1st February 2005, 4:00 PM
Quote:You are probably the most hypocritical person I know, OB1. Pretty much everything you accuse me of are things you are guilty of yourself... you only don't admit it because you refuse to see reality. And the miniscule bits of reality that you admit exist you pretend aren't problems. It's awful and it makes you insufferable to talk to and you seem to be the only person who doesn't know it.
Often, you don't talk about the actual subject. You talk about other, possibly related subjects and then try to twist it so that that is sufficient to prove the other person wrong on all counts. Such tactics only work to convince you that you are right, OB1... not to convince others. You don't win discussions by talking about other things and then insulting the other person until they leave.
So either address THIS or go away. Because this is the point, not an argument about whether books or movies are better (I've said all along that I like both formats and that when they are good film can be as good as books so I don't see where the huge problem is... but that's not the point...)...
Wow how did I know that you were going to write that exact thing? Hmm... PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS YOUR REBUTTAL. Seriously, I accuse you of something and your only response is "no YOU are the one!11111!!!". I can literally predict all of your responses to every single post that I make. Every single fucking time. It never fails. And that... is the essence of Mr. Brian Black Falcon. That is your pre-programmed response to any sort of accusation, and it's beyond the point where I even care anymore.
Quote:What I really don't understand is how you take a statement that says 'people watch too much stupid television shows and don't read enough' and turn it into 'you think that books are better than tv but that's not true and movies are at least as good'... perhaps that's a subtext, but it's not the stated point. Why couldn't you just say 'sure, but they also should be watching intelligent movies because those are just as good as books'? Oh right, I know, you can't handle real discussions that aren't done in the form of a shouting match...
I've already discussed this with Ryan, who unlike you possesses some intelligence, and we've already resolved this matter. You are the annoying little punk who doesn't really know what the big boys are talking about and is trying to start his own separate argument that has very little to do with what we were actually discussing. I could reply to what you said, but it has little bearing on what we were discussing. Grow up, little man.