Well, afew, that was a good initiative to have a thread in a foreign language, but why did you chose that language I already find myself speaking all too much ?
Please, Migeru. She clearly explained why she felt uneasy discussing it. Emotional reasons. Possibly a fear of being accused of various internet crimes.
I honestly don't know what the point is of taking a comment of mine out of context like that, except to troll-bait me.
Then please think it over again. The correct (intended) interpretation of your comment is what is out of context here, the way she misunderstood it isn't.
Moreover, you are quoting her line out of context :-) As I read it, it was a half-joking remark.
I think I should add a point on humour to my draft in the ET Group Therapy Session thread. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
And I am quoting her in what she said to elicit what she quotes, which I don't know how it can be construed to be out of contest. guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
Can we put this whole matter to rest? Or am I going to have to ask Jerome to make all my comments over the past 48 hours "editorial"? guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
If you (block)quote something or someone, it is always advisable to either link to the original or point out in words where it came from, so that others can look up the context. In particular, even without your intention, the above comment all alone seems something very offensive, and without source, I in fact first thought it may have been from another Migeru comment in this thread that was so bad it was deleted.
Second - most political (and not just political) internet forums are much wilder than ET, they are full of all kinds of offensive behaviour. Out-of-context quotes are a preferred weapon of trolls or 'normal' people piqued enough to troll someone. (I give an example: in one group I have been in, one chap preferred to enter every discussion a certain woman was in with quotes that seemed to show that she's lesbian and an anti-semite, where the fun fact was that she was actually Jewish. Or another, a creationist 'proved' my lack of understanding of astronomy by quoting half-sentences from me whose other half disproved his interpretation. Or another, me guilty too, I once drove an obnoxious Germanophobe freeper into despair by 'identifying' him with an also Germanophobe IHT pundit...) People 'schooled' by years of such experience (which presumably includes both me and Migeru) develop a(n over)sensitive 'radar' for such behavior. (Then again, knowing you and having been on ET for some time, Migeru should know better.) *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.