In message#1834300 I wrote, to Jos, "Only when I feel that nobody else write something to get the discussion "into balance", so to say. In that case I sometimes adds a few facts, but I don't feel the urge to get more involved than that." This was meant as a comment to some of my posting in other threads months ago. I never said that I added any facts in this thread.
As I see it, many of the replies in this thread are good examples of how a discussion can drift completely, and people can get wrongly accused when people comment without reading all the messages.
>I must've missed something. I didn't see any 'facts' you posted that would bring the discussion into 'balance.' I only saw posts deriding the original post in general:
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People who write this kind of stuff are automatically added to my "no reason to waste my time on this guy" list. >
>I wonder if my UT is not displaying all messages again (it's done that before)...
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>>Only when I feel that nobody else write something to get the discussion "into balance", so to say. In that case I sometimes adds a few facts, but I don't feel the urge to get more involved than that.
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>>>But you keep commenting Tore ...
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>>>>I have met John many times, and know that he's a good guy. But a good guy can have POVs which are quite different from mine. And as I wrote, I don't waste my time discussing these matters with them. That doesn't mean that I don't respect them or like them. It's just that I let them speak out without making any public comments myself.
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>>>>>John's a good guy and generally worth listening to. He was just a little fired up there.
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>>>>>>People who write this kind of stuff are automatically added to my "no reason to waste my time on this guy" list.
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>>>>>>>What it has to do with VFP? There's Chatter forum on UT for sh*t like that.
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>>>>>>>>Did anyone watch Obama's address to Congress?
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>>>>>>>>OK, now this dude had moved into the category of outright liar. No earmarks? Hahahahah....the average American will burp, pull the tab on a new beer, and move on. But the truth is that the latest spending bill has between $4 Bn and $8 Bn in earmarks depending the interpreter,
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>>>>>>>>Now they're pushing through a bill to give the District of Columbia voting representatives. Seems fair, right? But it's UNCONSTITUTIONAL, The only way legally to do this is through a Constitutional Amendment. But, golly gee, that would be inconvenient to Congress do we'll just overlook that aspect.
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>>>>>>>>All you idiots who voted for this guy without knowing what he realy stood for and are singing his praises still are clueless or ... I dunno ... fascists. He's boiling the frogs, folks. If you don't know the analogy look it up.