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shmokes:
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 08, 2009, 03:49:12 am ---
Absurd, antiquated, silly or whatever derogatory term you feel the need to use to classify them, fine, "useless" or "stupid" is simply wrong and shows that you are ill informed about the positive sides of a royal family. Even after I indicated that there was one.
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Patrick, you're quoting the word "useless" without the qualifying phrase that came immediately before it. I said, "such a useless resource." Now I know that if used in an absolute sense "useless" is a superlative, but clearly I wasn't using it that way. "Such a useless resource . . ." means that some some things are more useless than others. I had already acknowledged that they do things, for example I asked why I would want someone who had the position based on birth rather than merit advising my prime minister.
The point is, my position on royal families is justified and reasonable. Reasonable people may disagree, but it's not as though I've put no thought into the position. More importantly, I'm not insulting you anymore than your VERY frequent criticisms of US policy are meant to directly insult me, as an American. So there's just no reason for you to take it all personally. And god knows there's no reason for you to act bitchy toward me in a completely unrelated thread because you're feelings are still hurt.
patrickl:
How was I insulted? How was I bitchy? I simply stated that you should have tried to understand what teppanyaki is before you replied, because your statement indicated that you didn't know.
It's the same thing with the royal families. The fact that you don't know what the advantages of having a royal family are doesn't mean there aren't any. There are plenty and they come a lot cheaper than even a single foreign trip of a US president.
Simply put when you think everyone else is moron, chances are that you are the one who is the moron. I guess you will call that bitchy again, but seriously. When you feel the urge to put someone in their place for being stupid, think things through before you do. You might be the one who is wrong. Of course you can whine and play semantics to cover up the embarrassment, but it's better to prevent the situation to begin with.
saint:
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 08, 2009, 01:49:11 pm ---Simply put when you think everyone else is moron, chances are that you are the one who is the moron.
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Must stop tempting me with custom titles!
HaRuMaN:
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 08, 2009, 01:49:11 pm ---It's the same thing with the royal families. The fact that you don't know what the advantages of having a royal family are doesn't mean there aren't any. There are plenty and they come a lot cheaper than even a single foreign trip of a US president.
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I'd like to see the numbers to back up that statement.
shmokes:
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 08, 2009, 01:49:11 pm ---How was I insulted? How was I bitchy?
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Let's see . . . where did that thread take a turn for the ugly? Oh yeah . . . it was here:
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 07, 2009, 03:04:44 pm ---
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 06, 2009, 10:19:28 am ---Well . . . just to be clear, Obama is the leader of our country. He is not just a member of royalty that hs been stripped of all actual authority. So it's not really a fair comparison.
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Don't be pathetic . . .
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That was followed by something to the effect of, "You're following in pindouche's foot steps of 'arrogance in ignorance'..." And then your bitchy, "Do your research before making claims," comment. You can characterize it as a friendly statement all you want, but all anybody has to do is read the post to see that you were being an ---uvula---. And it was pretty obvious why. Hell, just look at your next post:
--- Quote from: patrickl on May 07, 2009, 10:35:26 pm ---WTF? Twice in a row [first time being the royal family dispute] you make ridiculous statements on something you obviously know nothing about and then you try to make it my fault? Just take the shame.
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