jiminski wrote:azezzo wrote:jiminski, i respect your response, and in theory, i support freedom of speech and the use thereof
an idiots rants, (mine included), are still only words and as inflammatory as they may be, an idiot has the right to speak.
remember the saying, "sticks and stones"
i can choose to change the tv station, or not read something written by someone i normally disagree with.
i dont care for howard stern or rush limbaugh, so i dont tune in to those radio shows.
BUT even a retarded, opinionated, moron ocasionally says something useful.
I agree almost 100%, .. but you had to see it to believe it.
In his pursuit of conveying his point he became a selfish background yell.. it was not unavoidable, it was not possible to turn over the TV.
In fact so all encompassing were his guerrilla posting activities that the only way to turn the TV over was to not visit the CC Forums!
Well i believe in freedom of speech, truly I do and not just as a clever theoretical construct to bandy around at dinner parties .. i am one of the few people who would actually die for its sanctity. .. but! But when a man follows you around shouting and spitting wanker in you face, for 4 months solid (Due to some strange need to win a battle of wills) eventually it becomes tiresome and you are going to have the pillock arrested for harassment.
Now i quite like the word 'wanker' and names certainly do not hurt me... but there is a line where acceptable social interaction is toyed with to the extent of unacceptability. At this point; a carefully constructed mockery of status quo becomes a weapon against the entirely passive.
At this point all the schoolyard learned strategies 'to beat the bully' become irrelevant. At this point the Bully, reveling in his place outside the realm of what is beneath us, deserves a punch on the nose.... now i am a passivist so i am glad that there is recourse outside of physical retribution.
nice to have an intelligent conversation, with give and take.
wanker, wanker, wanker, i'm traumatized by your use of the word........................................yah, right
i admit to being somewhat of a newcomer to the forums, wasnt exposed to 4 months of assault, but from what i have read, and understand, he, xtratabasco was banned for being a racist, bigot, etc. but i dont believe he is, nor did he xpress those views, that i know of. YES, he did time after time go after illegal immigrants, quite vocally, but here in the USA that doesnt qualify as bigotry or racist, our elected politicians take stands on this issue, for and against. Hell the U.S. is building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico, to try and close the border.
ILLEGAL IMIGRANTS are not welcome here in the U.S. period.!
but thats diferrent from every nationality who comes here legally, my grandparents did it.
anyways, not trying to rant, if xtratabasco broke the rules, he has been punched in the nose as you put it, he deserves a parole, a work release even, hell, put him on a short leash and see if hes been rehabilitated, if he realizes that he cant get away with being a wanker.