"American Sniper" Chris Kyle shot dead at shooting range

[dps]

Does anyone think that Marty isn't being an ass?

I'm reasonably sure that everyone is aware that he's being an ass.  The question is whether or not he's being so deliberately in order to troll, or if it's just the way he really is.

[garbon]

Why should I care?

[derspiess]

Does anyone think that Marty isn't being an ass?

I'm reasonably sure that everyone is aware that he's being an ass.  The question is whether or not he's being so deliberately in order to troll, or if it's just the way he really is.

Either way, he's getting the attention he wants.  I think we'd all be best served by giving him less of it.

[dps]

Why should I care?

No real reason any of us should actually care;  it's just that it can be fun to speculate.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm reasonably sure that everyone is aware that he's being an ass.  The question is whether or not he's being so deliberately in order to troll, or if it's just the way he really is.

Not sure the choice is quite as binary as you make it out to be.  Trolls are motivated by the desire to upset other people.  Marty, the real person, enjoys making offensive comments.  It validates his belief that he's bravely standing up the mob.  So yes, he's trolling, and yes, that's just the way he is.

[Valmy]

The fact that this forum's jingoistic flag-waving Yanks have been exposed to people who do not have their heads so deep in the military butts does not mean this changed your attitudes a bit - it just shows there is no point in arguing as you will always see this as "Europeans shit-talking about the U.S. military".

Heh.  Even if this was an entirely fair assesment the reason you are not changing anybody's mind is because your arguements resemble those used by Fred Phelps.

[grumbler]

You understand repeating something really stupid doesn't make it a more forceful argument?

You understand that shit-flinging monkeys fling shit because of genetics, not choice?

[grumbler]

Either way, he's getting the attention he wants.  I think we'd all be best served by giving him less of it.

That depends on whether you think the shit-flinging Marti is more amusing than the Marti that bursts into tears and "quits forever" for four hours or so.

[derspiess]

Either way, he's getting the attention he wants.  I think we'd all be best served by giving him less of it.

That depends on whether you think the shit-flinging Marti is more amusing than the Marti that bursts into tears and "quits forever" for four hours or so.

Hmm... well, rage-quitting Marti is a fun spectacle. 

[crazy canuck]

I thought rage quit Marti was the reason we kept him around.  Well that and the fact that CdM allows Marti to stay so long as Neil allows Timmay to stay.

[Eddie Teach]

I don't think Neil would let him perma-ban Marti either.

[crazy canuck]

I don't think Neil would let him perma-ban Marti either.

Purge Neil.

[CountDeMoney]

Well that and the fact that CdM allows Marti to stay so long as Neil allows Timmay to stay.

Mutally Assured Annoyance.

[Valmy]

You have got to be kidding me.  Marty may not perfect but he is a beloved part of this forum.  Think how much less histrionic things would be without him.

[Maximus]

You have got to be kidding me.  Marty may not perfect but he is a beloved part of this forum.

Think how much less histrionic things would be without him.

Yea, wouldn't it be lovely?