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Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.
by metavision on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 01:33:25 PM EST
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Metavision, the war is over.  You can stop shooting.
by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 01:44:13 PM EST
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Four gnomes an the "science" side, one on the "metaphysics" side, two absent from the mess, two more coming in late (I for one still haven't read the previous thread) and critical of both sides even if being on one side (talking a similar position to rg, whom I hope I am not mistaken to count to the 'other side'), same for an ex-gnome, while it's not gnomes who dominate in issuing the 1-2 ratings for the other side (and 4 ratings for the own side) -- I don't think the situation is as assymmetric as you view it in your current state of mind.

With all that said, I ask you for a third time to cool down after several others managed to. At present you are the only one pouring kerosene on the fire, and I am obliged to stop it.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 02:07:00 PM EST
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Your skewed assessment and male medical diagnosis.  Again insulting.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.
by metavision on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 08:11:52 PM EST
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Unfair, Metavision.  There is no reason why FPers can't engage in discussing topics that they are interested in and/or sceptical of.

DoDo is just pointing out that even FPers have different opinions on things.  I'm really not understanding where this venom towards FPers has come from, especially from you. Some of your comments have been deliberately hurtful which I wouldn't have expected from you.  

If situations in threads start turning nasty then it is our job to try to diffuse things or where something really off the mark has been said, to say so.

The thread went quiet last night with no more comments after about 10pm here and none when I'd gone to bed.  Most people have stepped back and tried to calm down and now I wake up to more biting comments from you. Please draw the line now, because this thread can't go anywhere constructive in the state it is in.

Considering my absence, this is a topic I would like to have discussed and I am really disappointed to see it turn out so badly.

I'm only speaking on behalf of myself here but all of the FPers put a lot of their time and soul into ET.  There's no power trip or glamour for us, it's hard work at times and to be attacked in the way that we have been in this thread is really unfair.

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 05:21:23 AM EST
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Melo, Sven, rg, and diary author Chris Cook are all male, too. While the females Fran, tsp, poemless and In Wales all called on you to stop it downthread.

I haven't read the full pre-history in other diaries of why you feel so hurt, but if that unrequested email you marked as spam and suspected of ugliness is part of it, note that since I did look into it. Certainly no ugliness there, it's definitely not someone who you felt insulted by or have insulted in these threads. It's someone you still consider a friend. But since outing him/her would be an internet crime, I ask you to either read that email or allow me to send his/her identity via an email of my own.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Fri Dec 28th, 2007 at 06:15:44 AM EST
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