06-12-2012, 05:04 PM
Mark Stapleton Wrote:Charles Drago Wrote:And what's the Latin translation of, " Here is an idiot who cannot distinguish between Spanish and Italian"???
Communicating in a foreign language on an English language site is simply showing off.
So is walking a straight line at the Special Olympics.
Mark Stapleton Wrote:Because a person can't speak Spanish or Italian doesn't make them an idiot.
Rather, it makes the accuser an elitist poseur.
Ahh, the "elitist" argument rears its ugly head.
To the illiterate, the "elite" is comprised of readers.
Charles Drago
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene
Co-Founder, Deep Politics Forum
If an individual, through either his own volition or events over which he had no control, found himself taking up residence in a country undefined by flags or physical borders, he could be assured of one immediate and abiding consequence: He was on his own, and solitude and loneliness would probably be his companions unto the grave.
-- James Lee Burke, Rain Gods
You can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.
-- Graham Greene