# Group pitting of 17 Dopers who think Spaniards are cowards **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 16, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718 "2004-03-16T23:07:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718/201 "2004-03-18T23:29:31Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > How dare you pressume to know what I feel? For the record, this is a very emotional subject for me. Had I had family or friends in Madrid, it would’ve been even worse. The Gaspode, a couple pages back: > [@The Gaspode](#): > > Well, well. > I can tell by the way some posters are responding, using all caps, expletives and weaseling, that someone got insulted. Good. “I never SAID they were cowards”, “Don’t presume to know what I think”, and of course the eloquent style of Maud’Dub. The thing is, an insult only hits home if you’re worthy of it - otherwise, you can just brush it off. > > . . . > > The title of the OP was “Group pitting of 17 Dopers who think Spaniards are cowards”, not “say”, “think”. Et tu, Quoque? ---
**Author:** ![SlyFrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SlyFrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlyFrog)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718/202 "2004-03-18T23:45:06Z")
> [@sailor](#): > > \*\*SlyFrog \*\*, I interpreted your post as a denial of the fact that the Spanish government had withheld information. If that is not what you meant I apologize for my misinterpretation. Nope, I don’t know whether they did or not, so I won’t deny that as a fact; I just don’t have the answer. At the very least, it looks like they were pretty hasty to state it was an ETA, when it pretty obviously looked like an Al Qaeda level job. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718/203 "2004-03-19T08:24:07Z")
**GoHeels** - talking about being dishonest, quoting out of context. For that, I won’t reply to your post. **furt** - welcome to the debate team. Moi, Quoque? Sure, if inconsistency is just that, I suppose. There’s a lot of _fisking_ going on here now. What can I say? Just that I stated my opinion, I re-checked the posts of those that called me out in this thread and I didn’t change my mind. Further debate will just render more _fisking_ which will not be fruitful. You’re now free to accuse me of bailing out, because of your superior way of arguing. I’m not, though. It’s just that nitpicking quotes over commas never leads to more understanding, it just leads to a meltdown. And when terms like circle-jerk shows up, I know where it’s heading. I didn’t know I belonged to a circle. My sadness and anger at reading what you wrote at the beginning of this week won’t change. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718/204 "2004-03-19T13:54:17Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > **GoHeels** - talking about being dishonest, quoting out of context. For that, I won’t reply to your post. That says it all, doesn’t it… ---
**Author:** ![lucwarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@lucwarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucwarm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718/205 "2004-03-19T14:10:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Moi, Quoque? Sure, if inconsistency is just that, I suppose. There’s a lot of fisking going on here now. What can I say? Errr, you might say “Perhaps I shouldn’t have been so quick to conclude that the folks mentioned in the OP believe what I said they did.” ---
**Author:** ![GoHeels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@GoHeels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoHeels)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718/206 "2004-03-20T00:52:34Z")
> [@The Gaspode](#): > > **GoHeels** - talking about being dishonest, quoting out of context. For that, I won’t reply to your post. This is the way Gaspode’s pathetic thread ends This is the way Gaspode’s pathetic thread ends This is the way Gaspode’s pathetic thread ends Not with a bang but a whimper [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/group-pitting-of-17-dopers-who-think-spaniards-are-cowards/234718.md?page=10)