I would like to start off with the not so obvious. I want to say that I've never honestly disliked Runa, I've never hated him. Sure I've never loved him but he was on my like list. No matter what rumors I heard, or what close friends who lived with him, or were visited by him said, I always kept him on the ok scale. Hell right now I don't hate him, but I'm a bit confused at his actions. Well... I've always been a bit confused, but more so now than before.

Today I responded to a question in his latest rant journal, masked as a debate. All he seems to like to do these days is argue with people, call it debate then tell everyone they are wrong, well colorfully and with much name calling. In response to my answer, he put me on his block list. I guess that's how he handles facts, and truth, that he can't argue with.

It's not the first time I've "argued" with him openly, but it appears he can't handle it and the answer from the "open minded" person he is, I'm now not able to reply to him through FA. While his accounts show as not blocked on chats, I wouldn't put it passed him to block those also.

Now why on earth would I go through the trouble of mentioning this publicly instead of just taking it up with him if I wasn't attention whoring? Well simple. I won't be brushed under some censorship rug and covered. He claims to be open minded and a very epic debater. Yet when he "argues" with someone he can't possibly make see his own way, he normally reverts to name calling and turning the original debate into a rant of personal attacks. Which he's done both times I've attempted to calmly debate back a bit, or simply answer his question.

I think the man has potential as a person, but his childish ranting is getting in his way. Though it does appear that he has a following of people who very thoroughly enjoy his rants, and how he ostracizes people who happen chance to reply to his posts with anything other than complete agreeance to what he states as fact.

It was this very behavior that cost him a job he loved so dearly. Go read his journals he talks about it openly, I'm not trying to attack him stating this. I actually hope he reads it, and uses it as self assessment. But I presume his only reaction would be to flame me here, or write a rant on his own journal. Very possibly in that online community he started up so he could pretend to have the same environment he had when he was a forum moderator. Power over others is something most people crave on some level, and some people just find their outlets online.

This journal is only my reply back to Runa, you can say it's my view on his tactics. I'm definitely not trying to get people to stop liking him, I just truly wish that he'd wake up. He treats people like crap, then blames them for his problems.

To Runa, I still don't dislike you, but to hide my comments and block me from your journals..... seriously, isn't that considered childish? I didn't attack you, hell I didn't even bring out all your dirty laundry and air it for all to see. I made some points and let you decide for yourself. When it became clearer than day, that what I was saying wasn't hitting home I bid you ado and was going to leave it at that. When I realized you were censoring me out, for no real reason other than I didn't agree with you, and you had no chance to "convert" me.... well I won't be censored like that.


So here is the journal, in the event he removes the whole thing over this one.

Getting So Sick of This
Journal Entry: February 28th, 2011 02:16PM
http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/2132666/

You know what I can't stand? People who try to get into a 'debate' with me and whine because 'I always have to be right', then accuse me of being arrogant, egotistical, and generally an ass because I 'always think I'm right about everything.'

Call me out on it if I'm wrong, but isn't the point of debate to argue a point that you think is right? Or at the very least can support with facts and evidence and examples to further your side? I can't speak for everyone else, but I surely know I don't get into a heated discussion unless I'm right, or at least have very good reason to believe I'm right. Am I always right? Hell no, nobody can be right all the time and a lot of what I argue can come down to opinion...but the worst thing to deal with is people who present their opinions as fact, and get all bent out of shape when you tell them they're wrong.

Case in Point: “This movie sucks” is a statement. “I think this movie sucks” or “I hate this movie” are opinions. People on the whole need to learn to tell the difference between the two, and stop getting butthurt when I call you on it. No, I am not some grammar nazi obsessing over punctuation, but is it really so much to ask that you learn to speak or write the language you've spent your entire life with? When you say “this movie sucks”, and I come up with a series of proofs to the contrary, that's not me 'always having to be right' or 'putting my opinion over yours', I'm correcting your faulty statement. Falling back on the “it's just my opinion” argument doesn't work when it wasn't presented as an opinion but a fact.

I'm just so sick of people getting pissed off at me over this on EVERYTHING. Sure, I could just drop it and let people be fucking retarded not knowing the difference between expressing opinion and statement of fact, but it drives me fucking insane (if I wasn't already institutionalized and just didn't know it). It's even more frustrating when people I consider my friends go on the offensive about my arrogance when I do this to them. It's even worse when they do so when they're making an incorrect statement and are simply ignorant.

How to Train your Dragon was NOT a better film than Toy Story 3. I loved it, but when you weigh out the factors if setting, characters, narrative, story, script, animation, and plot....the only thing the dragon movie had better was the animation quality (seriously, unmatched animation). Just because YOU were able to enjoy the dragon movie more doesn't make it a better film. Just because some people agree with you doesn't mean that it's objectively true.

Plot and Story are NOT the same thing. The plot is strictly the series of events happening in a book, movie, game, etc. Plots are reused. Story is the combined sum of the plot, setting, characters, etc. Stories are rarely recycled, but plots endure through the ages.

Just because YOU like circumcised males and YOU experienced the event doesn't mean it's right for everyone to do it. No matter how much you argue the pros of it, the fact is that there's no scientific evidence supporting it and you run the risk of desensitizing the penis...and should you change your mind later in life, it's easy to cut the skin off, it's NOT easy to regrow it.

The Xbox is NOT inherently superior. If you like it better, good for you, that doesn't make it better. Objectively, the PS3 beats it out of the water by almost all objective forms of analysis.

Avatar is NOT a horrible movie just because it's plot wasn't original. It was a remarkably well made film that revolutionized modern cinema whether you like it or not.

I'm so sick of dealing with people arguing with me with faulty logic and incorrect statements, only to turn onto the offensive acting like I'm the one in the wrong for explaining to them why they're wrong. You know who resorts to this bullshit? People who don't know how to debate.

Your opinion does not equal fact, and if you're simply expressing your opinion, learn to do so properly or deal with the backlash that comes from stating your opinion as fact.

My reply.

Actually people would call you arrogant and egotistical, well... you basically outline those reasons above. You don't debate, you scream and rant. You call it debate, but debate isn't out right telling someone you don't care what they are saying because it's wrong, you instead make your case, they make theirs and you continue until it's either apparent that the conversation is going no where, until you call a truce, or until either side gives up. This would be one main reason I just walked away from your sexuality "debate" it wasn't a debate, it was you griping and essentially condemning people for not seeing it your way.

You are also quicker to jump to outright name calling, which has nothing to do with debate. That's personal, and once you go there, any and all possible debate, just ended. It's a rant.

That was the answer to your question.

As to HTTYD being better than TS3, well OSCARS haven't been won in decades on merit alone, if your movie didn't pay a fee and scout/lobby for your movie, you won't win. My vote was for HTTYD.

And yeah, my opinion was Avatar was a VERY horrible movie. Though worth a watch, not worth buying, and NOT worth 3D pricing. It's FACT that Avatar was shot in 2D and then "converted" to 3D to gain the higher priced 3D tickets.

His retort.....


wow, you don't know me at all, do you? Just some shell of a personality you've gotten from very little interaction with me. Well, go right ahead, think what you want, you're well off the mark when it comes to me. Then again, most people are.

I get along flawlessly with people who aren't closeminded "my experiences dictate utter truth" people, and 90% of the people I talk with agree that, while I have strong opinions, I'm never pushy unless the person I'm talking with is an ignorant cunt.

Consider my actions a reflection of yourself. if you see that in me, it's because that's how you treat me. that's always been the way I am.

My response again......

I want to thank you, for once again proving my point for me. I merely answered your question and that's your reply. Bravo. It would appear I know you better than you want to give me credit. Probably due to knowing how you were in your previous employment, knowing the people you used to room with, and actually meeting you in person and getting to see your habbits, and how you act/behave around others.

Of course I don't hate or despise you. But all one has to do is read back through your journal posts here to see what I said. Or heck, even read some of the things you post on other people's submissions/journals. It's not just what you are saying, but how you say it. You get a bit pushy with anyone who hasn't started agreeing with you by the second or third postings. And by what you just said that makes them an "ignorant cunt"....... hmmm. Ok.

I know how you'll reply to this, in the same fashion as your previous reply, or just like the replies to the other "debates" you attempted to hold that turned into full fledge rants. So once again, I will have to bid you adieu as it was only my intent to answer your question and then voice my sincere opinion on the two movies you mentioned. It was never my intent to participate in a rant. Bye bye now.

At this point my replies were hidden by Runa and I was blocked ;p Open minded indeed.

Once again. I would really like to state, I'm not looking to start an anti-Runa group or anything. I just don't feel right about posting my reply to him without backing it up with some well, for lack of better terms "evidence" or "supporting documentation".

Feel free to believe I'm a complete ass, or feel free to believe he needs to do a re-assessment, either case, I'm not honestly looking to debate this, start any kind of flame war or get other people's panties in a bunch.

Personally I hope he finds a better path in life.