# RikWriter is a stupid, pathetic, miserable coward **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874 "2006-07-01T17:16:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/41 "2006-07-06T02:32:42Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Actually, I’m not known for that… Ha! Yeah, sure you aren’t. That, and not being able to read your own cites, are your two best defined characteristics on this board. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/42 "2006-07-06T02:33:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > IIRC, it means “looking at things from all sides.” [Nope.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=356612) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/43 "2006-07-06T02:50:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > IIRC, it means “looking at things from all sides.” Which I obsessively-compulsively do. (One reason why I’ll never succeed in politics.) From [Merriam-Webster:](http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/circumspect) > [@](#): > > Main Entry: cir·cum·spect > Pronunciation: 's&r-k&m-"spekt > Function: adjective > Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French circonspect, from Latin circumspectus, from past participle of circumspicere to look around, be cautious, from circum- + specere to look – more at SPY > : careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : PRUDENT \ > synonym see CAUTIOUS > > - cir·cum·spec·tion /"s&r-k&m-'spek-sh&n/ noun > - cir·cum·spect·ly /'s&r-k&m-"spek(t)-lE/ adverb Not **exactly** what I had assumed based on the obvious etymology, but I still claim it! Obsessively-compulsively! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/44 "2006-07-06T03:01:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I am not the first to say so, **Clotha.** Do a Pit search. Better still, do a GD search on your own posts (and those following in the thread), and learn why such a characterization is justified. In all fairness, fellow Dopers, I do think **Clothahump** has some value as an interesting specimen. It is very rare (outside the Libertarian Party) to see radical conservatism (or whatevayacallit) combined with radical atheism. But as a scientific materialist myself, I am no more proud of **Clotha** than I am of [Madalyn Murray O’Hare.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=280408) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/45 "2006-07-06T14:47:13Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > In that particular instance, **Shodan,** I told the truth and you lied. I never said Kerry didn’t vote against the AUMF, I only pointed out his stated reasons, which in no wise justified the construction you put upon the action. Nope, you are still a fucking liar. I said Kerry voted against the first Gulf War; you said he did not. You lied. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/46 "2006-07-06T15:59:42Z")
You forgot the Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/47 "2006-07-06T16:14:43Z")
> [@Talon Karrde](#): > > You forgot the > Regards, > Shodan He was probably too busy spanking it to footage of Baghdad being bombed. As to the OP, I’ve noticed the same thing from **Rik**. On the couple of occasions I’ve gotten into an argument with him (in CS, no less), his rebuttals have basically come down to “no u”. It was seriously like debating a five year-old. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/48 "2006-07-06T16:32:08Z")
**Brainglutton** , don’t you agree that a circumspect poster would look up the definition of circumspect and consider it prudently and cautiously before claiming to have used it correctly? 😉 And aren’t you the dude who posts pretty often disparaging the South? I’m not impressed by **Rikwriter** , but I’m not sure I’d call you fair-minded, if you’re the guy I’m thinking of who has so many bad things to say about the South and so few good things to say about it. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/49 "2006-07-06T18:26:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > And I think I can say, without fear of (reasonable or supportable) contradiction, that I am one of the most fair-minded, circumspect, and intellectually honest posters on this Board. I’ve got Dopecred to **burn,** Mister! And oh so humble. I would not dream of daring to contradict any of the above self-congratulation, except to note that you also may have confused “prolific” with “profound”. They are similar-sounding and have the same number of letters, but mean quite different things. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/50 "2006-07-06T20:35:42Z")
Hmm, verbose pompus ass vs. terse pompus ass. Such a dilemma. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2006, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/51 "2006-07-08T02:04:24Z")
> [@Mtgman](#): > > Hmm, verbose pompus ass vs. terse pompus ass. > > Such a dilemma. > > Enjoy, > Steven I might feel insulted by that, if I didn’t take it as a compliment! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874/52 "2006-07-14T16:59:57Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Nope, you are still a fucking liar. > > I said Kerry voted against the first Gulf War; you said he did not. You lied. **You** lied and you are lying now. I said, I explained repeatedly, that Kerry did not flatly oppose the war, but voted against the resolution to authorize Bush I to use force – explaining that once that power was granted, the decision would taken out of Congress’ hands entirely. And Bush, unlike many in Congress, did not appear inclined to give sanctions time to work. Events proved Kerry right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rikwriter-is-a-stupid-pathetic-miserable-coward/362874.md?page=2)