Can you think of any other explanation for F-P’s posts in that thread than “troll” or “moron who doesn’t understand how to make an argument”? If you can, I’d like to hear it.
Posts like this one are the reason I’ve stopped even attempting to engage him in GD (or anywhere else – Stoid’s lawyer thread has some other great examples of this style of argument). If his views are genuine, he is a despicable, contemptible human being. And if they’re not genuine, well… we all know what that means.
Nah, 'cause if he’s a moron, there’s no malice behind it, and if there’s malice behind it, he’s deliberately constructing his arguments to create as much anger as possible, which requires some degree of intelligence.
True. But the question is whether he’s deliberately attempting to elicit a response he finds amusing by spouting out shit that he doesn’t actually believe (some degree of smart, but a dick), or whether he’s really stupid enough to think that he’s making anything resembling a coherent argument (not smart, potentially but not necessarily also a dick).
FWIW, he named himself after a character who was known to his friends as Barmy. (And it’s pronounced Funghy-Phipps for the non-Wodehouse readers out there.)
Had previously read *The Code of the Woosters *and some huge short story collection, and I’m currently in the middle of The Adventures of Sally. I’ll have to pick this one up, too, thanks!
SiXSwordS, I’m with you. Bipedal (and possibly with bad Jamaican accents, though that may be the WoW talking).