casualbb said:
Good grief. The dude says nothing directed at you,
Actually , he DID start in with me . He did so RIGHT here :
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4566481&postcount=7
and suddenly it's "blah blah, your logic is bad, you have no critical thinking skills, grow up, etc"
And when does something have to be aimed directly at me to lack Critical thinking skills ?
The fact is that I consider his posts to be demeaning and damagin to the entire MA community . People come on here asking for help , and he claims that he can spot a good instructor by STYLE , basically , wich is rediculous .
now you're making ME argue with you.
Slinky made some dumbass statements as well. Yet it was your involvement that escalated things to an argument.
You have 26 posts, negative karma, and arguments seem to cluster around you like crack addicts to the dealer. And somehow the problem isn't you? Adjust your attitude, and I mean SOON.
Im not Making you do Anything . I simply sked you how you felt that I was raising the level of the argiment . I dont see why that should make you feel argumentative in any way . I asked you what you saw from your perspective , and to clarify yourself . How is that making you argue ? Im not even saying youre Incorrect ! I agree with you that Im arguing with him , Im just not in agreement with you that :
a) all arguing is bad
b) its unwarranted on my part
c) I was the one Escalating anything . I felt I kept it on the level HE went to .
You know , Argument in and of itself isnt that bad a thing . Its actually HOW you clear the air when there are two conflicting Ideas floating about . The fact is that wed eaither ALL have to be Right - and therefore all know everythign from Birth and therefore not even NEED Msg Boards , or at SOME point someone is going to say SONMETHING that needs correcting . And THEN is when an Argument ensues .
Or is it just preferable to you that the Truth takes a backseat so that there is no "Conflict" - in TEXT - on a Msg board . Should this guy get ripped off , and probably HURT in the future thinking he has the best skills his money can buy just so "Djimbe" dosent argue with "Spanky11" ? or should the two of us Flesh ourt whatever it is here , Popular Viewpoint or NOT , and when the lad has all the information at his disposal he can make an INFORMED choice on how to spend YEARS of his life and TENS OF THOUSANDS of his dollars ?
You see , thats the level of descision that "What School Should I End Up At" reaches . And I , as a CONSUMER , think that Im getting ripped off by anything that dosent best meet my needs .
YOU YOURSELF said it before , there are MANY things that a person can be looking to get out of MAs , and there os NO way to tell what that is by asking a question like "WHat Style is Better" because Ive seen all the variants YOU postes WITHIN THE SAME STYLE ! I know Taiji places that are REALLY about FIGHTING , I know ones ALL ABOUT "Chi" ort whatever , I know ones that are all about preserving the History and crap , and thats one System - but different TEACHERS . In fact , Systems have nearly nothign to DO with the focus of the class . Its the Trainers .
You ALSO should realise that there wasnt any real "Back And Forth" on this crap . He made ONE insulting post (see above Link) , and I responded , and FAR more respectfully than most people would have . but yeah , if youre goiong to call me a "Retard" yould better be prepared to prove that your I.Q. is higher than mine .
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