NationStates Jolt Archive

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The general tone in this thread is hostile. I see no reason why this type of behavior should be accepted. I have complained of this before and often.

Bozzy, I have absolutely no idea what it is about that exchange that has so irked you as to complain.

I don't see anything wrong either

I believe it's called sarcasm. Though I have no idea why you're finding it offensive as you use it yourself.

It is a personal attack on the poster - out of context and unprovoked. Beyond the sheer rudness, it, along with most other posts, illustrates a reckless regard for the spirit of debate.

What? The topic is the education budget and TCT said that Syniks hadn't proven that there is any advantage to reducing education funding. It wasn't a reference to the poster. It was a reference to the topic. Man, seriously, don't you have anything better to do than misrepresent TCT's post addressing the topic?

Um, because more Federal Money != better education?

I think most of Europe has proved the value of Vouchers & a free-choice education system.

Time for John Stossel to come visit NS again... :rolleyes:
Um. Yes. They've proved that you get a better education if you don't have that system.
Um, no.

At age 10 US kids test relatively the same as Belgian kids, but things fall off precipitously from there. Why? Because in Europe you can pick your school. Underperforming schools don't get students and therefore don't get the govt. money. Hmmm. Seems like a voucher program to me.

Of course, checking out the data presented by that horrible neocon John Stossel :rolleyes: is just too hard.
Well, you've clearly proven that the less you spend on education, the better results you get. :rolleyes:

The only think out of context and not following the topic is your assessment of what TCT said. Syniks indicated that less money on education is shown to be better for education and TCT merely said that nothing Syniks said showed that. It's pretty clear in context, particularly given the topic of the thread.

OIC, thanks for the clarification. I misunderstood. Sorry. With so many other cheapshots it was not a hard mistake to make.

With so many other cheapshots it was not a hard mistake to make.
Same old rudeness..

OIC, thanks for the clarification. I misunderstood. Sorry. With so many other cheapshots it was not a hard mistake to make.

Honestly, if it was an honest mistake, I would like to revamp my reply to say, "Here let me show you this in context. I think it's pretty clear, he wasn't referencing the poster at all, but the topic. Hope this helps." And you can just ignore the more snarky components. In return, I'll ignore the snarky part of your comments about TCT.

Honestly, if it was an honest mistake, I would like to revamp my reply to say, "Here let me show you this in context. I think it's pretty clear, he wasn't referencing the poster at all, but the topic. Hope this helps." And you can just ignore the more snarky components. In return, I'll ignore the snarky part of your comments about TCT.
Thank-you for writing out exactly what I'd thought as well, Jocabia.