//there seems to be more and more people on 'The Forum' rolling out ad infinitum 'quotations' from notable academics and other similarly erudite individuals. Instead of clearly enunciating and explaining their own views, thoughts and opinions on a particular topic. To my way of thinking it's academically lazy, and it really does suppress and impede original thought.//

Oh, sorry. Although in my defence I will point out that Archbishop Gumby is not a notable academic, a whilst fairly erudite for a Gumby, he is still a Gumby.

Allow me then to enunciate my own views and opinions:

I believe in peace and bashing two bricks together. Particularly that last bit.

Dear Toni,

You made me spill my coffee - laughing.

Seriously though. I find it helpful when people do
provide references and textual quotations and/or
links to materials that reinforce their opinions.

If they're able to support their statements with
evidence by using attachments or links to websites
(especially for long detailed information) it gives
their information and opinions more credibility.

But that's just my humble opinion.

Dear o sung wu,

Perhaps I should have been clearer, when I spoke about you going in hard I was specifically referring to this thread. Permit me to quote you;

“'Jesus Chrysler' these bastards make me really mad with all this hyperbole they engender, trying hard to create an 'atmosphere' of suspicion and hatred. Civil War what's this boof-head talking about? If 'she' was a 'He' I'd be more than happy to assist in re-aligning the cartilage of his nose for him.”

You made your point well and forcefully. The boof-head talking about civil war was Josephus and you were perfectly within your rights to go after someone who was “deliberately trying to stir-up trouble”.

All I have done is endevour to back you up, to call him out on his rabble rousing, his stirring up of discontent, his blatant fearmongering, his attempt to create an atmosphere of “suspicion and hatred”. I am as appalled as you are that people like he can go about their nefarious business and think they can get away with it.

Well not on our watch.

I'm sure he will now think twice about trying it on again.

You also noted;

“On another matter Steele, there seems to be more and more people on 'The Forum' rolling out ad infinitum 'quotations' from notable academics and other similarly erudite individuals. Instead of clearly enunciating and explaining their own views, thoughts and opinions on a particular topic.”

Oh I fully agree. There is nothing worse than quoting verbatim from some clueless opinion maker like Bolt or the like. Sure the use of facts and figures to back up one's arguments should be encouraged and we should be happy to use experts where required, just like calling in the sappers rather than attempting the job yourself I suspect. But one's own opinion should be clearly stated. I hope you don't find me remiss in this regard, some feel I'm even a little too opinionated.

As to 'res gestae' I simply have no idea what you are talking about.

I believe in peace and bashing two bricks together. Particularly that last bit.
Toni Lavis,
You'd better wear a hat then so as not to get mistaken for a brick.

He might be able to use a hat - but for
another reason. He doesn't want to get
sun burnt.

He'll be busy laying a firm foundation
with the bricks that are being thrown.

Steele, you are banging your head against the wall with the forums resident ex-walloper. Without even listing to, or reading Mehreens speech, and armed only with the knowledge that she was a Muslim woman, and a Green, enough said, he took it upon himself to verbal the woman in classic "good" copper style.
It didn't matter to this Barney Boy that the material he was using to discredit the woman, came from the religious fundo Josephus, and not her, that would be a to inconvenient truth. He was well aware of what he was deliberately doing, in his copper vernacular its called a "stitch up!"

Thinks he is a real man, but does not apologise for his blatant lying, a real man would.
o sung wu, was lying and fabricating evidence your regular modus operandi when you were a copper?