Hijacking, fallacies, flames, oh my.
Grave_n_idle
11-11-2006, 15:34
Can someone please come and do something about this thread:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=506594&page=16
Page 16 and onwards.
There is some interesting debate going, and there is a separate vein of personal attacks and hijacking from BAAWAKnights.
I am not 'lying', we are not 'idiots'. Please, can we have this dealt with in some way, it's ruining a good debate.
BAAWAKnights
11-11-2006, 16:47
But you did lie, as I proved with the definition of "answer".
Just to give the background, this was his question:
"Let us assume you have more money than me. I'm hungry... will you give me some?"
I answered with "Perhaps".
He then said:
"Can't even answer that simple question, huh?"
To which I responded (in part): I answered your question.
He then did a little song-and-dance about me attacking some other poster, but he attacked me by saying I didn't answer his question. He attacked my integrity. So I would like to issue a complaint about him for attacking me. Sauce for the goose, don'cha know.
Further down, we find from him:
"You didn't answer my question. 'Perhaps' is not an answer to "will you give me money?" I can't buy a happymeal with your 'perhaps'."
Which I responded to with: I did. "Perhaps" is an answer.
Main Entry: 1an·swer
Pronunciation: 'an(t)-s&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English andswaru (akin to Old Norse andsvar answer); akin to Old English and- against, swerian to swear -- more at ANTE-
1 a : something spoken or written in reply to a question
Thus, it clearly is the case that he lied.
Now please--stop wasting the moderators' time with this nonsense.
Frisbeeteria
11-11-2006, 17:31
BAAWAKnights, your abrasive trolling has cost you at least one nation, and you're well on your way to losing another if you pursue this line. The post above this one makes no sense, not even in the context of the other thread (and no, that's not an invitiation to reopen the 'debate'. Your repeated attacks on the poster, rather than the argument, are flaming and/or flamebait.
Consider this an Official Warning for both.