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[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

Do I threaten the ideas of so many on Subsim that I am the Sarah Palin of this board?

If so I bow for the attention, and wonder why?

I don't feel threatened by you. No one does. You just seem to take great offense whenever someone disagrees with you. One of the basic tenents of the web is that if you can't handle having your views challenged, you probably shouldn't post them on an internet forum.

One of Steve's complaints was that you make an assertation and then command others to refute it. Unfortunately, that is not how any discussion works. I can claim that zebras are blue and orange striped. It is my assertation. The burden of proof is on me. To do anything less is simply conducting a dishonest process, which people will resent.

Oh, and for the record, Wikipedia is credible enough to serve as source on an internet forum. Forums are like taverns, not lecture halls; you don't do hard research on one, and if you are looking for it then you are in the wrong place.

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[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

I can think of a few members who should bear the same burden. Yet it's the new guy who is called troll and attacked for views which are contrary to the board ordinary.

And once again that particular style seems familiar.

You aren't called troll and attacked for "views which are contrary to the board ordinary." You are called troll for redirecting threads to suit an agenda and for avoiding honest debate.

And can you show an actual attack in this thread, or any other. Someone pointing out that your arguments are devious is not an attack; it's an observation. I have addressed your comments, and you have responded with dismissals of sources without addressing the references contained within those sources, and refusal to address the other sources provided.

Honest debate is welcome. But show me where you have engaged in honest debate.