10-09-2012, 09:42 AM
Keeping "hurtful and mean-spirited opinions" to yourself (David Deary's sentiments which I wholly applaud) surely applies both ways!?
Such opinions are just as unwelcome whether uttered by a Nigel Short (in someone's opinion) or by anyone who .... allows himself or herself to get so worked up by the (perceived) offensiveness of such utterances as to reduce their corrective reply to the level of the "offender" ... almost always unhelpfully.
By all means argue against anything Nigel Short or anyone else says or writes. Keeping such put downs firmly argued, factual and civil, however, tends to enhance points. Adding gratuitous insult almost always detracts from them ... to my mind!
Have fun rather than fisticuffs!
Such opinions are just as unwelcome whether uttered by a Nigel Short (in someone's opinion) or by anyone who .... allows himself or herself to get so worked up by the (perceived) offensiveness of such utterances as to reduce their corrective reply to the level of the "offender" ... almost always unhelpfully.
By all means argue against anything Nigel Short or anyone else says or writes. Keeping such put downs firmly argued, factual and civil, however, tends to enhance points. Adding gratuitous insult almost always detracts from them ... to my mind!
Have fun rather than fisticuffs!