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You're right that I didn't directly comment on what you wrote. But I read what you wrote and reduced it to the bullshit that I still believe it to be. And I responded to that bullshit.
And I think that's fair. It left you ample room to correct me.
Similarly, jschultz's sophistry boils down to "I like a world that is as violent as possible." So I responded to that, rather than responding point-by point. (Like I know anything about the GCs anyway.)
The basic question here is, "What is a troll?" A troll deliberately misquotes and makes unsupported leaps of logic (like NOB accusing me of approving the trashing of the 4th, when I never commented on the "little Cuban boy" case) and blows obscuring smoke out his ass to hide his inhumanity. Such a person deserves scorn. If I ever meet a troll who is actually able to see through falsely complex argumentation to see the germ of truth, then he won't be a troll.
If you want to be understood, I suggest you arm yourself against being misunderstood. And I'm not saying it's easy.
