So now YOU will raise one's level of civility???
Right after you (rightly or not) called him "monkey boy", amongst other insults, in addition to:
"Furthermore, I just thought I'd mention for no particular reason that there are good medications for the treatment of antisocial disorders which cause bitter emotional outbursts at inappropriate targets."
Does this mean that bitter emotional outbursts directed at appropriate targets, is o-k?.
...perhaps
Seems to me, you dished out as good as you got, while also soundly enough refuting the weakness of his comment.
BUt: also, you threaten to run crying to the mods, at the same time??? and think it "adult"?
That part, looks childish and silly. Ok--maybe 'silly', isn't quite right---girlish is better.
Yes.
Right after you (rightly or not) called him "monkey boy", amongst other insults,
It was A MOVIE QUOTE, son, made in response to his "laughable clowns" comment, which was an insult at *me* made without provocation of any sort, in case you didn't notice. And rather than insult him in return, I decided to just laugh it off myself with a silly quote from a silly movie ("The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension"). Sheesh. Get a sense of humor installed.
in addition to: "Furthermore, I just thought I'd mention for no particular reason that there are good medications for the treatment of antisocial disorders which cause bitter emotional outbursts at inappropriate targets."
Does this mean that bitter emotional outbursts directed at appropriate targets, is o-k?.
The point is that that would be nonpathological behavior, as opposed to those directed at targets who had not actually provoked such an attack. Do I really need to explain this?
Seems to me, you dished out as good as you got, while also soundly enough refuting the weakness of his comment.
And yet, that does not excuse repeated outright false slanders on his part. Or do you consider that acceptable behavior?
BUt: also, you threaten to run crying to the mods, at the same time??? and think it "adult"?
See above. Do you condone such behavior, or not? It gets old after the twentieth time or so, and those are just the false slanders I've *seen* -- since he does it without pinging me, I have to wonder how many lies he has told about me that I *haven't* noticed and been able to set the record straight on.
That part, looks childish and silly. Ok--maybe 'silly', isn't quite right---girlish is better.
And your jumping to his defense looks like you're a meddlesome busybody who wants to throw stones at only one party without knowing the whole story. You're entitled to your opinion, but I submit that you have no clue about his past record of such behavior. One time would just be reason for eye-rolling. At the present time, however, and as I MADE CLEAR in the post you're whining about, it has continued to the point of outright stalking, especially since he finds excuses (often entirely illusory) to attack me out of the blue, when I had not addressed him on the current thread or any other for quite some time. He goes out of his way to frequently fire off a serious personal attack at me, usually quite false (while cowardly not even pinging me) on a regular basis and with no apparent triggering reason. He just has a fixation on me, and enjoys lying about me in a manner that often deprives me of the opportunity to defend myself in a timely manner. If you think that trying to find a way to put a lid on such behavior makes *me* the bad guy here, then just say so, and then I'll know to completely discount your judgment.