with your words you could include some form of emotive subtitle, so we can all appreciate your “implied intent”.

Then I would understand

when you expressing something in a “light-hearted fashion”

versus

when you are “attacking” me for my support of Margaret Thatcher.

Btw – I saw the smile and thought you were being sarcastic

“The arrogance fairly drips off the page with you at times. Your total self-belief and dismissal of opposing views is incredibly arrogant”

I do have very high self belief, I would not survive doing what I do if it were lacking in any way.

As for dimissal of challenges, read my posts, you will find I qualify/explain/articulate my dismissals, excepting for CJMoron, who deserves nothing more.

“As for the socialist tag…..For all its faults, I firmly believe the market economy is our best and only option and have never argued otherwise”

Strangely, you have criticized my expressions of market economics when I have extolled them.


You must believe only some people are allowed to espouse the “libertarian values” of a market based economy.

I think I will research your posts and come back on that one….because I do not believe you.

“My position is best described as Progressive. I'll proudly admit to being a Leftist but I'm no Socialist. I strongly resent having to waste words putting that on the record as a result of your uncalled for slur.”

Help

I need to throw this open

Can anyone else define for Bronwyn the difference between “a socialist” and “a leftist”?

It is like trying to describe two different shades of Despair.

“A calm, measured, cutting and witty response is the best one I think,”

I suggest you start by practicing what you are now preaching

“CJ does it consistently well in my opinion,”

Opinions like that put you into a most exclusive club.

I see Daggett has expressed an alternate ‘opinion’ already…

thanks Daggett.

Foxy “CJ has never told anyone…”

because CJMorons vocabulary did not extend to the word “pesthole”

….word limit Rule

How to get along with:

Col

Agree with every thing he says and never ever tease him about anything. Very sensitive, poor chap.

Boaz aka Poly

Difficult, because not only do you have to become a Christian, but you have to subscribe to the exact same type of Christianity, whatever that is. Oh, and possess undying hatred of that other Abrahamic religion: Islam.

PS Houellebecq, you are aware that the Maggie T, Col salivates over is Margaret Thatcher not Maggie Taberer?

meredith,

"My point has been everyone was screaming for Col and Boazes head and where was the call for CJ's head?... CJ's out burts are more in align with the majority thinking here than Cols and Boazes.

So the measure of fairness on OLO is that the posters must praise and condemn equally Col Rouge and BOAZ on the one side and CJ on the other side whether you think their argument has any merit? Factual evidence, clear thought and logical expression don't count?

A strange concept. I would have though praise and criticism were a function of the quality of their posts. If that were the starting point, I would have thought that the balance is in the proper direction. On this measure, the majority seems to be clearly right and Rouge and BOAZ left far behind - although in the ideological sense your heroes are consistently on the right, but they are hardly ever right in terms of their argument.

No, my point is that CJ is a troll... Just last night actually I reported one of his typically abusive posts, to of all people Boaz, and it was deleted by admin... he re wrote it politely... which is all good and fine...

But I can't help laughing as I write this...

I am saying you guys are very biased... why call some people trolls and ignore others?

It's pathetic... anyway, you guys enjoy your minds :>)... I was hoping for some good convo's but might just take Col Rouges advice and enjoy the comedy...