# A word from SA regarding the "Insanity" thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-from-sa-regarding-the-insanity-thread/468853 "2008-10-21T04:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Mr.Svinlesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@Mr.Svinlesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Svinlesha)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-from-sa-regarding-the-insanity-thread/468853/201 "2008-10-24T16:48:28Z")
**SA:** > [@](#): > > \*Arguing with people on a message board is not worth it if it starts to have a negative impact on personal relationships. > > I’m gonna back out of here for now and see how things go in the future. \* And, at the risk of beating this poor horse to death: if your political philosophy is so toxic that it even jeopardized your personal relationships, then perhaps it’s time to take a step back and reconsider your beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-from-sa-regarding-the-insanity-thread/468853/202 "2008-10-24T18:49:52Z")
The problem isn’t my political philosophy so much as it is the way that I’ve chosen to defend it, and frankly now that the heat of battle has died down, I can see some legitimacy in the things **Rubystreak** , **lissener** , et. al have said. What appeared to me at the time to be aggressive and insulting yammering turns out to have been an honest attempt to reach out and have a discussion…the irony of which is that it’s the seeming impossibilty of having honest discussions around here that has caused me to adopt this style in the first place. So, my apologies to **liirogue** and **Zoe** and to those of you who made a good faith effort at honest discussion. Now it’s my turn to say that I won’t likely post to this thread again. It’s been taking up too much of my time and it’s pretty much run its course anyway. If anyone else wants to offer positive or constructive comments, please know that I’ll see them even if I don’t respond. If on the other hand you just want to stir up more shit, go take a deep leap into a shallow pond! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-from-sa-regarding-the-insanity-thread/468853/203 "2008-10-24T18:53:25Z")
Taking bets here. PayPal accepted, morning line 10 to 1. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-from-sa-regarding-the-insanity-thread/468853/204 "2008-10-26T00:43:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Taking bets here. PayPal accepted, morning line 10 to 1. What price on him starting an **A Word from SA regarding the "A Word from SA regarding the “Insanity” thread** thread? ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-from-sa-regarding-the-insanity-thread/468853/205 "2008-10-26T00:55:06Z")
You’d get much better odds on a “ **Word from SA regarding the buttpipe buns3000** ” thread. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-from-sa-regarding-the-insanity-thread/468853.md?page=10)