Damn, all these years that I’ve thought that people from the Middle East might be different from each other, I was WRONG! I guess it doesn’t really matter what Middle Eastern country you’re from, as long as you are from the Middle East, I should know exactly what context you’re coming from because they’re all the same.
Either way, I hope you stick around, as I truly have no desire for you to be banned. I’m just saying, that like december before you, if you do end up being banned, it will be solely your own doing, not the fact that a mod or even a majority of the board disagrees with you, despite what some of his defenders said back then.
Stick around and fight the good fight. Fess up when you make mistakes. If you make one that is too big to overcome, or a lot of small ones which add up, suck it up and realize you had it coming. In the meantime, I’ll continue to enjoy most of your posts, and puzzle over the rest.
I don’t think he was being nice to you; I think he was being truthful.
There have been worse scum on the SDMB. But they have all been banned.
Think about the implications of that for a moment, if you like.
While I enjoy a good melt-down as much as the next Doper, I really think you might want to reconsider. You aren’t going to win this argument. Nor, in my opinion, should you.
You would find yourself more welcomed here if you occasionally made an effort to learn something rather than solely using this MB as a means for lecturing people.
While I do think most people who post here more often than not do so to express their own views and opinions, most of us also ask questions and recognize that other points of view are valid. I have yet to see you post anything other than a lecture. No one likes that.
All kidding aside, Aldebaran tends to rub people the wrong way, what with the persistant displays of Amerophobia and a habit of looking for arguments where none exist.
Aldebaran has been such a monumental asshole for so long that frankly, if he’s still here ten months from now, that kind of blatant mod favoritism is going to make me question the board’s future and think long and hard about coughing up $15.
THAT’S what I meant all this time! Why does he want to pretend he speaks for the entire ME? If I were a proud Arab, I would not be ashamed to let people know which part of that ancient and fascinating part of the world I am from.
Thanks, Zakalwe, for putting it better than I could.
If anybody cares, and I can’t blame you if you don’t, here’s my contribution to a thread our man of mystery hijacked a few months ago that explains why he pushes my buttons.
aldeberan has been trying to get banned for a long time. I say let him stay, comic relief is a good thing. Anybody who believes that spending eternity with 70 virgins is a good thing is clearly retarded.