AghAyoon,
First of all, whatever you think, I could care less about "winning an argument"; only to discuss the issue. To me, this was not
only about people attending a dinner, but much more. It's a multi-faceted, multi-dimensional issue, and if it took another 20 pages to address its various acpects, so be it, because it
was worth discussing.
But discuss the
issue not the
person discussing it. You disagree with me? Fine! You dislike my argumnets? It's your prerogative. But if you're going to judge how this thread regressed into personal attacks, you can't play this diplomatic, stay-in-the-middle game. There were at least a dozen people here who disagreed with me, weren't there? How many of them did I make personal remarks about? How many did I mock, ridicule, call silly or "khodforoosh"? If you conducted your argument with reason and dignity, you got it back. And it's not like this is an isolated incident. I have a 12 year history of condcut here.
I repeatedly asked FI and IZ to stop making things personal; here, in another thread, and in PM. Every time I asked, they escalated things further. How many times does one have to ask before patience boils over? To add insult to injury, FI comes back with this seemingly innocent, but very rhetorical question about what I think about last year elections?! One has to be either a complete idiot for "asking" that, or know full well what he is doing. I know he is no idiot, so it's the latter. If he had called my mother, I wouldn't be so offended. And when I react in uncharacteristic anger, clearly taking offense to his remark, instead of a simple "sorry if I offended you", one accuse me of "fahashi" and the other tells me not to act like a victim!! ajaaaaab! It's like someone sticking something up your ass and then telling you not to scream in pain and act like a victim. In the 12+ years I have been here, I have had a lot of disagreements with a lot of people. Never have I been so insulted. Never this distraught.
jenAbe FI. A private message is supposed to be
private. But since you did bring it up here clearly in an attempt to further make me "look bad" and damage my reputation, I will post it word-by-word for everyone to see and judge for themselves.
Before I depart all of this foor good, I have one last word for the rest of you. You think "staying quiet" about these few individuals is deplorable? So is staying quiet while one of your own is unjustly and mercilessly subjected to unprovoked personal attacks, offensive remarks, and unfounded accusation (explicitly or implicitly)! And no, I am not "acting like a vicitim". It's not about
me. It never was. It's about the implications of that mentality; its impact on all of us; on the future we profess to strive for. Today, they railroad one person for having a different opinion. Tomorrow, it will be "you".
to khAh az sokhanam pand gir khAh malAl.
shab o roozetoon khosh!
Here is my PM to FI for those interested.
boro jamesh kon maskhareh!!
That was no "question". It was a comment that you knew I will find insulting. What are you, blind? Was this the only thread I wrote in the last few months? Did you not know how actively I followed news from Iran and posted it? Did you not know how I felt about the events of last year?
pas cherA khodeto dAri be kharriat mizani?
Is winning a fucking argument so significant to you to implicate me? Fine! You won the argument. What are going to do about your soul? What are you going to do about your vojdAn, if you have any?
Instead of backing off when you see I take insult to your comment, you come back with these comments?!! beh jAye mazert-khAhi for your insulting "question" I found so offensive tAzeh do ghort o nimet ham bAghieh!!
You stung me like a poisonous snake, now you are sitting there looking all innocent wondering why I am screaming in pain?! veghAhat ham haddi dAreh.
What do you think you gained by this? What? You won an argument? Congrats! But don't go basking in glory! You also lost a friend!
