Arnold:

>> Ranma 1/2 isn't funny.  Good, now pick your jaw off the floor.  I don't
>> find the series all that funny at all.  I don't talk or debate about the
>> "humor" because it's not humourous.  I didn't lose the fun, it doesn't
>> exist.  I debate about the more serious aspects, for the most part.
>> Thus I debate seriously.  There IS no other way to debate, unless you
>> flame, which I don't.  Sorry for the stacatto tone, but I've said this
>> before.

You shouldn't say 'it doesn't exist' - people can (and probably will) yell
at you for that.  You should say, 'I don't see it as existing' - then, it's
clearly an opinion.  If people yell at you for that, you can just roll your
eyes and say, "It was an opinion.  Sheesh.  Don't get so worked up."

Oh, and BTW, for all those 'HK and Blade are the same person' folks - this
is another difference between us; I like the anime (though it's inaccurate
and contradictory), and I find Ranma 1/2 in general funny.  Blade doesn't.
Neither of us is right because it's an opinion. :)

>I think this strikes at the core of why people here can seem rather
hostiletowards >you at 
>times, and I think thatt's what the person above is trying to say as well.
 Your >rather 
>serious and "harsh (for lack of a better word)" posts I guess kinda make
people 
>uncomfortable.  I mean, this is an otherwise rather relaxed, semi-serious,
and >friendly 
>atmosphere on this ML, and your posts sorta stand out.

Rather relaxed?  Here??  Every time *I* say something, I feel like I'm
waiting for a bomb to explode...  But then again, that's the disadvantage
to having people who have a lot of time to post and hate your guts. :P

>Take a look at Hunter Kid for example.  

All Eyez on Me...

>He shares many of the same viewpoints and 
>opinions that you do, and yourstyles, for the most part, seem similar.
However, he >is also 
>able to maintain the lighthearted atmosphere of the ML in his posts (at
least with >me).  

At least with you, definitely. :P  With some of the other folks - most
notably Don (who holds the ever-so-friendly opinion that I suck at debating
and 'have yet to show any sign of intelligence'), Bradster (who regards my
opinions as 'ludicrous' - he left, though, IIRC), and Jesse (mainly because
he hates Ukyou, though he's at odds with Blade far more than me) - the
little 'wars' get pretty harsh. :P

OTOH, I can debate and remain pretty civil with you, Arnold, Blade (yes, we
disagree on some points), Kun-chan (it was civil...until the very end :P),
Yumeko, Laura; just about anyone else.

>OTOH, you, being as serious as you are, may have inadvertently intimidated
a few of >the 
>members of the ML.   I can personally vouch for this, which may be why
I've stopped 
>debating with you after the Bitter End thing on RAAF.  Well, that and the
fact that >my 
>stubbornness and pride would really take a debate farther than I would
like it to.^_^

Curses!  <chases Arnold with a broadsword>  Do *not* bring up the Bitter
End debate from RAAF, damn you!  That's worse than Jesse's 'minefield'
thing for starting a flamewar!

>I'm not one to critique your style, but I'm just saying that it could very
much be >why you 
>are somwhat "unpopular" around these parts.^_^

You know, if you read between the lines here, you could say that P-Hawk
(Paradin) was right after all...  Sure, the ML folk don't like him because
he's harsh - but could that harshness be just skill, represented in a
different form?

Food for thought. :)

>Arnold Kim
>wierd thing is, I find myself agreeing with you a lot of the time...

<piku>

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