Nate, the problem here is that you automatically assume that everyone who disagrees with you is only doing it because they hate you. Has it ever crossed your mind that you may actually be [u]wrong[/u] occasionally? The Microsoft thing: You told me to shut up, never genuinely apologised, and then just ran away when a whole lot of people disagreed with your opinions. Now the anti-Catholic thing: You made some controversial comments, and then flatly refused to debate them, or even justify them.
You automatically assumed in both cases that people were telling you off because they just hate you. This is, I am sad to say, pure arrogance on your part. You never seemed to be willing to talk about anything - it was always a case of saying something that pissed someone off, followed by the least sincere apologies I have ever seen anywhere. Almost every time I have ever seen you back down on this forum, you have not said, "Okay, I see your point, you win," but "Sheesh, you are completely irrational, so I am just going to say I let you win, even though I know I'm right". Do you have any idea of just how infuriating that is?
I am an emotional person, sure, and I have a rotten temper, but I am not immune to logic. I study logic and argument at university, for fuck's sake, and I get good marks. Your refusal to debate or argue like a grown-up is what makes me angry. Yeah, I know you are not a grown-up, but damn... you could at least try, couldn't you?
I wasn't joking when I said I wanted to seriously debate your anti-Catholic ideas with you. I really did, and I still do, but you never once produced a single argument for me to debate. It got frustrating!
Like I said to dcomposed, nobody can make you go anywhere. I don't like you much, but I know a lot of other regulars would be sad to see you go. In fact, I am fairly sure that my dislike of you puts me in the minority. I will end this rant with one bit of advice: Nobody likes to be wrong, but one of the hardest skills an adult has to learn is the ability to admit fault, as much as they may hate to.
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