http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwiH18QwpU

Whose opinion was I ever trying to sway, Randy? I only stated my own opinion about EVS’ behavior. No more and no less than what anyone else was doing here.

And yet again, you’ve completely ignored the reality that I wasn’t the worst offender here for whatever personal vendetta you obviously have against me.

“Yeah, but see the point is the way you go about doing it doesn’t make anyone want to hear what you have to say”

No. This actually goes far away from the original question you posed in which “some anonymous douchebag is an ass on a message board. So what? Why care what some dipshit you’ll likely never meet thinks?”

And since you are going to ignore any philosophical quotes I post here (where the hell did this come from anyway? Seriously?), then I’ll just have to post the only voice you’ll ever listen to… YOURS.

“I guess the whole point of this rant is just to say: people, chill the f**k out. Stop being so freaking harsh and overly critical, sit back, and just enjoy this stuff for what it is. If you don’t like it, don’t watch it and shut up about it so the rest of us that do can enjoy it without having to constantly put up with hearing adults who are jealous because they don’t feel like they’re 6 again bitch about how Lucas raped their childhood.” – Randy B. from his Star Wars rant.

I guess vulgarity and attacking people only counts as a positive when its being used against those people that YOU don’t like.

And for the record, regarding “You’re shooting yourself in the foot EVERY [emphasis mine] time you open your “mouth””:

Number of personal attacks made by me against Randy: 0
Number of personal attacks made by Randy against me: 3

I’ve been exceptionally rational and non-vulgar with you Randy. Does this mean you’re going to be swayed by my words now and apologize for your personal attacks/opinions against me?

And Rob, Excessive is fun. And social progression rarely occurs without some form of violence – and the only two that attempted to do otherwise were martyred for their respective, but not inclusive, causes (From what I understand, Gandhi hated black people).

plok,
I figured. It was early. I just hadn’t seen the second part until a few minutes later and wanted to clarify my own position so people wouldn’t think I was slamming them for reading or following these things. Hell, I’ve read every post for not only the two blogs here but the original one at CBR as well because I, too, have far too much time on my hands.

“Randy B,

Golly. You really got me there.. or at least you would have if you hadn’t ignored the blatant reality that: [a bunch of crap I don't care about because it's beside the point]”

I wasn’t trying to “get” you, you were simply the most obvious and “vocal” example.

“Simple. Because an idea that goes unchallenged is the only one that gets heard. And on an internet forum, one idea posted by anyone can be heard by and influence anyone else.”

Yeah, but see the point is the way you go about doing it doesn’t make anyone want to hear what you have to say, they just focus on the parts that make you sound like a total ass. You’re shooting yourself in the foot every time you open your “mouth”, as opposed to using rational, logical thinking to sway people’s opinions, or at the very least make them stop to actually consider the point you’re trying to make. Pissing people off by being confrontational and “swearing well” does nothing more than piss people off and make them want to ignore you or write off your opinion automatically. You can quote all the really great philosophical sayings you want, in the end all that people really remember was you being a jerk.

If anything, it just appears that you (and maybe MGK) are blaming me for merely being better at being verbally vicious than anyone else here.

I’m not sure if that’s something to take any kind of pride in, Zenrage, any more than it makes sense to take pride in the fact that one is good at being physically vicious in a fight. If you start the physical fight you’re in the wrong, and if somebody else starts a fight with you and you’re extremely vicious while beating them up then it’s excessive. The goal, IMHO, should be to avoid fights or to stop ones in progress before they get out of hand, and this last sentence refers to both physical and verbal fights.

Which is a good thing, I guess?

Because we will totally own you. With well reasoned and informed arguments no less.