Miller, psssst. It wasn’t an accident.
Fair enough, I suppose. You were never able to explain why it was unethical. You also chose never to respond to many of the people giving you lots of explanations of why it was an ethical decision to make clear what remained a question for you. We do disagree, but you also seem to lack a grasp of even the basic issues necessary to formulate an opinion of the matter, and gave no impression that you wanted to learn.
Who exactly were you trying to insult, then? Because “You are forever reminding me of how different the legal profession is from those with ethical standards,” sure sounds like a swipe at the legal profession in general. Where’s the whoosh, exactly?
So you deliberately stated a malicious falsehood simply to be inflammatory. Not only are you unethical and stupid; you are a jerk.
See, more misuse of the word “whoosh”. I’ve seen people do this crap before. What the fuck does “whoosh” mean in your book, Zoe? Because from here it seems like it means “I said something stupid and insulting, but I’m going to call it a funny name in an attempt to make it seem like I don’t need to apologize.”
Oh, so people are beating up on you because you’ve admitted to mental health problems? (For the record, I called her “delusional” a couple posts above, but I had no idea she had experienced mental illness and I certainly have no idea whether she has actually experienced delusions to due it.)
So you’re mentally ill. Ever look at a thread about mental illness here? You’re not alone. Not remotely. Spare me the martyr act - you’re being condemned here for your behavior and your complete inability to admit that you were wrong and made completely baseless accusations of misconduct against Vetbridge. You owe him an enormous apology.
Trying to deflect by crying about your mental illness demonstrates a serious lack of class, and it’s a major insult to everyone in this thread (there’s several of us, if I’m not mistaken) who suffer from mental illnesses.
And you failed to show how they did. The trouble is that, from a rhetorical perspective, it’s your job to demonstrate their relevance. You can shower a citations on us until we drown in them - it still doesn’t prove your point. Though it’s an interesting tactic - from now on, whenever anyone disagrees, I’m going to point to the Oxford English Dictionary and Encyclopedia Brittanica and say, “Prove that nothing in those books supports my point!”
Again, you got no class at all, Zoe.
And yet you have been completely unable to even put together a reasoned argument to prove that you’re right. Why exactly do you still think you are?
A point I made earlier - twice. I eluded to the fact that you don’t have nearly enough information to cast any sort of judgment on Vetbridge in my very first post in the thread.
You just chose to ignore it. No class at all, Zoe.
I also alluded to it.
I scrolled up and own reading & re-reading and trying to figure WTF the “whoosh” comment was all about until she said
Playing nasty games like that in a thread where you are attacking the very core of person’s professional credibility betrays the assumption that everyone made in this thread, that although they might disagree with you, that you were posting in good faith. It’s almost troll like.
to quote Linty Fresh from a thread in My Humble Opinion"
“plus the fact that it’s hard to logically argue someone out of an opinion that they didn’t come to logically in the first place–usually makes me smile, nod, and nip the debate in the bud with a simple thanks and goodbye, no matter where I am”
so Zoe 
, nod
thanks and goodbye
when you come back
bring logic
Hell, we could start with that sentence. But I don’t think that I could fairly criticize something you said without justifying your (expected) conclusion that I was somehow endorsing some of the rest. And hey, going through sentence-by-sentence would take way too long. Let’s do it the other way instead.
Smartest and most rational thing you’ve said in this thread:
I take the rest of your comments as proof of this rather unremarkable claim.
isn’t the best advice for the Pit “know when to stop digging”?
Rick with a thump on the ear in the Pit.
What is the problem with your reading comprehension? To the contrary. I don’t think that either of the people that I was responding to about “writing a letter” were aware of my history of mental illness. That was the point.
No, I don’t think that anyone here has “beaten me up” because I have had mental health problems. If you look back at many of those threads that you talk about, I’ve participated in them. No martyr here, thanks. No need.
That may be true, Excalibre, but that’s not the response that reveals my lack of class. Again, you are having difficulty with reading comprehension.
A review:
Bricker said: “Not a record admirable for its cogency or its persuasive power, Zoe.”
When I said, “Very good, Bricker. Now point to your eyes and your nose,” that was another way of stating that Bricker had pointed out the obvious. In other words, I was agreeing with him that my arguments lacked persuasive power.
Hentor, I don’t know why I have not responded more directly to more of your comments. Maybe it was because most of them were directed to other Dopers. Or maybe it was because I found your arguments too intimidating. It was easier to field some of the other comments. It wasn’t intentional.
:smack: Good point. Sorry.
Again, I admitted to a lack of information in my first post also.
Yet somehow, you think that you have enough information to read my mind and know what I am thinking and feeling – so much so that you contradict me on it. The irony.
Hentor, no problem. I was probably subconsciously glad for a reason not to try to respond.
Which you did by insulting his entire profession. Which brings us back to what the hell you meant by saying it was a “whoosh,” because I think everyone figured that you were trying to insult Bricker already. The issue is how you went about doing it.
But you know what? It would probably be better if you didn’t, as your attempts to explain things are pretty consistently making you look worse and worse. I don’t know what you’re trying to accomplish with this thread, but it sure doesn’t seem to be working. Maybe you should just quit while you’re behind.
Insult Bricker? In the pit? You have to be kidding.
Zoe, get this fucker closed down by a mod. It isn’t going anywhere except to destroy your posting creds…and you have plenty babe. Put this trainwreck down…it’s getting painful now for the rest of us.
FTR, I was with you with your OP as I also queried vetbridges ‘ethics’ and motivations in the original thread, but this one has gone too far now. I suggest you bow out gracefully and concede defeat.
And, in anticipation of that… (((((((Zoe)))))))
Thanks, kambuckta.
I think I’ll fold my tent now and silently steal away.
Mods, this one needs to be closed.
Extra ((((((((Zoe Hugs))))))) for being so brave then!!
Well done lassie. ;j
So, you’re still not going to apologize?