Personal Attacks

How charming to have either one of you pass judgment on the maturity of those who use such terms, given posts which i have seen both of you make . . .

Thanks, Code, great stuff, that . . .

Did I Shrub him? Musta had me guard down.

Well, I cop a puerile then - still think the same way. Never said I was perfect!

Mind you, Shrub is one of the more harmless name-callings around, I guess. It is just a little bush of an offence!

heeheeheeheeheeheehee . . . precisely . . .

We gonna have a big fight, Setanta?

Wee poochy vs super rabbit? Hmmmmmmmmmm.....

dlowan- He has to see my kung-fu kick! :wink:

I've no intention in that direction . . .

I frequently enjoy being childish, when no harm is done thereby . . . and i find terms like "unPresident" to be far more imflamatory (Sp? SPQR?) than Shrub . . .

I survived the army only to discover that my sense of seriousness had died a quick and painless death--short of holding a gun to my head, you'll not force me to take much in life seriously . . .

Why do you see un-President as more inflammatory?

I can see that it is sort of "stuck"..... but I am not sure why bringing someone's legal status into question is more inflammatory than the things implied by "shrub"?

Serious question.

I thought "shrub" was the nick given to Dubya by his own family.

Deb, when you use the term "unPresident" you are almost guaranteed an outraged reaction from conservatives in this country--claiming that the Florida election was rigged is the easiest hot button to push on the conservative control panel . . .

the phrase "get over it" from the conservatives refers to the florida election. likewise the "phrase "get over it" from the liberals refers to Clinton. neither seems to have much effect.

Setanta- Me too. People who know me know that I can be perfectly outrageous when I choose to be.

I think though, that the political threads are just too volatile. Many people here are just too personally involved in the political situation to have words thrown out that may be inflammatory. Hey, this is just my opinion, but I am convinced that if these sorts of words were NOT used, the political forum would be a much more collegial place.

"I am convinced that if these sorts of words were NOT used, the political forum would be a much more collegial place."
nah, politics will never be collegial.

Ah dys- I think that you guys enjoy the confrontations! :wink:

This would be a fine example of what I am talking about. Mind you, I take nothing Blatham types seriously anymore, but it adds nothing to the conversation. It's throwing gas on the fire as now I feel as though I should respond in kind.

i grew up with my grandparents, she was a republican and he was a socialist----

I find that interesting Setanta - lemme try and splain why.

You see, I have no problems with insulting pollies or other public figures - as long as it is based on what they do - so I will happily call my Prime Minister a backward thinking, effectively racist (I think his POLICIES racist - while I doubt he is so in person, if that makes sense!), divisive man whose policies have set the country back years - and in person I will use more colourful language than I will on here - and I think there is a good case to be made that it is possible Bush "stole" the election (though I suspect he is no orphan here!).

People may violently disagree that the election was fiddled with, and I know that they do - but at least, to me, un-President has some possible basis in something other than diatribe - do you get my point?

Then again - it certainly IS, in effect, very inflammatory, so I guess it is used for that purpose, really.

If his family call him Shrub - then I guess anyone can!

Our PM gets called "Little Johnny Howard" by his enemies - of whom I am one - but I find that a stupid insult of the type I am condemning - and do TRY not to use.

How did your grandparents get on, Dys? Did it keep the fir ein their relationship?

McGentrix - who on earth is your avatar? I am unable to be inflamed by it because I don't know who it is.

while both my grandparents were quite serious about their politics, it had no effect on their relationship. the conversations usually ranged from "Nixon's a freaking idiot" - "Socialists are nothing be communists in overalls" to "are we having corn with the pork chops?"

Nothing like a good meal to settle differences....mmmm....pork chops.....

I do wonder if the anonymity of the internet possibly gives people the false courage to attack people in a way they never would if they were sitting face to face at a table. Perhaps before attacking someone personally, we should all ask ourselves how we would state things if we were face to face with that person, in public.