No a very very poor choice, its ok, donāt sweat it.
Time-out Bazza that was a SHIT REMARK.
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Why was my post deleted?
MOTās proposition would leave more English dead.
That is a reality.
A fact to a shit proposition.
You seem not to understand where the belt is but uncannily you seem to continually hit below it. 
Is reality below the belt, is the idea that could unfairly leave people in this Country dead an ideal that appeals?
These are life and death decisions and I am pulling him up for his righteous glib remarks.
And Iāll say it again, its a reality.
Fortunately itās a single line with no return.
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Iām trying to resist the urge to respond to Barry and I wanted to make a record of this somewhere for cathartic reasons.
I donāt think he should be banned or silenced. His worldview is such that he could get paid to spread it by the 77th brigade. Itās almost entirely wrong in my opinion but heās entitled to it. I think Iām finding it a bit unfulfilling to discuss anything with him because the only common ground we share is at the most basic level. It is infuriating to have to keep coming back to that same basic level in order to lay out an argument, particularly since the arguments have been made many times already and there is no sign of us converging on any sort of agreement. Iām not saying Iām blocking him or that I wonāt engage with him again in future Iām just saying that if I donāt respond itās neither an admission of surrender or tacit admission of agreement.
Yours is a pro Russian view, I accept it but I donāt have to respect it, the same for you to me, I certainly wonāt be asking to ban you or censure you, no way an open society should be.
The word forum has meaning.
Does it mean incessantly shouting loudly at anyone that departs from your view?
No I think it means incessantly hounding someone who holds a minority point of view.**
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If they appear to be happy with Russian advances in slaughter?
Appearances can be deceptive of course
If thatās your take Iād get your head out of the sand.
What Bucha, locking civilians in tunnels so they canāt leave, bombing convoys, invading a sovereign country and many other ware crimes, its there if you want to believe it.
Wrong thread mush
Please do post genuine verification/ links - not just your say so - on your other favorite thread.
I donāt have the close links to the political and military people and actions of both sides that your posts imply you have.
Always happy to be given the unvarnished truth.
Are you genuinely able to do that?
So yeah, @TheMightyOstrich - I probably owe you a more fulsome reply than an obvious pun. I concede that from your perspective, e.g., someone that is not engaged in a debate with Barry, that people replying to the whoppers might be out of order.
Before you get too judgemental, have a go at disagreeing with him on something. The notifications thing on the top right will blink all day, youāll be confronted with unsourced and barely literate claims like the ones above - and they will, on average, arrive within five minutes of you making a response.
Lest we forget, this is what Barry got banned for. I know weāve already lost valued posters since his return.
Perhaps you are in full agreement with everything Barry writes and have no reason to offer a competing opinion. If thatās the case, I will happily let the occasional pops slide with a crap pun.
If not, disagree with him, and walk a mile in the shoes of those debating with him and those that have walked miles away afterward.
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In my view Barry is someone who has been radicalised by Western propaganda.
All his arguments derive from a core belief that the West are a good faith actor whoās espoused values are genuinely held and worthy of propagation to the rest of the world.
He is a zealot, uncompromising in this belief in spite of all arguments to the contrary.
Arguing with a #zealot# is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are the pigeon knocks over the pieces, craps on the board and struts around as though victorious.
Many here myself included have allowed themselves to get swept up in his obsessiveness and hate. If heās frustrating you, thatās because youāre trying to find logic in something irrational. The way that you are feeling is on you, not him, heās just a pigeon. Relax, ask pointed questions perhaps, feed him some bread or say nothing at all and just enjoy his avian splendour.
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@pap So as not to continue to derail the Ukraine thread (my fault), I thought Iād reply to your bait here.
Whatās hypocritical about my posts? Or did you just want to get the last word in once Iād said I didnāt want to continue to derail the thread?