QUOTE(Somey @ Fri 16th May 2008, 5:35am)
Also, do intimidation tactics have even the slightest chance of working on you, Moulton?
Anankastic conditionals rarely work on me.
One time, on a forum a few years ago, I responded, "I'll take
OR ELSE for twenty Quatloos, Alex."
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I've been getting the impression that you actually like it when they do that. It certainly makes it easier to see where they're a-comin' from.
It's not that I like it. But you're right about them defining themselves by their behaviors. What I like to see is improvement in behavior over time. Alas, Jim seems to be regressing toward the meanie.
Here's the part I don't get... Jim disclosed in the talk pages on Picard's bio that his daughter has Autism. And Picard is a leading researcher developing innovative technologies to help people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. So why would he be so quick to denigrate her? It makes no sense.