O/T The Guardian newspaper

[ramAnag]

So, erm, you don't want to converse with AF and TTR and some months ago you said the same of me....

So that's perhaps 30% of the forum membership that you don't want to talk to.

Seems like you're narrowing the forum down to those that agree with you and avoiding contrary opinion. I think what you're looking for, in the States, would be termed a circle jerk (in the OED sense, not Urban Dictionary!)

Tbf, GP, you and I have been getting along fine pretty much throughout January...I think I even referred to you returning to be more like your previous persona of Roger Ramjet when we differed, but quite sensibly and constructively.

I’ll talk to anyone, indeed, although I disagreed with him, I was perfectly polite to Tricky throughout the weekend and yesterday morning until he started to chuck out the tiresome old rear gunner or associated references.

What I’m not interested in is sad attempts at personally directed humour - or worse in the case of our moderator - to deflect from the debates that are sometimes half decent on here.

No...I don’t need a ‘circle jerk’, a hug or the approval of anyone on here. To disagree with you and your childish ‘kill the poor’ outbursts, Tricky’s overt right wing nonsense and AF’s poorly disguised racist inclinations are all things I’m completely comfortable with.
In fact if I agreed with any of you when those respective stances are adopted I’d be deeply worried.
It’s probably nicer to be agreed with than repeatedly vilified by the three sh1t stirrers but beyond that, I couldn’t care less other than to add that, constantly defending myself against the nonsense spouted by our moderator, TTR and, to a lesser extent, yourself becomes more than a little tedious and frankly, a waste of my time.

[Trickytreesreds]

Tbf, GP, you and I have been getting along fine pretty much throughout January...I think I even referred to you returning to be more like your previous persona of Roger Ramjet when we differed, but quite sensibly and constructively.

I’ll talk to anyone, indeed, although I disagreed with him, I was perfectly polite to Tricky throughout the weekend and yesterday morning until he started to chuck out the tiresome old rear gunner or associated references.

What I’m not interested in is sad attempts at personally directed humour - or worse in the case of our moderator - to deflect from the debates that are sometimes half decent on here.

No...I don’t need a ‘circle jerk’, a hug or the approval of anyone on here. To disagree with you and your childish ‘kill the poor’ outbursts, Tricky’s overt right wing nonsense and AF’s poorly disguised racist inclinations are all things I’m completely comfortable with.
In fact if I agreed with any of you when those respective stances are adopted I’d be deeply worried.
It’s probably nicer to be agreed with than repeatedly vilified by the three sh1t stirrers but beyond that, I couldn’t care less other than to add that, constantly defending myself against the nonsense spouted by our moderator, TTR and, to a lesser extent, yourself becomes more than a little tedious and frankly, a waste of my time.

So you don't want a hug?

OK, I' ll not upset you anymore with my vicious jibes.
Please make sure your reciprocate with your hidden jokes, as I will jump on them immediately

[ramAnag]

So you don't want a hug?

OK, I' ll not upset you anymore with my vicious jibes.
Please make sure your reciprocate with your hidden jokes, as I will jump on them immediately

Which bit of ‘I couldn’t care less’ did you miss, how has it ever been the case that you could ever ‘upset’ me and when have I ever accused you of ‘vicious’ jibes?
Total fantasy again on your part, but I’ve probably written about 500 words today defending myself and that’s more than enough wasted time.

[swaledale]

Ah another fine well considered response.

[Andy_Faber]

Ah another fine well considered response.

Appreciated