OT:Marlow, Brandi, Doug - can't we have opinions without ...

Post #71,308 by Another Scott 12/29/02 12:45:54 PM Reply	OT:Marlow, Brandi, Doug - can't we have opinions without ... speculation about the backgrounds of others? Shouldn't the value of our arguments be demonstrated by how well we can defend them - not by our background or lack there of? It gets a bit tiresome to see a forum degenerate into ad hominem. :-( For the record, I don't think it matters who served in what army or who's doing what now as far as putting a cogent argument together is concerned. If you disagree with the argument address what's wrong with the argument. Thanks. Cheers, Scott.
Post #71,310 by Brandioch 12/29/02 1:27:51 PM Reply	No one needs to speculate on my background. Enlisted 1982. Basic training, Ft. Dix. AIT, Ft. McClellan. MOS 54b which later became 54e. Based in Geissen, Germany for 2+ years. (95th Chemical Company) 4th Platoon, recon. Promoted to E-4 Transferred to Ft. Lewis, WA for 5. (268th Attack Helicopter Battalion) HQ Platoon. NBC-NCO Promoted to E-6 after 4 years time-in-service. ETS in 1990 and started contracting for Boeing's NCC until they got rid of the contractors and then I went to work for NorthWest EnviroService. so on and so forth Until now when I work for a small insurance company in Seattle. We've been over this shit time and time again. I seem to be just about the ONLY one who isn't afraid (for whatever reason) to post specifics about my background. No one has to speculate on what my background is. But then, the only reason I can see for anyone CLAIMING some secret, insider knowledge/experience/insight and then not providing the details of where they gained such is that they're lieing about it and are trying to play some fucked up child's game.
Post #71,311 by Brandioch 12/29/02 1:35:16 PM Reply	Now, to that point. For the record, I don't think it matters who served in what army or who's doing what now as far as putting a cogent argument together is concerned. If you disagree with the argument address what's wrong with the argument. I agree. And, in general, it is possible that some chickenhawk is actually providing a more useful service safe at home than on the front lines. Now, the PROBLEM is when we move from the GENERAL case to the SPECIFIC case. Which is what happened in this thread. From the general "chickenhawk" to the specific "Marlowe". Particularly when the specifics of the specific case are, for some reason, unspecified. As in Marlowe's case. So, while I may believe that it is possible that aliens have landed on this planet in the past, your claims that you have been the victim of an alien anal problem last Tuesday need some substantiation more than your word.
Post #71,399 by dmarker 12/29/02 10:44:50 PM Reply	Re: OT:M, B, D - can't we have opinions without ... Part of the problem here is that Brandi & I know who we are & have Internet presence track records to prove it to others & are open in our posts. When you talk of Marlowe who do you actually mean, the anonymous whatever or a real person who promotes trust on a very sensitive topic. We can argue the points made but in the case of the Marlowe persona, the level of response is well beneath the lowest level of IQ quotient available here & that more than anything pisses off the people who actually think about things. In the Marlowe persona posted items & then debated them - this situation would not have deteriorated the way it has - open contempt. What we have here is someone who spams us with opinions & has never shown any inklink of flexibility on what to many are extreme opinions. If these extreme opinions were less offensive we could ignore them. If the phantom Marlowe persona allowed other posters to take a lead in establish themes to discuss we would not be kicking it in the head. I am sure we are close to bashing this issue to death. But in time this forum may just end up being Marlowe posting & a few die hards hanging in. Anyway - I do appreciate the point you are making & do regret that I am so offended and outraged by anonymous Marlowe's appalling racisim, aggravated because it is posted under the guise of patriotism, by someone who appears to have never mixed in or is interested in other cultures & appears to have no awareness of how offensive its attitudes can be. Lets all hope 2003 settles down & Iraq gets sorted out quickly & the world gets back to some semblance of normalacy. Cheers Doug

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