~BD~ wrote:
> FromTheRafters wrote:
>> Jenn wrote:
>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:19:00 +0100, Bear wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ~BD~<~BD~@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>>>>> news:OdWdncp1kdiIRMLSnZ2dnUVZ7sGdnZ2d@bt.com:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:33:14 +0100, Bear wrote:
>>>>>> [....]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This thread would have had value for newcomers until your ilk
>>>>>>>> spoilt it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I didn't spoil it. I was following it with interest and made *no*
>>>>>>> comment until some other ****er tried to spoil it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BD certainly *isn't* my 'ilk', and I consider it insulting that you
>>>>>>> lumped me together with him in any context.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your manner is putting people off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The fact that I commented on someone trying to spoil the thread?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> **** off.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think you should apologise to 'Bear'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You really are an arrogant Bar Steward.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tell him, too, that you came and visited me on my narrowboat with
>>>>>> your son and daughter - *and* drank my beer!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You speak with a forked tongue, Aardvark. Folk are beginning to see
>>>>>> your *real* persona - you're making really big mistakes.<shrug>
>>>>>
>>>>> He should apologize but not because you and your cult members say
>>>>> so. If he has any character, such actions come naturally.
>>>>
>>>> Here's the deal- you apologise to me for accusing me of ruining a
>>>> thread when I didn't, and then trying to tar me with the same ****ing
>>>> brush as BD, and I'll consider apologising for reacting appropriately.
>>>>
>>>> Seems fair to me.
>>>
>>> You think Bear should apologize to you?? I think this is one of the
>>> funniest things I've read on usenet in the last month!! LOL
>>>
>> You and your ilk would think that was funny.
>
> Sometimes I really do wonder about you, FTR.
>
> Bear assessed Aardvark correctly in the blink of an eye.
>
> Rednecks stand out in any crowd, whatever the country.
>
*You* interrupted a thread in which many were participating and other
interested party's were lurking. Bear's irritation was because of that
hijacking of a good thread. Aardvark chastised you for doing so, and
Bear *incorrectly* chastised Aardvark for *your* behavior *and* lumped
Aardvark together with you (you're the "ilk" in his statement).

Aardvark may seem corrosive or abrasive, but he was *right* and Bear
should have apologized for lumping him in with you as a disruptive
influence.

I don't expect Bear to apologize, but a better man would.

That being said, I don't like Aarvark's constant abrasion. But on the
other hand - nobody said I had to like it. I understand his reasoning
for doing it.