Farewell

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Nisgeis

The only time more than one person posted about 4Para was when 4Para tried to claim that his mock style was proper grammar, to which multiple people took exception to. This is entirely to be expected.

I agree with that, to the best of my memory, and I agree with your assessment of his actual English-speaking abilities.

But...

You seem to be forgetting all the snipes he made at Sailor Steve for no other reason that Sailor Steve once made the mistake of commenting on 4Para's grammar. From that moment on, it was as if 4Para had the green light to constantly pick on whatever Sailor Steve said. He was always brusing for a fight. If not a direct one with Sailor Steve, he'd often 'insert' himself into an argument between two other people (or preferably between Sailor Steve and someone else), by commenting on what one of them had said to try to get a response.

I didn't really see him as picking on me, or on anything I said. In fact, he did PM me several times to discuss, in his odd manner, what had been said and what I thought of it. While I never really considered him a friend, I also didn't think of him as a bad person or as a troll, though sometimes it's hard to be sure.

I also tried to explain why some people did have a negative reaction, and he seemed to take it in stride.

He was, as I recall very rude to Sailor Steve. Sailor Steve is of course well known as a pillar of the community, so to have someone attack him was quite jarring and particularly notable, as it takes a 'special kind' of person to hold a grudge against the affable Sailor Steve.

Again you may be right, or you may be seeing it in a different light, but I never actually felt any real animosity from him or for him.

That said, it is hard to take someone seriously when you're not sure what they're trying to say, or if they're trying to say anything at all.