Burn A Koran Day

[Griff]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The difference is that I had to give up something to get those perks. I had to make many sacrifices that neither you or many other will ever have to give up.

Minor quibble; You didn't have to do it, you thought it was a good deal and you took it and the others who paid for it did so without the job security you enjoyed. Condescension is an interesting poison which we both seem to like. Where interactions with you are concerned, I fall into the same klesha that you fall into whenever you talk politics. I'll try for peace, but your passion for the fringe doesn't strike me as a way to a sensible solution to our mounting debt crisis, so despite our not so dissimilar economic views we will be in conflict.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Griff

Minor quibble; You didn't have to do it, you thought it was a good deal and you took it and the others who paid for it did so without the job security you enjoyed.

Hardly a minor difference. I had a contract for job, which I had to qualify for, through an education, or I would not have gotten the job. Once the system accepted my application I had to abide by a set system of terms and conditions. And throughout that period I had to continually requalify to continue to receive my pay and benifits. That is hardly a comparison to a socialized system where your only qualification is that you have to do nothing and someone else pays your way.... for generations.

Condescension is an interesting poison which we both seem to like. Where interactions with you are concerned, I fall into the same klesha that you fall into whenever you talk politics. I'll try for peace, but your passion for the fringe doesn't strike me as a way to a sensible solution to our mounting debt crisis, so despite our not so dissimilar economic views we will be in conflict.

That may be so, but your disdain for me is well documented on this forum. I have hardly made such comments to you or about you with the exception of when I first joined, what, years ago. So be it.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

That may be so, but your disdain for me is well documented on this forum. I have hardly made such comments to you or about you with the exception of when I first joined, what, years ago. So be it.

True. It goes back to your abuse of Ibram. He has essentially dropped off the board, it was a long time ago, and I need to let it go.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Griff

True. It goes back to your abuse of Ibram. He has essentially dropped off the board, it was a long time ago, and I need to let it go.

But why do you leave off my public apology to him? I screwed up big time and admitted it to him and everyone else here. Am I not allowed a chance to make amends when I see that I have done wrong? Is perfection of a man your standard? When a person makes a mistake and then makes a public apology to the person he wronged is that not enough? When do I get that break? Ibram was owed an apology and got one. What he chose to do with it from that point forward was his decision. But if you carefully re-read that thread and see what I said to him maybe you could cut me some slack. We have all had to deal with internal demons, he just happened to bring some forth for me and I had to face them after what I said to him. They are still there to some degree, but I at least admitted to the community that I was wrong.

[Griff]

I was probably not reading it very charitably back then. You've admitted the wrong here. I will try to focus on what you write not my preconceptions of you. I can see you are not attempting to start something, you are finishing something and that is admirable. I will also strive to be a better dwellar. I apologize for being a complete bastard to you.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Griff

I was probably not reading it very charitably back then. You've admitted the wrong here. I will try to focus on what you write not my preconceptions of you. I can see you are not attempting to start something, you are finishing something and that is admirable. I will also strive to be a better dwellar. I apologize for being a complete bastard to you.

And I to you. I propose a peace pact. I recognize that we are both passionate in our feelings about issues but I assure you that I am not, nor have I ever been a one trick pony. I have a wide range of diverse views and opinions on things. I completely respect your divergence of my views and will strive to be a better poster to you personally. I publicly apologize if have said anything offensive to you personally, not about our differing views, but about you. Please accept my apology and let's move forward from this point. I can't go back and change some of the things I have said to you, but I acknowledge them and will try to make amends. That is the best I can do.