talk.politics.misc

"Florida" wrote in message
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On Aug 29, 10:56 pm, "Planet Visitor II" wrote:
> "Florida" wrote in message
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>> > On Aug 29, 3:17 pm, PJ O'Donovan wrote:
> >> /couriermail/story/0,23739,22325019-3102,
>> > -SNIP-
>> >> "The Gold Coast's 600,000 residents could be stripped of any cardiac
>> >> surgery services, forcing locals with heart conditions to travel to
>> >> Brisbane for treatment....".
>> >
>> > Your posts are repetitive: sneering, dishonest, mean-spirited -
>> > and still you post to champion an unChristian greed and selfishness.
>> > I'm truly sorry you've chosen to describe yourself as an American
>> > citizen in this international forum; it's yet another embarrassment to
>> > have you parody the . GrandOilParty's ultrarightwingers by posting
>> > a constant flood of drivel.
>>
>> What the hell was that tirade all about????

> ...and to think I was striving to be explicit... convinced that I
> was, actually...
> What can I say? My objections to his dumb-but-aggressive
> disinformation campaign should be clear, if you've been reading the
> titles of POD's many single-theme posts. His single objective is
> always smear the details of medical care in other countries, in
> support of the . system of predatory captalism, which feels
> treatened by growing demand among our population for an equitable of
> universal basic health care.
> OTOH, if you haven't been reading his many single-theme thread
> titles, then my objections may well appear to be a tirade, although I
> believe that term is an exaggeration; my remarks were not long, nor
> bitter nor even particularly angry.
> "More in sorrow than anger" is the mood in which one rebukes a...
> person... who, though purportedly wealthy and comfortable, diligently
> takes on a project like protecting corporate profits by denying life
> and health to millions of people for the sake of denying life and
> health to millions of people.
> And thank you for asking.
>
> Unabridged (v )
> ti·rade / ta re d, ta re d/ -noun
> 1. a prolonged outburst of bitter, outspoken denunciation: a tirade
> against smoking.
> 2. a long, vehement speech: a tirade in the Senate.
> 3. a passage dealing with a single theme or idea, as in poetry: the
> stately tirades of Corneille.
> ----------
> American Heritage Dictionary
> ti·rade (t 'r d', t -r d') Pronunciation Key
> n. A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or
> denunciatory nature; a diatribe.

I have brought you an argument, my son. I have no obligation to
bring you to an understanding if you are unable to do so using your
own intellect. But let me repeat the comment of yours to which I
was referring --

"Your posts are repetitive: sneering, dishonest, mean-spirited -
and still you post to champion an unChristian greed and selfishness.
I'm truly sorry you've chosen to describe yourself as an American
citizen in this international forum; it's yet another embarrassment to
have you parody the . GrandOilParty's ultrarightwingers by posting
a constant flood of drivel."

Is there somewhere within those words that is not filled with ad hominem,
personal abuse, character assassination, insults, fanatic religious ravings,
or efforts to poison the well while having the slightest intention of offering a
rational comment of any kind? The only thing I see that you forgot to claim
is that he _beats his wife_.

This is not meant as any _defense_ for PJ, who sometimes causes
me to shake my head in wonder at his comments. Nor does he expect
or need any defense since he has a right to speak his mind, just as you
have a right to disagree with him. But I do not find personal abuse an
acceptable form of disagreement, and I have a right to that opinion,
despite your implication that I do not. In my disagreements with .,
I do not resort to the petty bitterness that dominates your every word
in that _tirade_. Yes... "tirade." It proves nothing other than you seem
to lack a real argument.

If you're here to offer a reasonable opinion, please do so. If you're here
to do nothing but heap abuse upon those who have different views than
you do, I should tell you that our quota is already filled with that particular
type in this newsgroup. I often fill one of those positions myself, and
I take umbrage... yes, umbrage... at your intentions to overfill our quota.


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