Re: Re: Re: Re: JoeF
Originally posted by JoeF
Am I so powerful that I can throw a discussion off on a tangent? Thanks for the compliment.
Let me be the first to tell you that you are
NOT powerful. Also, why would you think this is a compliment when it is so obviously a criticism? Yet again, you refuse to see the error of your ways, and to admit when you are so blatantly wrong.
Originally posted by JoeF
Why didn't you and the other guys who critize me threw the discussion the other way?
Check the thread! Other posters have tried, but you refuse to allow them to get back to the original subject of the thread. Instead, you continue to impose yourself on the general direction of the discussion. And once again, you are
NOT powerful. You continually disregard valid comments on the nature of your posts, and eventually wear everyone down with your plain stubbornness and pig-headed style.
Originally posted by JoeF
Instead, you just jump in when somebody else tries to pick a fight with me.
So let me ask you - why do people feel the need to fight with you? Have you ever stopped for one moment to consider the fact that
YOU may be the actual cause of these attacks? If not, perhaps you should.
Originally posted by JoeF
Let me tell you the secret to get me to shut up: participate in a constructive way in these discussions. I have not seen any constructive participation from the people who critize me here.
Your contributions are often not at all constructive, yet you continue to involve yourself when these facts are pointed out to you. The fact that you choose not to pay attention to these comments may be the starting point for the ill-will that is subsequently levelled against you. Have you thought about that?
Originally posted by JoeF
All I see is some ad hominem attacks, and as a Usenet veteran I am quite immune to that.
Why do you think these attacks happen? Could it perhaps be due to your style? You call yourself outspoken, but I would suspect that many other people would call this behaviour irritating and destructive, especially when you choose to ignore constructive criticism. Also, as a self-professed Usenet veteran who is used to ad hominem attacks, I would have hoped that you would have learnt some restraint by now. If you had matured at all in your many years of posting on discussion groups, perhaps you wouldn't still be subject to so-called ad hominem attacks.
Your attempts at justification are weak and insufficient.