RE: Mass shooting in the middle school Vladislav Ribnikar in Belgrade
May 11, 2023 at 4:04 am
(This post was last modified: May 11, 2023 at 4:28 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(May 11, 2023 at 2:30 am)Irreligious Atheist Wrote:(May 10, 2023 at 10:03 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: You don't even know that none of us here at this forum will not de in a mall-shooting, or any other mass-murder. And then after asserting something you literally cannot know, you ask to change the topic?
Maybe you should think about what you write before you write.
What you just wrote is beyond silly and you're just writing stuff up and throwing shit at the wall just for the sake of it at this point. Yes, no one here will die in a mall shooting, or by getting hit in the head by a past it's date satellite coming down from space, but anything is possible, if that's the concession you're looking for.
I ask to change the topic? Such was demanded of me in a threat by an admin. Are you suggesting that I defy that demand? Are you trying to bait me into further discussing what I was told not to discuss, so you can sneakily help me get banned? No? Then please understand that when I am threatened, the smart move is for me to stop talking about something and basically take that as a thread ban, and take a break and go on to fight another day on another topic.
I don't care enough about you to want to see you around or banned. If I wanted to see you banned, I'd say as much -- not that that would mean anything at all here, as I'm not staff and swing no stick at all. But, what she objected to was you mentioning her name "in conjunction with your lies." So it seems pretty clear you're not being told to silence yourself.
Now, I can understand why you might not want to have to explain a few dumb things you've written here. But --
The topic here seems to be a particular mass-shooting which has generated further discussions about mass murders. Maybe you could address it without typing stuff like they never happen or no one here will ever get caught up in one? It would probably help keep the discussion on the rails a bit better, reduce AWTY pointing out that one is a lie and the other is something you cannot know, and so on.
My main point was that you really ought to avoid these absolutist statements. They do the conversation no favors. As my English comp professor advised us, "write exactly what you mean when writing polemic. Avoid hyperbole."
