Originally posted by KazetNagorraAnd I said I was concerned about the existence, prestige, power, or hegemony of my nation? You think by saying i was concerned about my nation I was NOT talking about the people living in my nation?
It depends on what you mean by "being concerned about your nation". Being concerned about the existence of your nation is nationalism. Being concerned about the people living in your nation is not.
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Originally posted by ScriabinNever before, in my three or more years here at RHP, have I ever come across a poster who has made such a pompous ass of himself, so much so that he now feels compelled to offer the following - believe it or not - Terms Of Reference for the better understanding of his posts...
I don't sell myself [...] so let me help you understand the conventions:...
Originally posted by Scriabin
...so let me help you understand the conventions: insults are jokes, the more earthy, the funnier they are. Anger is an expression of ennui. Sarcasm is double-edged and aimed as much at myself as at you. Nothing in my world is what it seems to be, what it appears to be. Everything is uncertain, open to interpretation, needing translation, or a special knowledge of one sort or another to reveal the hidden cues. Everything is subtle, nothing is straight forward.
What breathtakingly unctuous self-regard!
KazetNagorra writes more effectively than you. He is astute, often wry, to the point, he tackles others arguments head on, he is willing to be persuaded, he exhibits no pretensions, no condescension, his posts are not littered with unfunny insults and, most tellingly, he does not have to issue some kind of Reader's Guide for others to understand his own posts because his contributions haven't been distorted by an extraordinary surfeit of arrogance.
This is merely an unprepossessing little chat forum and yet for a self-professed Washington D.C. shaker and mover, you do rather seem to be floundering in a rather undignified and vaingloriuos way.