Five against one. Fair fight? Perhaps not. (Page 16/26) Patrick JUN 03, 04:22 AM quote Originally posted by Fastback 86: I realize now, of course, that you just wanted to bring the info about the girl up because it definately is out of the ordinary and rather disheartening. Careful, you’ll be accused now of spewing out “liberal bleeding heart garbage”. quote Originally posted by Fastback 86: On the second point, I agree completely. I note, with little surprise, that only one person has posted how they rated you , and it was a + Yes, so far not one person has admitted to giving me a negative based on what I’ve stated in this thread. Yet the negatives are still piling up. Must be an awful lot of cowards hovering in the background. Patrick JUN 03, 04:34 AM quote Originally posted by Formula88: Interesting that you called it a "killing" as if to make it sound like the Marine set out to kill someone on purpose. That was such a silly, stupid thing for you to infer that I won't even waste my time on your other questions. Okay, I'll deal with the posts by John and Raydar in the morning. They both brought up some interesting points which I want to cover at length (when I'm a little fresher, as it's 1:30 am local time). Patrick JUN 03, 04:43 AM quote Originally posted by Scott-Wa: And no one called the guy with the knife defending himself a murdered either. Patrick just made a social comment about a supposedly pregnent girl getting killed being sad, didn't defend her actions, didn't call the ex marine a murdered. Just pointed out the glee some apparently took in an ex marine taking down some bad guys like it's a rambo flick. I wanted to dispel any "glee" before it really got rolling, but that's a pretty good summary. Thanks Scott. Okay, now I can get some sleep... BN Boomer JUN 04, 02:08 AM Anyone who is genuinely shocked at the idea of a teenage girl being a gang member has either lived a sheltered life or is willfully ignorant. Gotta admit, though, Pat, you've done a nice job of steering the thread away from your inane initial remark and towards how you've been so unfairly ganged up on. Maybe you need to find a Marine to save you.. Formula88 JUN 04, 12:14 PM quote Originally posted by Patrick: That was such a silly, stupid thing for you to infer that I won't even waste my time on your other questions. Okay, I'll deal with the posts by John and Raydar in the morning. They both brought up some interesting points which I want to cover at length (when I'm a little fresher, as it's 1:30 am local time). It makes as much sense as your assumptions of my reasons for posting. You're a silly little troll who has taken this thread away from the subject and has tried to make it your own little pity festival so you can complain about how everyone's ganging up on you. Enjoy your martyrdom. I've voiced my opinion of the facts of this case. I'm done. sostock JUN 04, 05:53 PM Wha, wha, what? this thread is still alive? thought for sure this would be in the garbage bin by now. Cliff Pennock JUN 04, 05:53 PM quote Originally posted by Patrick: Yes, so far not one person has admitted to giving me a negative based on what I’ve stated in this thread. Yet the negatives are still piling up. I always find it pretty darn amazing that people who have well over 100 ratings can tell if a new rating is positive or negative because, simply put, you can't. And It gets very old having to read people are attacking the rating system because every time their total (ratings) increases, they assume it must because they received a negative. FYI I just checked your ratings for the heck of it. You got quite a few positive ratings in this thread as well (granted, you got more negatives than positives but still a substantial portion is positive). But since the rating system is flawed in your opinion, these positive ratings must be equally "undeserved" as the negative ratings you got in this thread. Right? Or are only negative ratings undeserved and every positive well-earned? Another thing that's getting really old is the "ganging up" excuse. If a few persons disagree, but most agree, you are right and the few that disagree are trolls. If most people disagree and only a few agree, then you are still right but people are ganging up on you and there are only a few sane people. Right? Rrrrrright. jstricker JUN 04, 06:32 PM I believe this might just be the definition of a discussion in O/T. John Stricker PS: I always wondered how they knew they were getting negatives as well, I can never tell one way or the other. quote Originally posted by Cliff Pennock: Another thing that's getting really old is the "ganging up" excuse. If a few persons disagree, but most agree, you are right and the few that disagree are trolls. If most people disagree and only a few agree, then you are still right but people are ganging up on you and there are only a few sane people. Right? Rrrrrright. Patrick JUN 05, 01:48 AM quote Originally posted by BN Boomer: Maybe you need to find a Marine to save you... That won’t be necessary, but thanks for your concern. Patrick JUN 05, 01:51 AM quote Originally posted by Formula88: You're a silly little troll... Oh sure, that’s why I’ve stuck around here for over seven years. Interesting that this isn’t the first time that you’ve called me a troll. I did a short search and came up with an archived thread, divine DNA?. You’re such a sensitive little fellow...