You’re very right. I am amazed at how many posters who have always seemed able to comprehend the written word have has such a Goddamned time understanding what has offended and pissed off others. I’ll try to make it very simple in the hopes that it is FINALLY understood.
(1) NO ONE is offended by his lack of belief that the cross is a divine gift from God. I don’t think it is a divine gift from God and I haven’t seen anyone here claim it is.
(2) NO ONE has argued that anyone who is not Christian should not be offended. I am not Christian, the cross does not bother me at all, but I have not once even suggested that no one else has the right to feel offended by the Christian display. I don’t think I have seen any other poster make the claim either.
(3) What IS very offensive has NOTHING to do with either 1 or 2, but everything to do with Sultan’s disgusting attacks against those people who have found some small sense of peace in the symbol. His nasty words went well beyond his personal feeling that the cross was nothing more than metal (which I agree). He called these people idiots and hypocrites and claimed that they did it to see their name on the nightly news because they found something to grasp onto for support in a period of time that none of us here can begin to fathom. He attacked these people viciously for no other reason than the fact that they have different beliefs than him.
(4) I was very sincere in calling him a pathetic coward and a pussy. He was so quick to drag these rescue workers over the coals but then freely admits that he had a hard time dealing with the death of his cat and then later he mentioned his friend as if this somehow compares with digging 6000 rotten pieces of bodies from rubble. Death is harder for some people to handle and isn’t something to be ashamed of, but for someone to sit back and make such disgusting comments about those people who ARE doing things that he could never, ever do himself is the truest definition of a pathetic coward that I have ever seen.
(5) I also would suggest that anyone who doesn’t have thick enough skin to handle an over-the-top insult such as the one Manny made in regards to his grandmother, should maybe sit back and look at his own bullets he is tossing. It reminds me a lot of me and my sister when we were kids. She would pester me, pinch, hit, pull my hair, and then cry to momma when I would turn around and flatten her. Don’t fuck with someone unless you are more than willing and more than able to accept the consequences. Fairly simple concept.
(6) One last thing that refers to the grandma comment. **A few posts prior to that I had mentioned watching beloved family and friends die from cancer. I mentioned cleaning up the remains of my cousin from the carpet. I mentioned the tragic death of my 7 year old brother whose head was caved in from the front corner of an automobile. These deaths were, and still are very horrific to our family and we still deal with them on a daily basis. This ASSHOLE made the comment to me “everything you touch dies”. ** Was that over the top? Was it glossed over and missed because I have a stronger backbone and chose to let it slide instead of throwing a hissy fit like this little freak did? Do I feel bad that his widdle feelings got hurt with the grandma comment? HELL FUCKING NO! I hope the little prick cried a river. Next time maybe he will think twice about tossing out very personal and hurtful insults if he is unable to take the backlash.
He is a fucking scumbag of the worst kind and I hope that the door not only hit him in the ass hard but left a few slivers.
Also, since when to the mods or admins have to give any reason for any action they take? It is a private message board and unless you are part owner or are paying to use their site, they owe you squat. There are many other message boards out there and as far as I know, this one isn’t holding anyone hostage. As many times as this comment has been pulled out, I suggest the mods use it for a sig.
Oh, and will someone toss TLD a barf bucket, he looks a little “sickened”. :rolleyes: