Foxy concerning your “Recollection” versus my "recollection"

Your apology came after the following piece of sarcasm on the
“Americas First Female President now?” thread, initiated by Belly

“Dear Col,

I have to admit when I've been rightly
chastised.

I bow to your superior intellect and arguments Sir.

You are not the neanderthal that I thought
you to be.

On the contrary. You are a man of wit and character.

You're absolutely correct in pointing out
that this entire misunderstanding was my fault.

I have learned my lesson.

From now on I will not dare to enter into
any further discussions with someone of your
calibre.”

And that was after you penned

“Your beloved Thatcher summed it up:

"Ego, is God's gift to little men.”"

Which I corrected you on, because you were wrong.

That was a quote ascribed not to MArgaret Thatcher but to the US Democrat President Harry Truman.

Please do not claim credit for your past apologies, which was due and accepted by me.

As in “Foxy apology accepted.”

But you were at least right when you wrote

"superior intellect and arguments." and "You are a man of wit and character"

As to "All that is being asked is that
personal attacks and offense language not be used when posting."

I live within the rules laid down by the host, not the rules of some inconsequential authoritarian usurper.

I would note further, a post by dickie which I referred to, has been deleted by our host, presumably for its offensive nature, yet I see no admonishment by you or your "gang" of dickie

Like Houellebecq said to you in a previous post on this thread

"I just think it's bad taste to apply one standard to some and another standard to others..... Anything else is subjective and full of bias."

Re “Houellebecq,

There's no point in continuing this discussion
any further.

Cheers,”

blatant attempt at control by denial......

Houellebecq I suggest you take as a “Win”

when one's adversary flees the field of battle, tail between legs.

Stick to your guns Foxy.
See how many of us copy your short sentence post style?
You have a fan club
To use an old union saying.
Coming from an old unionist
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
Each of us, you too Col have a right to our opinions.

Col,

A few more corrections:

You stated:

1) "Please do not claim credit for your past apology
...which was due and accepted by me."
I wasn't claiming credit I was merely adding information
that you had left out in your previous post. You had
accused me of spitting the dummy and running off. You
neglected to say that I had apologised to you prior to
leaving the thread. As for anything being 'due' to you?
Not everyone agreed with my apology. As one poster
stated:

"You did not owe Col an apology. You were manipulated by
a bully."

In other words Col, you gave as good as you got on that
thread.

2) I wasn't aware that this was a "field of battle" when I
told Houellebecq that there was no point in any further
discussion, and I certainly wasn't leaving with my "tail
between my legs."

However, you're the expert on that end of our anatomy. As this
quote of yours from another thread illustrates:

"Oh Allah,
No one know what is in my heart,
No one knows what is in my mind,
But all can see what is sticking up behind."

Consider yourself MOONED.

Cheers,

Foxy “As one poster stated: "You did not owe Col an apology. You were manipulated by a bully."”
Ah well if you rely on the opinion of fractelle, you will be in serious pooh pretty quick

Imho fractelles has the cognitive skills of a newt and her opinion is not worth a brass razzoo

But she is entitled to express it …
Just as I am entitled to laugh at it

“In other words Col, you gave as good as you got on that thread.”

And rest assured, I will always endeavour to give similar value now and in the future.

re "Oh Allah......."

Trying to quote me back at me will never have the same dramatic impact of an "original"

but they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery….

so cheers Foxy

Col,

Some more corrections:

1) You said, "Fractelle has the cognitive skills
of a newt and her opinion is not worth a
brass razoo."

Not true. Fractelle is highly regarded on this
discussion Forum. It's your congitive skills
and opinion that are in question.

2)"Trying to quote me back to me will never have
the same dramatic impact of an "original."

From your reaction, it seems to have worked rather well,
I'd say.

3) "I will always endeavour to give similar value
now and in the future."

I know, you continue to rise to the same low level.
Sad really. If you don't have anything nice to say,
say it often.

4) "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
I agree, so stop it!

Cheers,

Belly “I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
Each of us, you too Col have a right to our opinions.”

Too right we all do, Belly and one way of ensuring I remain on my feet is by keeping the record straight when people try to play fast and loose with it, hence, why I went to the trouble of quoting Foxy verbatim on her “hissing fit”.

And I offer you my back list of posts to rummage and you will find I have never, ever, ever suggested otherwise.
Uunlike quite a few around here who clamber to change the rules and stifle the voice of those they wish to silence because they who express dissent from some nebulous standard of “polite conversation”.

And btw your quote is ascribed to Emiliano Zapata, who is also accredited with the saying

“There are no laws other than the law of the gun”

Which is similar to Lenin’s famous saying in respect of the democratic process

“One man with a gun can control 100 without one.”

Seems to me they were cut from the same bolt of cloth, excepting for the manner of their departure, for whilst Lenin died of a stoke Zapata, was gunned down by some of his fellow “revolutionaries”.

and that was the best thing both of them did for democracy,

to die.

As Foxy said “let the country decide.”

And I live in the hope that when it does, it will quiet the whine from of those who find themselves in the “minority”

but if the last referendum is any guide, we will still hear the republicans impersonating the noise of the jet engines of an aircraft, just after it lands.