Quote: How disappointing that you resort to pretentious displays of pseudo-moral outrage, rather than making a lucid point.
As a condescending liberal once said to me: Go for the ball, not the man.
Was that me?
Kind of sounds like me. And, of course, I fit the bill for being both condescending and liberal.
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Don't attack Sammitch with name calling and assumptions about his person or judgement. Instead make a factual counter-argument to disprove what he said (if you can).
I plead guilty, your Honour.
But using the words "pretentious" and "pseudo-moral" renders you equally guilty of ad hominem attack. ("Pretentious" I generally accept, although in this context it makes no sense and I gather it was just you shooting without aiming : "pseudo-moral" probably means that I maintain a morality which is not yours.)
I at least attacked Sammitch on the basis of being both narrow-minded (admittedly ad hominem) and using casuistry (that a passport would define the difference in someone's worth). Lucid, and to the point, I had thought. Never mind.
Trust that is explanation enough for you to follow it. No doubt you were too busy straining at the leash to fully consider the substance of what I wrote. If you care to rebut me, be my guest. Try to do it in 200 words or less. You are very long-winded and tend to repeat yourself.
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I'm not sure, but I do think that was a joke. Maybe not an appropriate joke, but a joke nonetheless.
