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**RANDOM FRIDAY QUOTE OF THE DAY**
Hey Sal, how come there ain’t no brothas up on the wall of fame?
“Biff, I enjoy your humor more and more each day.”
That’s typically the first sign of mental illness.
Please seek medical treatment STAT.
🙂
Sounds good DCB. First we conquer the OT, then the HOTD, then the ROTD, then the COTD, then the world!
Oh, knock it off, all of you. Everyone’s said their piece, we know where everyone stands. We can knock off the name calling.
And I take issue with jackal’s “hit rate” comment. I thought this was an intelligent discussion generally on both sides, given we’re all layfolks commenting in the lounge of a Brooklyn RE blog. I’m not persuaded by benson, et al. (sorry, b, but I imagine your not surprised), but he presented an intelligent case for his position on this, as did his chief adversaries for theirs. I thought a number of the positions were well-articulated by both sides. My preference would be to see the “hit rate” on condescension go down a bit (not aimed at you, benson, MM, dibs or cobble).
http://www.theonion.com/articles/town-hall-meeting-gives-townspeople-chance-to-say,2277/
“Do I want an entire afternoon of a pointless slapfight where no one learns anything and the only result is hurt feelings?”
Learning something? From you? What? About how to walk around thinking your smarter or more well-reasoned than everyone else in the room?
“I pointed out to benson and DIBS that they were wrong in some important respects and then basically shat all over the entire brownstoner OT for the quality of the debate here.”
True. I give you credit for making those points to DIBS and benson. But then you ruined it all by suggesting that people who don’t agree with you must be unable to reason or think clearly. That’s bullshit.
Biff, I enjoy your humor more and more each day.
I propose an alliance.
Wow I just got myself all worked up. Must be on the man rag or something. I guess I’d better go out for a good hard run today.
Later everyone.
Lech;
And let me state for the record that I appreciate your criticsm, even though it may sting once in a while. I try to engage in these debates to broaden my understanding and often times that comes from an opposing argument. I feel sorry for those who try to turn it into an us-versus-them food fight.