Quote from: Carlton Banks on February 13, 2017, 01:40:51 PM

Oh, and let's not forget DooMAD and his famous opposition to ad hominem posts....... except when he makes a long diatribes consisting of nothing but personal sleights and insults.

The hypocrisy reeks

I'm opposed to ad hominem posts if they're getting in the way of a reasoned and legitimate discussion. If I thought you were still capable of having a reasoned discussion, I'd happily have one. But every time we encounter each other, you start making out like I'm some sort of terrorist and contribute literally nothing to the conversation because you're so busy sniping. You came into this thread for no other reason than to take a shot at me, because that's just how sad and pathetic you are. And since you shot first, I'll happily return fire. I'm a fairly patient person for the most part and I'm prepared to give people the benefit of doubt up to a point. If I see reason and compromise I'll back down. But you are well past that point. I'm now convinced that there's something wrong with you in the head. I'll play nice and keep the peace with others, but I'll be treating you very differently from now on. Try to keep it out of the news forum in future, though. Again, there was literally no other reason for you to post in this thread than to be a dick.

Quote from: Carlton Banks on February 13, 2017, 01:36:21 PM

Quote from: DooMAD on February 13, 2017, 01:00:47 PM

I can promise you I am an ardent fan of and believer in Bitcoin.

If you were, you wouldn't consistently undermine its principles.

Bitcoin's rules are supposed to be difficult to change, and that's because the rules are there to keep the system running safely and consistently. But you're constantly arguing, not just for the rules to be changed, but that whole system of codifying the rules should be changed into a democracy where the votes can be very easily bought (and falsely selling this change as a "free market").

If that's the impression you got, you seriously need to work on your reading comprehension. I never said it should be easier to change the rules, but at the same time I don't think the system should ossify to the point where it can't change either, as always there needs to be a healthy balance. The only thing I'm changing is the narrative because your restrictive and authoritarian one is getting old. I said everyone is free to compete; any dev can code anything they like, any user can run anything they like. Everyone is free to do what they want. But you'll no doubt twist that into something nefarious because someone on the internet disagreed with you and you can't tolerate it.

But it doesn't matter anyway. All you can do now is have your little meltdowns and tantrums, screaming FORK OFF at people because there's literally nothing you can do to stop them. Keep crying about power grabs and takeovers like a fool. We already have a free market and simply knowing that it eats away at you on the inside because you're completely powerless to do anything about it puts a smile on my face. Consensus will decide and that's good enough for me. If you want to discuss this further, take it to another thread, please.

Quote from: TraderTimm on February 13, 2017, 05:42:40 PM

Why are these idiots coming in here? I thought the news section was too boring for these people.... which is why its the only section I check anymore.

DooMAD, BurtW.... just 'eff off into the main forums, KTHX.

Quote from: nikkisnowe on February 13, 2017, 07:35:33 PM

I agree. I don't even bother with the Bitcoin general discussion board but rather stick to the "Development and Technical" or "Press" sub-boards. The general discussion board has devolved over the past year or two into an un-moderated cesspool of low quality topics discussing such as, who's Satoshi, what would you do with XXX bitcoins, Why the name "Bitcoin" is the perfect name etc., or else school-yard "you are/no you are" arguments between anonymous trolls such as these two.

I'll try to resist the temptation to lower myself to Carlton's level outside of the general discussion cesspool in future. If either of you can find fault with my first post, before the real troll arrived, please tell me. I get sick of the pointless, low quality threads just as much as everyone else who has been here longer than 5 minutes. I find myself drawn to the News and Politics subforums because the main Bitcoin Discussion board is becoming increasingly tedious. It's hardly my fault Carlton came in here shitting up a perfectly good thread. I'm happy to get back to exchanges and regulators if anyone else is.