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ferrarilover wrote:Disagreement with good cause, I like, I enjoy, it's why I come here, because I like arguing the toss. I may be a sad old bastard, but I like batting opinions around to and fro and seeing where we end up. Disagreement and argument based not on the content of the post, but on the poster alone makes my heart sink and my soul weep for the futility of it all. Be true to yourself. If you dissent from my view for plausible reasons, then fine, but if you agree but choose to dissent because you don't like 'ferrarilover', then you really need to ask yourself if you couldn't better use your time doing something constructive.

I have no doubt that, had I posted a damning report on Benyon and stated that I love Callum Ball, that a number among our membership who would otherwise have posted similar would post their opinion as quite the opposite, merely to dissent from my view.

This seems churlish and spiteful. I am not concerned with that. What does perturb me is that these posters are willing to dissent not only from me, but from themselves in order to 'stir the pot'. This, quite apart from being enormously pointless, is one of the saddest things I can imagine. An opinion held for the purpose of contrary is no opinion at all.

Matt.

gullintwoplaces wrote:Matt, I don't always agree with your comments, but I will say for you that you don't make up evidence to justify what you say. This is to your credit. Some people do this all the time, and I find that unforgiveable.

ferrarilover wrote:Disagreement with good cause, I like, I enjoy, it's why I come here, because I like arguing the toss. I may be a sad old bastard, but I like batting opinions around to and fro and seeing where we end up.
Disagreement and argument based not on the content of the post, but on the poster alone makes my heart sink and my soul weep for the futility of it all. Be true to yourself. If you dissent from my view for plausible reasons, then fine, but if you agree but choose to dissent because you don't like 'ferrarilover', then you really need to ask yourself if you couldn't better use your time doing something constructive.

I have no doubt that, had I posted a damning report on Benyon and stated that I love Callum Ball, that a number among our membership who would otherwise have posted similar would post their opinion as quite the opposite, merely to dissent from my view.

This seems churlish and spiteful. I am not concerned with that. What does perturb me is that these posters are willing to dissent not only from me, but from themselves in order to 'stir the pot'. This, quite apart from being enormously pointless, is one of the saddest things I can imagine. An opinion held for the purpose of contrary is no opinion at all.

Matt.

ferrarilover wrote:There are a frightening number of people here with nothing better to do than swipe (ineffectively) at everything I write. Could you not dedicate your efforts and time instead to charity work or writing a novel?

Yes, it's my opinion and yes people will disagree. In other news, the sky is blue, the Pope is Catholic and a bear has been spotted sh*tting in the woods.

Matt.

ferrarilover wrote:There are a frightening number of people here with nothing better to do than swipe (ineffectively) at everything I write. Could you not dedicate your efforts and time instead to charity work or writing a novel?

Yes, it's my opinion and yes people will disagree. In other news, the sky is blue, the Pope is Catholic and a bear has been spotted sh*tting in the woods.

Matt.

ferrarilover wrote:There are a frightening number of people here with nothing better to do than swipe (ineffectively) at everything I write. Could you not dedicate your efforts and time instead to charity work or writing a novel?

Yes, it's my opinion and yes people will disagree. In other news, the sky is blue, the Pope is Catholic and a bear has been spotted sh*tting in the woods.

Matt.

ferrarilover wrote:I promise I'm not doing this just to repay the favour from the Callum Ball thread, but Tezza is quite fair on this occasion.

On paper, yes, this lad is a decent signing. However, none of us really knows a thing about him. The Burton link is tenuous, given that he played a different role there and Callum Ball is indeed testament to a decent upbringing not necessarily translating into success at L2 level.

I'm sure he'll be fine and that there's no need to worry about him (quite separate from the need to continue to worry generally), but let's not make the collective error of taking the champagne off ice just yet.

Matt.

ferrarilover wrote:I promise I'm not doing this just to repay the favour from the Callum Ball thread, but Tezza is quite fair on this occasion.

On paper, yes, this lad is a decent signing. However, none of us really knows a thing about him. The Burton link is tenuous, given that he played a different role there and Callum Ball is indeed testament to a decent upbringing not necessarily translating into success at L2 level.

I'm sure he'll be fine and that there's no need to worry about him (quite separate from the need to continue to worry generally), but let's not make the collective error of taking the champagne off ice just yet.

Matt.