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Old 02-15-2011, 08:29 AM   #204
Toby Threadgill
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Re: New Internal Style of The Wooden Staff

Mark,

Did you think Mary was trying to hide her sarcasm? If so, the Americans and English truly are people separated by a common language.

And, I see no poorly disquised insults here. People being lampooned and satirized? Yes, and given some of the bizarre sophistry employed on this thread, satire and lampooning seems quite appropriate.

At the end of the day, someone came here to very publicly proclaim his budo expertise and qualifications. When scrutinized, his proclamation was found wanting, if not outright disingenuous. The responses from him and those who attempted to defend his actions were so obtuse and incoherent that any further attempt at discussion became an exercise in absurdity. At that point lampoonery, satire and sarcasm resulted. Such interaction is not only appropriate but a well worn method to guide a discussion back towards reasoned logic. Alas it is seldom successful, but some of us with a sense of humor do get a chuckle or two out of such dialogue, which means this exercise was not a complete bust.



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