Spikey “but they are hardly ever right in terms of their argument.”

Please illustrate where I have posted anything which is factually wrong

Bearing in mind most argument here is of a subjective nature the notion of “right and wrong” illustrates your paucity of understanding.

Subjective debate can never produce a right or a wrong,
It can only ever produce a “different” perspective.

So, I guess that illustrates the crippling limit of your comprehension and lack of understanding

Ultimately, .
you are free to express your opinion and you are free to get it wrong and

I am free to express mine and get it different.

Similarly dickie is free to express her opinion but

“herewith return your self-portrait:”

Whilst I am not over-sensitive, dickie’ s free choice to post a picture of a pig and claim it is a portrait of me is contemptible.

I have never ever complained to our host for anyones scurrilous posting practices, it is not of my nature but,

recalling the extent which rainier went to in posting depraved and inflammatory images, I am not prepared to accept a picture of a hog as “fair game”

I am calling dickie on it, just as I called her on her lies which she admitted in her last post.
However, whilst tempted otherwise, my support of free speech means I will not call our host to intervene or demand, like some, the rules be rewritten.

But I am sure the owners of OLO can and will observe, for themselves the disgraceful lack of decorum which dickie presents and interpret dickies post in the context of what they are prepared to tolerate as acceptable for presentation on their website.
Whilst Examinator and Bronwyn and Foxy and Spikey and Fractelle complain about me, they seem to be content to remain silent regarding the likes of dickie and rainier – go figure,

I am, not sure whether it should be called
a monocular perspective or
seeing in quadraphonic…

aka two faced?

Meredith “why call some people trolls and ignore others?”
And I’m still smiling here

Goodonya :- )

Col. Thank you for high-lighting that line.
EVO

"Fungochumley “Proving that all things are connected in the web of life, when dickie posts a comment there, my stomach convulses with laughter here!”

"I know what you mean

"Dickie is so involved in “the web of life”, she probably braids her pubic hair.

"Hi Dickie, still running away from your fraudulent accusations which I have called you on, to identify the 'lies' you previously claimed I have posted… I am patient and prepared to stalk you for as long as it takes." (Col Rouge)

Oink oink!

Thanks examinator you tried, you truly did.
So did I, oh yes I see the trolls are out informing me the sea kittens thread was something other than highlighting stupidity.
There lays the problem, if you walk away from them and not comment, is it ok to let such minority views win the debate?
Well you will never get the last word in with them, and just read that thread, take the time to read ANY animal welfare thread here.
I must ask, have to ask, why is it so hard to get such threads not to be a magnet for the worst insults, one sided uninformed debate, and open warfare you can find in OLO?
PETA remains a group that is stupid and unloved by most, there you go girls, got me to answer .
In truth we will never stop our verbal sparring but thats just real life.

Bronwyn:"In my experience, CJ only ever dishes it out to those who set themselves up for it with their own arrogance or stupidity. "

As the group's foremost exponent of arrogance and stupidity, he's probably best-placed to recognise it in others. Sadly, he seems to catch sight of his own stray reflection at times and gets confused. I've seen the same from my neighbour's antique pomeranian, who's also just as prone to confuse his ambition with his ability.

On a more important subject than the resident yapper , the current OLO rules seem to be working nicely from where I stand. Everyone gets their say and the post limit serves well to prevent a flamer hijacking a thread for too long. Whenever people get together to express opinions there will be conflict and isn't it wonderful that we can have the conflict without the danger of it getting out of hand because some nitwit thinks his/her favoured position has been insulted or some other nitwit is incapable of keeping up intellectually and wants to settle it with his/her fists/claws?

I love a creative insult, personally. That doesn't include the crass "get help" or "take your meds" favoured by the intellectually bereft, of course, but those that are both apposite and witty. ISTM that those complaining about such things are largely basing their complaint on their own lack of the capacity to produce such wit.

Interesting to note who it is that argue against examinator's valiant effort to get us to lift the tone and standard of the debate, and that they are united in their hatred of little old me. Clearly, I've upset our most consistently obnoxious members, so although I'm avoiding in engaging them in the flame wars that sustain them, I'm not going to lose any sleep over apparently upsetting their fragile sensibilities.

I have, however, taken on examinator's suggestions - indeed, I've noticed that the offensive and/or disingenuous bleating coming from the troll contingent in response to them is a pretty poor look. Henceforth I'm going to try and avoid descending to their rhetorical antics.

Speaking of which, I had suspected that it was our troll sycophant who complained about me for calling the erstwhile Boaz a sockpuppet. As a direct result of that I suspect we won't be hearing from him for a while, unless of course he resurrects himself with a new sockpuppet account - in which case he'd undoubtedly be easily recognisable.

Thanks Meredith :)