@ghost-of-a-duke saidWhere is this "such a thing" you are referring to?
As FMF rightly observed, such a thing lacked decency.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidWhat is the current status of this accusation against me?
A female poster shared some terrible events that happened to her in Debates. Too cowardly to confront her there, the pair of you savaged her in the club concerned.
@divegeester
I can pinpoint the exact moment in this thread you started running around your living room with flailing arms.
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidSo you are still contending that I was somehow cowardly by choosing not to confront the poster with my scepticism in public?
It was upheld.
@fmf saidWould you prefer weaselly to cowardly?
So you are still contending that I was somehow cowardly by choosing not confronting the poster with my scepticism in public?
When a person, in the context of a given thread, shares personal info from their past, why is your default position one of disbelief rather than empathy, and giving them the benefit of the doubt?
@ghost-of-a-duke saidIt isn't my "default position". It was specific scepticism about specific aspects of a specific story which had been told with 'escalating details' as it was repeated publicly over a period of almost ten years. [It had already been told a few times before you'd joined the site.]
When a person, in the context of a given thread, shares personal info from their past, why is your default position one of disbelief rather than empathy, and giving them the benefit of the doubt?
I shared my reasoning with you in private. I never aired my scepticism about that particular story in public. I don't see how this is either "cowardly" or "weasily".
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI made the right judgement by keeping my scepticism private. Trusting you in an environment where we had candid and confidential discussions about numerous other posters, on the other hand, was an error of judgement on my part.
Would you prefer weaselly to cowardly?
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidWhen more interesting talking to walls,
The grandfather clock was caught unawares, and with one big shove pushed down the stairs. His dying breath was a pitiful chime, fallen and broken the old man of time.
carry a sledge hammer with pride.
And when even that conversation stalls,
remove some posts in stride.
But a bulkhead can be a clever liar,
all painted in black and white.
So be prepared with beetle or mallet,
and pound every nail in sight.