# fair warning- I've got the drawing knives out

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-warning-ive-got-the-drawing-knives-out/57142>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 7, 2001, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-warning-ive-got-the-drawing-knives-out/57142 "2001-03-07T19:23:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-warning-ive-got-the-drawing-knives-out/57142/61 "2001-03-11T02:44:04Z")

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> You tell me- seems she is doing the very thing I’m talking about- I’m so goddam wrong, she knows she’s on the safe side of things, whether she’s actually done anyting personally costly for her viewpoint or not, she’s on the safe side of things. I oppose not the viewpoint, necessarily, but the mindless involvement of many expressing it, so I amd ont worthy, I am safe to dismiss like she did.

I must admit that I can’t tell whether this is the case or not. And, to play devil’s advocate (as I am wont to do on many occasions) I have to say that I could interpret this situation in her favor. That is, your style of writing can be (trying to be nice here) somewhat incoherent at times. I know your method fits in well with your brand of humor, but perhaps it does not work as well in anything that resembles a debate, as this does.

By no means do I wish to disparge you; rather, I would ask what you would do if confronted by arguments presented in a manner you did not care to decipher. I hate to pick on a poster in particular, but **bj0rn** is the ideal one to examine. I do not wish to compare your posts to his; only to give you a sample of what others might see in your posts. (Putting yourself in the other’s shoes, as it were.)

You may find some of the posts in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51323) relevant to our discussion. (And make sure to note **bj0rn** ’s post.)

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**Author:** ![inor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@inor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inor)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fair-warning-ive-got-the-drawing-knives-out/57142/62 "2001-03-11T03:40:18Z")

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I am not extreme in the position I hold. Cranky lined it out very well, and I should have stopped there, and yeah, my style serves better for humorous purposes.  
And, I hate it when I get like this on a thing.  
So, this’ll be my last post in this thread.

Couple things- I don’t know if C3 really knows how offensive her remarks are about the differences between people with problems and assholes. I will not take the time to delve into it.  
re: The reason I started this goddamm thread in the first place-

Who, in anybodies opinion, did the most to further their cause- Malcolm X, or The Good Doctor King?  
Who, if you had to choose, would you say is more admirable to be like-  
Scotticher, or me?

I will be taking those thoughts to heart myself.

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