MatthewGS wrote:absolutetruth wrote:i have to agree with Aineo. i think you (MatthewGS) have been pretty harsh at times and you have resorted to certain instances of unnecessary name calling. i'm a fair and reasonable person, but come on. you have called me and others ignorant NUMEROUS times. illegitimately. and we have shown that we are anything but. i have firmly defended what i believe and why, and have systematically dismantled the attacks that you have leveled against us. i have shown myself to be anything but ignorant. i'd appreciate it if you'd stop saying that. i could give you examples if you want, if you don't believe me.
and Aineo is right. it's not what YOU think is offensive or name calling, but what WE feel as name calling. if someone feels offended (legitimately), it's the offender's job to apologize (if he cares to).
I have carefully gone back through all my posts and cannot find a single instance where I have insulted someone with a derogatory name. I suspect you are referring to the instance when I remarked 'your ignorance is truly staggering', but this is not name calling. I was referring to what I could only see as an amazing lack of understanding on your part in the
particular area we were debating. We are all ignorant about certain ideas and subjects, including me. I don't take that as an insult, it's true! In my last but one post, I referred to Aineo as 'intelligent'. Is that name calling as well?
Incidentally, I don't think you have dismantled the so called 'attacks' I levelled at you. Far from it. And it seems that the further this debate goes on, the less capable some of you are in matching my arguments. Your arguments have simply dissolved and now all you can do is make petty accusations and you avoid answering difficult questions altogether by referring to them as 'attacks'. This is disappointing but not altogether surprising.