I have taken the liberty of moving your ad hominem attacks out of the original thread about abortion, since clearly they have nothing to do with that topic.
Where's the trolling in the first post of mine? Where are the
ad hominems? Do you even understand what an
ad hominem is?? Calling an argument clumsy, or stating that you have insulted people, is not ad hominem. They speak to the argument, not the person.
So please do the right thing and replace the first post of mine back in the thread, and then have the decency to respond to it, if you wish, without throwing your own ad hominems.
Point taken. However, letting him get away with it just tends to green-light future bad behaviour. Maybe next time he tries to pull this sort of stunt, he'll think twice. On the other hand, this is Sarkus we're talking about. He has a history.
So do you, James R. I didn't pull that list out of thin air. You are maybe not the most dishonest poster on this site, but because you are not only a moderator but the administrator, your dishonesty is the most significant. And don't get me started on your hypocrisy. Take note that pretty much all the threads that deteriorate do so after
you start slinging ad hominems, after
you start being dishonest. They deteriorate because people call you out for it and you take umbrage. But you won't take note of that. After all, you have history. Facts, James R, are not your friend in this regard. You continue to be dishonest and hypocritical, and people will continue to react to it. While you have your head in the sand about your own dishonesty and hypocrisy, things will not change.
The main issue here is that we have no recourse to deal with your dishonesty, your ad hominems, your behaviour. You can warn people in threads, we can't, so how are we to point out to others
your dishonesty if not in the thread itself. Which you then call "trolling", or react in a way that simply exacerbates matters. But it's all our fault, not yours, of course. Seriously, have you ever considered that if you weren't quite so dishonest then many of the issues wouldn't arise? Try it sometime.