--- Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the 'main protagonists' decide to call it off does that mean the rest of us are supposed to lie down and die? You have irritated all of us here and continue to do so with your lame defense of this whole dragged on debate. > > As far as adding nothing to the debate please go through the archives and see my posting on the 'gullibility virus'. That should have given you an indication as to what my viewpoint was.
Mario replies: OK, Cecil, if that's the way you feel, we can continue this as long as you want. BTW, your posts are as irrelevent and insulting as the others I responded to, and had little if anything to do with the discussion. > Cecil writes: > Know ye all that Mario has attacked my viewpoint and demanded explanations privately, semi-privately and in public. I chose not to reply because I did not want to be the target of his abusive pen. But now I have no other recourse and if he chooses to turn his guns on me I will try and make the effort to reply. On the other hand... I don't want to bore you folks and so will just ignore his pricks. > Mario replies: Goanetters should note that Cecil could have, by his own admission, answered my questions privately, thereby refraining from "boring" the rest of you. I did not "attack" his viewpoint at all, just asked him specific questions. Instead, he has preferred to continue to "bore" you. Apparently asking him privately to be specific is to make him the "target of my abusive pen" and to "turn my guns" on him. His problem is that I have asked him to send me specific examples of where I have STARTED an abusive line, as opposed to retaliating to the abuse of others, which he has failed to do, obviously because he cannot. Now, he is trying to claim the high road, while only succeeding in digging a deeper hole. Cecil writes: > Agreed that others involved in the debate might have sometimes crossed the line of civilised debate. I am inclined to overlook their minor aberrations when I see the larger picture of what they represent. They have the community's best interests at heart, which has been proven over continual interaction over the years. Maybe you do too. But ever since you started posting you have brutally attacked anyone who refutes your views and seem to take great pleasure in being insulting. Mario replies: Goanetters will note that Cecil's indignation is not objective, it is subjective and selective, depending on whether he "likes" the person or not. Apparently, Cecil is wise enough to see "the larger picture" of what someone represents, and is now a "defender" of the community at large. He is willing to overlook what HIS friends write, "for the greater good of the community." Yet, he cannot give me specific examples of what he is talking about, after I have asked him specific questions. Cecil writes: Perhaps if you took a less aggressive approach and worked hand in hand with all of us you might change this impression you have created. I am sure there is a lot we can gain from your interaction but not if it comes with a loaded pointed gun at the side. Mario replies: Anyone, including Cecil, who chooses to look up the archives, and not respond based on his personal friendships, would see that, when George Pinto exposed the hoax, which he did literally within minutes, I immediately acknowledged this and sent George's message to all the people who had received the original hoax. Was this not working hand-in-hand with George? Yet, a couple of what turns out to be Cecil's cronies, later joined by Cecil, continued for weeks to falsely insist that I was defending the hoax and perpetuating it. Then thanks to the comments of people like Bevinda, Rebecca, Marlon and others, they stopped, but Cecil has chosen to continue, while refusing to acknowledge information I sent him privately or to answer specific questions I asked him privately. Cecil writes: > I hope that this is the last word I have to say on this issue. I do not want to be remembered here as a bore who dragged a debate on-and-on-and-on. Mario replies: Cecil, I think with your comments in the post I am responding to here, you have achieved what you wanted to avoid. It is YOU who said, and I quote, "If the 'main protagonists' decide to call it off does that mean the rest of us are supposed to lie down and die?" So, it IS YOU who has chosen to intervene in this debate, IT IS YOU who has defiantly made the statement I have just quoted. So, it is UP TO YOU to decide what you want to do next. As always, I will respond accordingly. Cecil writes: > Have a good weekend, Mario. I definitely will. > Mario replies: Why, thank you, Cecil, and the same to you. I always have good weekends, and weekdays as well.