Comments on: Cold hubris: like Father (or Big Brother), the Left knows best

By: 'Tap'

'Tap' — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 07:09:09 +0000

“It seems to me that I answered Tap perfectly well to my own satisfaction.”

Then you must have remarkably low standards for yourself. You never addressed the issue at hand.

“In this whole exchange I’m the only one actually bringing up issues of substance;”

Is that so? Funny, ’cause the only thing you ‘brought up’ was a reponse to me…worded in such a way as to preclude any possibility of discussion – as you found out to your evident dismay when I turned your own wording on you.

By: HLVS

HLVS — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:07:15 +0000

It seems to me that I answered Tap perfectly well to my own satisfaction. In this whole exchange I’m the only one actually bringing up issues of substance; if you don’t feel like actually debating the present-day issues to which our various ideologies pertain, be my guest, but don’t pretend it’s my fault.

By: Sally

Sally — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:45:51 +0000

So you admit that you can’t answer me, then?

No.

So you admit that you can’t answer Tap, then?

By: stumbley

stumbley — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:56:39 +0000

No, HLVS, I would prefer a comment environment wherein the commenters actually wanted to engage in a reasonable discussion of Neo’s posts, rather than drop in from time to time, leaving rancid little pellets of leftist tripe. That’s why the request to go away. You are perfectly welcome to ascribe to your outdated and discredited philosophy as much as you’d like, just take it where it’s appreciated, like DU, Kos, etc.

By: HLVS

HLVS — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:23:21 +0000

‘Will you go away now?’

Will the Neocon movement at large admit its errors?

If not, and they are still in power, i see no reason to ‘go away’ because it is my democratic right to stay here. If you’d prefer a Neocon paradise where the free market is booming, they don’t worry about the environment, the death penalty is in full swing and political dissidents ‘go away’ then move to China.

By: stumbley

stumbley — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:42:20 +0000

“So you admit that you can’t answer me, then?”

Yep, you’re right, you win!! Yayyyy!!

Will you go away now?

By: Wild Rice

Wild Rice — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:59:33 +0000

Shams – Ahlan Ezzayak (feat George Bush).

By: HLVS

HLVS — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:30:59 +0000

So you admit that you can’t answer me, then?

By: 'Tap'

'Tap' — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:23:01 +0000

“Rather foolishly, I admit, I tried to play your game..”

It may have been foolish, but it was not my game. You set this game up. I just played by your rules.

Personally, I’d much rather engage in honest discussion and debate. When that’s not possible, I admit I do get a bit of fun out of turning the tables on those who are playing games.

By: HLVS

HLVS — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:16:48 +0000

I was the one who asked the question, Tap, in case you forgot. I asked you to find an instance of American criticism of Bush or the war having caused the chaos, death, and mismanagement in Iraq. You cleverly shot back with “Can you prove it didn’t?”

Rather foolishly, I admit, I tried to play your game and prove a universal negative by listing what I thought the causes of trouble in Iraq were and that the Left did not cause them. Since then, you have simply repeated that i didn’t answer your question while not even attempting to answer mine. Since I asked first, and you find my answers so unsatisfactory, would you care to prove how right you are and show me how the American Left is the real cause of trouble in Iraq?