21 thoughts on “De Friday Papers

  1. mauriac

    is Merkel being rated on a curve ? Objectively she’s a vacillating , unrepentant former communist , weak bully who is almost single handedly destroying the EU.

    1. Deluded

      New name, same old story.
      “Blah blah, Drink! Feck! Girls!
      “”Liberal” Consensus”””

      I only mention it because some commenters have been in here chasing shadows, accusing randomers of being trolls, stalkers, multi-account users etc. and I would ask them, politely, to please stop that; you’re not doing yourself or your arguments any favours.
      And you’re almost always wrong.
      People disagree with you, c’est la vie. Make a point or let it go.
      (If you “lose the cool” and badger people then others will just start scrolling past your comments while the badgered return the favour)

      Ok carry on.

      1. Clampers Outside!

        Was there a reason to post that as a reply?

        Some of the accusations of multiple account users and BS back office accounts are just the funny ramblings of the paranoid, yet still anonymous types. Deluded even, if you’ll allow me :)
        But I digress, why post that as a response my dear fellow?

        1. jungleman

          He/she has a point though. There’s one or two commenters who constantly take over the threads with ridiculous slagging matches. Someone called “don” something or other springs to mind. It’d be better if people just made their point. It is a pity people feel the need to attack other commenters rather than simply challenge them on the merit of their points. It is off-putting for potential commenters who don’t have the time to spend all day on broadsheet and would rather not get abused for having an alternative view.

          1. Deluded

            I’ve experienced your coat-tailing to score non-points, Don. It’s intrusive and unsavoury. Obviously you are being maligned here so I will just say that if you, or others, can annoy me so thoroughly then you will only harden the attitudes of those who disagree with you.

          2. Dόn 'The Unstoppable Force' Pídgéόní

            What are you talking about? I’m not here to “score points” or whatever you think. Do I snide talk about people? Yes. Do others? Hell, yes. Do I really care about changing the attitudes of some people? lol no and they don’t care about changing my mind either.

            Now, if either of you had come to me and said, hey can you cool it a bit, it’s kinda ruining things for us, I would take that on board and promise to be a good little BSer like everyone else.

          3. Charlie

            “Snide”!? This is Broadsheet. It’s Snide Central. “Potential commenters” are few and far between for fear of death by Snide.

          4. Deluded

            Yes Don.
            I’m sorry you got sucked into this, I did try to make a general point, if only because I know what it is to lose my temper and focus and by extension the argument and the audience for my point.
            I deal with certain issues in a far more robust environment than these genteel surrounds. I am compelled to maintain reason and dialogue, to foster and promote understanding and awareness.
            Perhaps I am snide in here, Charlie, I mean only to amuse and challenge. My amiable manner and charming smile do not translate, unfortunately.

          5. Dόn 'The Unstoppable Force' Pídgéόní

            Yes, that cartoon is what we all basically do here. And I got ‘sucked into it’ by you both directing discussing me.

  2. Charlie

    Sorry Deluded but “amuse and challenge” is a convenient way of describing what is imho a form of bullying. You are by no means as bad as those who have no other motive on the site but to out hate and out hurt those who simply want to contribute. Humour is used to disguise their prejudices. They know who they are, many of you know who they are, yet they are fed headlines to feed their appetite. I often go away from this site for months on end and return to see the same faceless smartarses taking the same ‘amusing’ digs at the same people. It’s all rather sad. There must be a lot of unhappy souls out there.

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