Will Somebody UnBan Tribesman?

**Hooahguy** · 11-15-2010, 23:07

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

But I don't recall him ever offering up his opinion first for someone else to counter. He could tear up his opponent's argument and the validity of their links, but he would not expose his opinion to attack nor provide links to support his "facts" so that his opponents could question the validity of his sources. I personally found his style counter productive as one could not effectively debate with him. Yet thread after thread, our patrons would line up to take shots at his "tar babies".

So true. I remember once during one of these "debates" I demanded to know what he thought of the issue. He refused to answer, and just assaulted with more questions.

**drone** · 11-15-2010, 23:32

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

So true. I remember once during one of these "debates" I demanded to know what he thought of the issue. He refused to answer, and just assaulted with more questions.

This is why I think he just argued for the sake of it. That, and he seemed like a cynic of the highest order, if a thread went on for long enough it would come out that he usually had a bad opinion of both sides of the argument. He kept everyone honest, and usually had a "all politics are local" slant on most issues.

**Husar** · 11-16-2010, 07:13

Originally Posted by drone

This is why I think he just argued for the sake of it. That, and he seemed like a cynic of the highest order, if a thread went on for long enough it would come out that he usually had a bad opinion of both sides of the argument. He kept everyone honest, and usually had a "all politics are local" slant on most issues.

But that's not the same as not having an opinion, is it?

**drone** · 11-16-2010, 15:26

Originally Posted by Husar

But that's not the same as not having an opinion, is it?

Bollox!

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 11-16-2010, 15:58

I think Tribes degenerated as a poster, when I first joined in 2005 and AdrianII helped me find God (no joke, funny story) Tribes was an abrasive but still eloquent debater who did offer opinions and even occasionally links. Generally however he was intollerant and he would expect you to go off and find the source yourself with Google-Fu, but if enough of us wer dim for long enough you eventually got the link from him.

Unfortunately, over the last year or two years he was here he gradually devolved to posting little more than "bollox" and about 50 laughing milies with virtually no substance. It was extremely hard to like him at that point.