Good to hear it. I would get involved with Jehngis Kahn food fight but I am afraid I could not do justice to the intensity of emotion the poor fellow seems have aroused.
I traced it back to post #26 where he merely responded to the good Congressman's request to "let me know what you think" with an observation of documentable fact after which, for reasons unknown a Freeper Flying Monkey Squad formed around him.
I do not suppose this would be a good time to reiterate my observation of the need for a closer study of Robert's Rules of Order or some similar system of organized debate?
Best regards,
I can't believe I missed your post last night! Oldtimers setting it. I'd say it was the perception of a newbie troll attacking one of our oldtimers. It was obvious to me that Jehngis had been around FR for a long time in some capacity, so the newbie troll tag wasn't operable. My observation was and is the item in contention neither added to nor detracted from the gist of the article, it only added color. And in that sense, though it appears he was right, Jehngis was nitpicking an insignificant point in a fashion unbecoming to a perceived newbie. A well placed "whatever" somewhere in the exchange might have taken the food away from the combatants; I dunno.
Even though it seems he did a perfunctory search on the item in question, CBB might be well advised to fact check even his unrelated points in the future because there will always be a "scholar" around to pick even the best articles apart.
I do not suppose this would be a good time to reiterate my observation of the need for a closer study of Robert's Rules of Order or some similar system of organized debate?
What?! Bring order to a food fight?! Puleeze! Besides a, er, debate is no fun unless you get a little on you ;^)
FGS