Miriam wrote:You are really tooooooooo elitist as well as being toooooooo funny, Megra.
I'm not in the least bit elitist as anyone not bristling with insecurities knows
Miriam wrote:You many "think" of yourself as ever so knowledgeable about life, however you actually portray only your ignorance! Yep! Ignorance!
I don't many [sic] "think" of myself at all. As to ignorance read below
Miriam wrote:My culture was not .....borrowed.....from Europe...silly lady.... my culture happily fled people who think such as you do...to find a new and brilliant country to establish.
Your culture is still borrowing. Far from all of the immigrants to your country were fleeing there. Many went there with money to make more money at the expense of those already there as Thomas Hariot was well aware back in 1585. Your "brilliant" country wasn't "established." It was stolen and the true nature of the "American Dream" has found its true expression at Oklahoma, Columbine, Virginia Tech etc. I have known and do know delightful American individuals, often generous of spirit and intelligent (sadly you don't count among them), but as a state there is something rotten at the heart of it.
Miriam wrote:Your continued use of RAG ON A STICK is insulting, but you know that!
Buy a dictionary, dear, or learn to read, starting with the above thread.
Miriam wrote:Pride in one's land of birth, brought to the surface by a National Anthem and the waving of FLAGS is a very special emotion.
No it isn't. It is tawdry, cheap and superficial sentiment and has nothing to do with pride.
Miriam wrote:There is no explaining it to someone who wants to make themselves appear "above it all" however....
It is always the mark of a poor reasoner that they will assume they know what another person thinks or wants. And it is invariably the case that they are a whole series of barns away from the truth, let alone a barn door but to be honest I couldn't give a rat's arse what you think. You'd have to command my respect for me to care and before you jump in with some other febrile and gratuitous accusation, there are plenty of people for whom I have the greatest respect and whose opinon matters to me. You're just not ever going to be one of them.
Miriam wrote: don't care to discuss Ghengis Khan or the rest of your extraneous nonsense with you, as the subject was FLAGS!!!
And that is precisely what I was writing about. Don't care to? Perhaps can't is more accurate.
Miriam wrote:It's obviously useless to attempt to explain any point of view to you, however.
So far from the truth. I am deeply interested in other people's points of view. Of course, they have to have some substance and be explained fully and logically for them to hold my interest. That's where you are failing to engage.
Miriam wrote:May you be hoisted on your own petard!!!
It's hoist not hoisted and with not on. If you are going to use quotations at least have the grace to quote correctly. BTW, I don't actually own a petard. Indeed, I've never even seen one but then they did become obsolete several centuries ago.
Miriam wrote: I'd be most careful when out in public about expressing your views however!!!
I don't need to be careful, never have, never will. Honesty and expressing opinions based on solid foundations is all I have ever needed. That is all that is ever required of me by those with sincerity, a modicum of intelligence and a a genuine desire to exchange knowledge and information
And suddenly I'm so very bored. Trying to have a serious discussion with somebody with such a blatant disregard for anything approaching a fact, who insists on taking out her own obvious sense of inadequacy on others is wearing. It's not as though you are in the least bit interested anyway and it's not as though you have any desire to raise yourself above your superficial self-absorption. What started as an interesting discussion has degenerated because of your silly need to attempt to best someone else with a string of insults if nothing else in your limited arsenal works. Ain't gonna happen. I'm outta here so I suggest you go play with yourself.