RolandOfGilead said:
How often people react to suggestions about appropriate behavior with even more worse acts of social psychosis.
No matter how politely worded, they cannot find it within themselves to recognize even the slightest personal fault
or responsibility. However - I shall be the bigger man.
In what way are you the "bigger man", when you proceed to do exactly what you are falsely accusing me of this very post?
If, by not responding to your curious escape clause, I insinuated that in fact it was not read, that is incorrect.
*shrug* That is what it seemed like, since you ignored it in your initial response. If you did in fact read it, then it meant you ignored it on purpose. Seems a little rude, don't you think?
I took your entire post into account, but found fault with your reasoning, and believing certain truths to be self evident, found no need to expound upon your error by pointing it out.
So, as I thought, you ignored my statement on purpose, and for a rather rude reason. Thank you for that much honesty at least.
I'm not sure what kind of game you play in, but you seem confused. First, you belittle the tactic by saying that virtually anyone with a brain will counter it by method x.
Actually, I said no such thing. Please stop making up non-existent statements and attributing them to me.
It seems rather dishonest, at least to me. I would even consider it harassment if you choose to persist in the practice.
Then, when I point out that its not all that likely that it would be countered so, you reply that what I've said is true, and you admonished me to read the last part of your post, which agreed with my statement.
I'm afraid that I must ask you to stop grossly exaggerating my statements as you have done so far.
I did in fact disagree with your stance that a tactic to counter the effects of the
Calm Emotions spell would be "less than extremely rare" as you put it. It would seem reasonable for it to be relatively common among those who work for spellcasters, and those who have any amount of military training in a fantasy world, as I alluded to in my first post.
This would make it much more common than the "less than extremely rare" frequency you quoted for it, while rather less common than the "virtually anyone with a brain will counter it" frequency that you falsely attributed to me.
Your assumption that almost no one in a fantasy world would know how to counter the effects of a common second level spell would seem to be an obvious fault in your reasoning, and thus I attempted to correct it.
I was quite astonished at the virulence of your reply, in what I thought was to be a reasoned debate. Don't worry though, this lapse on your part does not cause me to hold you in any less regard than I did previously.
When I respond that I understood your post, but that your tone was needlessly defensive, you respond "Uh uh! Was not! You're the rude one! and by the way, it wont work so pthbt!"..
hehe.
Now I ask you, was this personal attack really necessary?
Dude, take a grain of salt with everything in the messageboards,
dont take yourself so seriously, and stop making a fool of yourself!
Thanks,
Roland
Once again, I must politely ask you to please head your own advice. If you can't maintain a modicum of politeness and respect when replying to another poster, then you probably need to rethink why you are posting in the first place.
Just a small, non aggressive suggestion.
