Re: tiresome ranting

From: luvr (spam-loving-criminal_at_spam-sink.net)
Date: 02/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:57:35 +0100

Wouldn't you (I mean, all of you on this forum) agree that an argument will
go on only as long as _both_ parties agree to continue arguing?

I mean, if you get fed up with Betov, then ignore him - just stop replying
to his posts. He may keep trying to get your attention for a short while
(most likely, your _negative_ attention - i.e., through some kind of
"abusive" terms, whatever that may mean), but once you decide that you have
done enough to make your points clear and understood, to anyone who is
willing to understand them, there's no point in staying involved in the
exchange of ever more nastiness.

If you know you're OK, and you have sufficiently made your point, then why
would you keep letting him get at you? (After all, this isn't a US
Presidential election campaign, where common knowledge has it that the best
mud-slinger stands the best chances of victory... And even _that_ remains to
be seen... :-)

You know, "I'm OK - You're OK (unless you _really_ want to insist on being
Not OK - but, hey, that doesn't make _me_ any less OK!)"

--Luc.

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