If you could go back to 2000 who would you vote for?

**Koga No Goshi** · 09-26-2008, 01:58

Originally Posted by Don Corleone

First and foremost, I'm intricately aware of the politics in both the 2000 and the 2004 election.

Second, no, you didn't make any direct quotes which is why I didn't make any quote marks. I can understand why an intelligent person might be a Chavez supporter, let alone Al Gore or George Bush. I don't feel a need to resort to insults and derision to express why I believe they're wrong. You apparently lack that, which is why I felt that the need to continue the discussion is over.

If you truly believe I was attempting to falsely attribute a direct quote to you, I apologize. I was employing a device known as paraphrasing.

1) Have not insulted anybody. Though I have called specific arguments or lines of thought "dumb" or "naive", and usually quoted them or discussed them specifically.

2) If this is a personal problem with my style PM'ming me instead of making a public snipe would be appreciated.

3) If anyone thinks I have personally insulted them there was no intention to do so on my part.

4) If you start a topic about real-life politics but then say you have to research this, look into that, or haven't heard about this, then don't draw hard ideological battle lines and insist something is definitely this or you're certain of that.

5) Sorry for sounding hostile but I felt called out and misrepresented by Corleone's "paraphrase" of me.