hgm wrote:There is nothing selective here. Other than the deleted the insults, which are clearly marked, it is an integral copy of the first posting of the deleted series.
Of course there followed some not-too-friendly responses, after you 'opened the hostilities'.
B.S.
Belittling somebody by trying to shine a negative light on their words via posting
only snarky comments ("must be pretty inflated if he's 2500 hehehe
" implicitly puts them down.
You have to be very unintelligent to miss this, and it was this, that "opened hostilities".
It's the same as if I said to you "Well...20 years working on Winboard, must be
easily the best GUI by now, huh? Have ChessBase contacted you?
"
This is an obvious, yet veiled insult - and if you responded harshly it would make sense.
Exactly the same rhetorical device at work with Jose's initial comment.
I'm sure I don't have to educate you of devices like this, for it is your playground.
The only thing I am doing with Jose here (and with anybody I disagree with) is insisting upon the facts.
If his apology also admitted that he'd deliberately misrepresented my claims, I'd have accepted it and sincerely forgiven him.
But he did not, just created a diversion
* via the "four words vs whole book" comments.
Anyway, I'm fine with him now, that's over.
But your continued veiled threats to ban me ("I advise you not to continue on this path") aren't going unnoticed.
Neither are your going to any lengths available to battle and swing your sword upon me - knowing that you have the power of moderator and I have not.
You'd be surprised how many TC citizens have emailed me in support, yet remain silent due to not wanting to "bring the light upon themselves".
You can ban me, and it will make no difference to me.
On other hand, you'll have exposed yourself completely.
*If you find that you are being worsted, you can make a diversion - that is, you can suddenly begin to talk of something else, as though it had a bearing on the matter in dispute, and afforded an argument against your opponent. - Schopenhauer