Amnesty for Basso?

Andrija

Exactly.
Just like you can see from my signature

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Crankyfeet

Huh??...Serbia has one of the richest histories of violence in the world. I can imagine if you went round Belgrade asking strangers sarcastically if they believe in Santa... you might provoke a response. Just hope you're carrying a weapon.

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thoughtforfood

Hey crankie is it ferrie, ferry, ferie, fery??? I really did ponder the question for a couple of seconds.

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earth_dweller

And here I was wondering what Brian Ferry has to do with doping in cycling

Crankyfeet

No.. I'm guessin' its a riverboat type ferry. Must be an NC thing...

Though Roxy Music did have that "We fuck ourselves" look about them...

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Andrija

I won't argue about "one of the richest histories of violence in the world"... That's very dubious interpretation of our history (especially recent history, which was very violent and we're not proud of it).
But I will argue about interpretation of my sarcasm... Much worse replies were seen on this forum and there wasn't cursing. If he isn't able to find appropriate sarcasm to reply me, he shouldn't curse. That's culture of speech. That's his rudeness and arrogance.
And I found your metaphor about carrying a weapon and provoking strangers very inappropriate too.
You've never been in Belgrade? Haven't you?

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"Soldiers! Heroes!

The supreme command has erased our regiment from its records. Our regiment has been sacrificed for the honor of Belgrade and the Fatherland. Therefore, you no longer have to worry for your lives - they do not exist anymore.
So, forward to glory! For King and country! Long live the king! Long live Belgrade! "

Crankyfeet

No...that's why I used the "doing" word - "imagine".

But I wasn't really trying to single out Belgrade or Serbia for that matter. So I apologize for wording it that way.

It really applies to anywhere in the world. If you sarcastically and mockingly imply to an adult, to whom you've never met, that their opinion is the equivalent of a naive child's... most adults around the world will take offense... especially when their opinion in the first place didn't deserve such a judgment.

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earth_dweller

riverboat ferry ?!! makes no sense but I'll go with it.

Crankyfeet

I think the spelling is "fairy"... unless I'm missing from this unexpected extended debate on the word "ferry" that everyone already gets that...

And apologies to CH for being a big part in hijacking this thread (unintentionally).

OK. Amnesty for Basso? Discuss:

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Andrija

I understand. And that's why I used "metaphor" term.

His response was very immature... This is forum... Not an eye to eye discussion (you must admit, situation creates communication discourse). Do I have to measure every word in my reply if we've seen all sorts of nastiness on this forum.
And, I must ask you, why are you defending his rudeness?

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"Soldiers! Heroes!

The supreme command has erased our regiment from its records. Our regiment has been sacrificed for the honor of Belgrade and the Fatherland. Therefore, you no longer have to worry for your lives - they do not exist anymore.
So, forward to glory! For King and country! Long live the king! Long live Belgrade! "

limerickman

Calm down fellas : Andrija doesn't normally cause offence and I'm sure in this instance I'm sure no offence was intended by Andrija's reply.

TTF - is he's big enough and articulate enough to take care of himself.

As Indurain would say - tranquillo, folks.

Let's get back to Basso.

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morelike hypocrisy.

Crankyfeet

Because it was an understandable response to your initial rudeness IMO. But you don't seem to see that you were rude. Or is there some informal unwritten rule of internet forum discourse that I've never heard of... that sarcasm can only be retalliated using like sarcasm?

Plenty of people are rude on here. It is really nothing that uncommon. But you continue to protesteth about people being rude to you after you were rude to them first. Seems to me you need to take the log out of your eye before you start taking offense at the splinter in others'. And if people call you names... so what? If its out of proportion rude... people observing are going to notice it. But to run around feeling slighted that someone hit you back after you punched them, doesn't hold a lot of argument sway, if you're requesting an apology. Just my 2c.

Back to "Amnesty for Basso". Discuss:

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TheDarkLord

My suggestion would be to use emoticons to show that you are not meaning your comments seriously. If you had used either "" or "", chances are that you would not have provoked a confrontation.

Crankyfeet

Okay Lim...

Andrija... I'm sorry for hurting your feelings. I didn't mean to offend you. I really have no business getting involved in this anyway. I am Australian. Please understand that my forum enjoyment is partly reliant on stirring up trouble with people not noticing that I am doing it hopefully.

I am sure that you are a nice person... and that your attempt at sarcasm was probably just an attempt to fit into the sarcastic culture here.

I'm calm.

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