"15th Birthday Wishes to Red Hot Pawn"

Originally posted by josephw
[b]"I said no such thing. You misrepresented me."

Then what do you mean by "behind licking"? Did you mean it in a good way, like it's a good thing to do?

No you didn't! You meant it in a derogatory way. In a way that's meant to belittle and malign the character of the one you said it about, and you did it without provocation.[/b]

Originally posted by FMF
If you don't mind me asking, do you celebrate the birthdays of your children?

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Originally posted by roigam
We do celebrate anniversaries btw.

Originally posted by roigam
(Ecclesiastes 7:1) A good name is better than good oil, and the day of death is better than the day of birth.
There is no reason to celebrate the day of one's birth.
We have nothing to do with our birth, i.e. we cannot conceive ourselves.
We do have a lot to do with our state (especially our spiritual estate) when we die.
Still we can't celebrate our death ahead of time, can we?
We do celebrate anniversaries btw.

Originally posted by josephw
Is that how you see it? Since when is it "behind licking" to pay a compliment or acknowledge one's achievement?

Why do you feel the need to make it a character flaw to say something polite to someone for doing a good thing?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
1. Yes

2. When it's to the owner of an internet chess site.

3. I don't. Why do you find the need to put words into people's mouths?

Originally posted by josephw
Publicly speaking, I don't care how anyone "interprets" what my motive is for commending an individual's achievement.

If one wants to call it "a$$ licking" that's their prerogative. I could care less.

What I do care about is the lack of virtue on the part of the one that has such a pessimistic view of life that they should judge an individual as motivated by the need to kiss ass simply because that one would congratulate another for a good work.

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“If you forget your manners, you can always borrow mine. I won't be using them.”
―Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not FOR SALE

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
On Sunday, February 21, 2016, Red Hot Pawn will celebrate its fifteenth birthday:

"Date difference from Feb 21, 2001 to Feb 21, 2016
This is equal to 15 years. This does not include the end date, so it's accurate if you're measuring your age in days, or the total days between the start and end date. But if you want the duration of an even ...[text shortened]... com/dates/
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