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[BobDylan]

Originally Posted by dizzyde

This is what I am saying!

Also, he has apparently spent waaaaay to much time alone with a thesaurus... although I am not quite sure that he has all the definitions down correctly...

Originally Posted by dizzyde

One of the reasons I would be REALLY interested in knowing who he is, I have a strong feeling that he has another identity around here. And his motivation is really murky, can't quite get a handle on it.

Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

My guess is that Bob Dylan is a relatively young man who thinks he knows it all. Furthermore, he probably feels that its a disgrace to admit that he is wrong, so now he's working on this incredibly ridiculous defense of the indefensible just so he won't have to admit his error.

This is a sign of someone who is not quite confident enough with their own knowledge to be able to say "You're right, I'm wrong".

Hopefully, one day he'll get there, because one cannot be a great leader without the ability to admit that you may be mistaken.

Originally Posted by dizzyde

Going by what we have seen here, I would guess that day is a looooong time coming, if it ever does arrive!

Originally Posted by BobDylan

You're admitting your own feelings of insufficiency... You may be a little intimidated attempting to converse with someone who uses a more extensive vocabulary than yourself. Do you personally identify with the necessity of having writing aids at your immediate access? It's alright, I sympathize with your plight, although not all of us need thesauri to speak, or write, at a higher level. The fact that you're "not quite sure" whether or not I "have all the definitions down correctly" certainly speaks more about yourself than it does about me! Good try though.. I will at least commend you for your effort here! Keep it up, you'll get better!

This is my response to Dizzy where you said I was trying to "make her look like an idiot". I was not arbitrarily doing that, but this post was simply a response to several previous posts she levelled toward me. Just trying to put this into perspective of the bigger picture...

Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

Add to my initial assessment of Bob Dylan a hearty dose of arrogance and superiority.

You have a lot to learn, my friend. Deflection of your own shortcomings with personal attacks on Dizzy's intelligence reveals your inner feelings of inferiority and uncertainty of your own belief.

From the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.........we would all love to help you, but you're not allowing yourself to be helped.

So we all just have to sit back and watch the train as it speeds toward the abutment..........

Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

You are absolutely correct, BD. Notice that the posts you quoted were made AFTER you tried to make Dizzy look like an idiot.
At that point, I saw your true nature emerge, and that's when I made these posts. Before that point, I only had issue with your ridiculous preoccupation to defend an indefensible position stated by a man who has obviously taken leave of his senses, at least in the HMH realm.

When YOU made it personal with Diz, that's when I realized that you are a very immature young man who feels that its a disgrace to admit that you are wrong, and even my posts you reference above are directed at certain character traits that I hope time will eliminate from your personality. I don't think you're a lost cause.

I'm sure you're a fine young man with lots of potential, and I don't think you're malicious - I just think you're immature, i.e., the threats to make me look like a pretzel........statements like this remind me of a sixth grader posturing on the play ground. Not adults discussing issues in a mature fashion.

Hang in there, BD! You'll get your bell rung a few times by a few more "seasoned" opponents, but if you'll learn from it, you'll get thru this!

Ok Phelps, I didn't just arbitrarily "try to make Dizzy look like an idiot". I responded specifically to a deameanor she was displaying toward me in her posts. Using the multiquote function, I have identified the specific posts Dizzy made that I responded to that you are saying "I tried to make Dizzy look like an idiot" in chrolonological order. My response was a reprisal, because the conversation, if you can call it that, had already deteriorated because of the way Dizzy was posting. I am not doing this to say "she started this", but to point out the consistency of my MO in "matching rhetoric". If a person handles my arguments, I will be as respectful as I can... if they want to get in the mud, I am well able to do that as well... I personally prefer reasonable dilague to just mud slinging... BUT, a little good ol' fashioned food fight is fun now and then, until you have to clean up afterwards, which is what we're trying to do now! "Unfortunately"...

Phelps, if you had started directing your comments toward me reasonably, you and I wouldn't be having problems now. As I already showed, you made very marked personal "swipes" toward me, which I have handily responded to, which you didn't like. Again, I'll restate my MO, I WILL match the rhetoric directed toward me... respect with respecfulness, consideration with consideration, snipes and swipes with reprisal! Whether or not the Lord would do that specifically the way I would really isn't the issue... this is the way I do it. Good thing you are trying to be His disciple, and not mine! lol....