From: Dave Frightens Me on 9 Aug 2006 18:36 Mxsmanic wrote: > Most of what I say irritates those of relatively low intelligence, for > a number of reasons. Unintelligent people are stressed by > disagreement, or by any request for them to justify their opinions in > a logical way (something they typically cannot do, since they've > simply adopted the opinions of others). They became emotional and > irrational in these situations. I try to force people to think for > themselves, but many people aren't very good at it intrinsically, and > others do it so rarely that they find it extremely tiring. That's like saying "if you disagree, you are stupid". -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: dgs on 9 Aug 2006 18:44 Dave Frightens Me wrote: > You know, I think I could make Mixi's life much worse, Go on! How many angels will dance on the head of that pin? How could you make the Eeyore of r.t.e.'s life even a little worse, let alone much worse? > by simple > threatening to anonymously hire him as a tour guide, or by anonymously > requesting him as a teacher. .... or offering to buy him a better air-conditioner, IIRC, no? > He'd have no choice but to hide, knowing what I would do to him. The amusing part was where he claimed that others here (you) were "afraid" of him (no doubt due to his Mighty Intellectual Prowess [tm]), and then cowered away when you suggested buying him an an air- conditioner in exchange for spending some time with him. Yep, those are agressive, threatening acts, yessir. I know they'd make me run and hide, quivering and quaking in my red socks and hiking boots. -- dgs
From: Gregory Morrow on 9 Aug 2006 19:03 ~* Magda ~* wrote: > On Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:39:47 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, The Reid > <dontuse(a)fell-walker.co.uk> arranged some electrons, so they looked like this: > > ... Following up to The Reid > ... > ... >there's was > ... > ... cummon Magda, I'm a ready fer yer...... > > Are you? Sure...we're done with Jacqueline... -- Best Greg
From: Gregory Morrow on 9 Aug 2006 19:07 Dave Frightens Me wrote: > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:49:19 +0100, > this_address_is_for_spam(a)yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of > the royal duchy of city south and deansgate) wrote: > > >Padraig Breathnach <padraigb(a)MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote: > > > >> "A Human Being" <justahumanbeing1(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >[] > >> >if anyone dislikes them they are free not to > >> >read them. > >> > > >> You do realise how stupid that is, I suppose. > > > >Like I said, I think this might be one of Mixi's students. > > You know, I think I could make Mixi's life much worse, by simple > threatening to anonymously hire him as a tour guide, or by anonymously > requesting him as a teacher. > > He'd have no choice but to hide, knowing what I would do to him. > Why would he be scared that you were going to buy him a new aircon unit...??? -- Best Greg
From: Gregory Morrow on 9 Aug 2006 19:10
jeremyrh wrote: > Mxsmanic wrote: > > jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com writes: > > > > > Most regular contributors - you definitely included. > > > > I don't do this. > > Yeah, right. And a bear uses a bidet. I saw on the telly that one of those nouveau - riche Russian petro - billionaires has a bidet for his pet bear in his new Versailles - like house... -- Best Greg |