Steve said:
You evade points right and left a divert issues when presented with
facts, as usual. You insulted me beyond belief and I won't forget it.
"You didn't need a gun/weapon because others were willing to make the
sacrifice for you."
I showed you different and you owe me an apology or at least an
admission of being wrong. But you obviously hold yourself in too high
esteem to stoop to being honest.
Dear Steve,
When first I ran afoul of him, I thought he was just...not a troll
exactly, but something of a contrary b@stard.
Then I realized he is one of those people who misinterprets the product
of his emotions as logical thought. He free-associates his answers,
unable to parse the internal logic, because it's all perfectly sensible
to him as is. Worse, he expects everyone uses the same filters he does,
so he thinks it should be sensible to the rest of us. Once I understood
that, I put some effort into trying to understand what he meant, not
what he said, and it made communication a lot easier.
In a crisis, I believe he is the sort of guy you would want at your
back, because he can be counted on to do what needs to be done. Just
don't try to discuss the underlying philosophy with him afterward, or
you're likely to end up beating him with a stick.
Unfortunately, as you have seen, when he is presented with certain kinds
of facts, he does not know how to order his response, so he resorts to
personal attacks and insults, based on his misinterpretation of those
facts. In this case, you put forth a position that, to him, meant you
could not have seen military service, so he treated you like the
civilian he thinks you must be.
I have seen him apologize, once, in another group, but I can't remember
why, so I don't know if an apology in this case fits into his world
view.
One can only hope.
rl
--
Rhonda Lea Kirk
Insisting on perfect safety is for people
without the balls to live in the real world.
Mary Shafer Iliff
