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Originally Posted by Tribesman
After which I will write exactly the same thing the next time the "its the muslims" topic comes up, for no other reason than the content of the posts in question are accurate and such despicable views should always be countered and shown for what they are
Unless of course its keelhauled , which would be quite funny in a topic about an assault by people "offended" by freedom of speech  |
The thing is though, Tribesman, you're your own worst enemy, really.
Think about it this way, I've spent the past week in the local county court, three days of which was spent in a case involving a suspected drug dealer. It was not up to the defence to prove the man innocent, but to the prosecution to prove him guilty, the presumption of innocence as it is legally known as. As such, the prosecution called two people to the stand and brought forward evidence to the jury so that we may judge whether he is innocent or guilty, and likewise the defence brought forward the defendant himself so that the same process can be undertaken.
If the prosecution had turned to the jury and said "Well, go and look for the evidence yourself" the case, and the prosecution would have been dismissed.
Likewise, if you are writing an essay for an academic institution and you quote from a book or another essay, you are asked to provide a source for this quote in the bibliography or reference section at the rear of the paper. If you were to simply write in that section "Go and look for it yourself" then you would likely receive a lot of red ink and a stern lecture from whoever you're writing the essay for.
Using the search function in Subsim isn't that hard, for example you referred to:
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So when the forum owners reponse to posting terrorist supporting hate sites is, I thought n*****s was on the forum filter, is there any point?
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So, you go into the search function and do this:
which gives you this:
And then when you click on the one you want, you can just click on the post number and then copy and paste the link directly into your post, like this:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...7&postcount=16
It really is not that difficult, and when you are the first to pull apart the links provided by other people and yet so reluctant to provide them yourself, it does rather create an air of hypocrisy.
So, surely it's better to provide links to your claims, using the search function, or even google if you wish, and add that extra bit of legitimacy and authenticity to your post rather than just mocking the other poster for not searching for it themselves.