A depressing thought.
Mar. 4th, 2003 01:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
davywavyThere's a saying that 'you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies'.
Looking about at the quality of the people whom I know don't like me much, I realise just how depressing that is.
Would one or two people who fit the following criteria please choose to be my enemy?
1) You must be able to spell and conjugate correctly at least 50% of the time.
2) Ideally, your IQ should be above room temperature.
3) You should be brave enough to sign your name when posting abusive email.
4) You should possess the ability to dispute with me and to argue in a thoughtful, coherent manner.
Sadly, none of the people of whose dislike I'm aware match any - never mind all - of these criteria, so I'm worried that my quality may be slipping. Thank you for your time.
Looking about at the quality of the people whom I know don't like me much, I realise just how depressing that is.
Would one or two people who fit the following criteria please choose to be my enemy?
1) You must be able to spell and conjugate correctly at least 50% of the time.
2) Ideally, your IQ should be above room temperature.
3) You should be brave enough to sign your name when posting abusive email.
4) You should possess the ability to dispute with me and to argue in a thoughtful, coherent manner.
Sadly, none of the people of whose dislike I'm aware match any - never mind all - of these criteria, so I'm worried that my quality may be slipping. Thank you for your time.
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Date: 2003-03-04 05:30 am (UTC)If you want I can be your Nemesis. I'll work against you in the corridors of power and subtly slander you to all that will listen. I may not be Moriarty, but I've got a fairly good line in invective
Signed.
Ben Pascoe
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Date: 2003-03-04 05:34 am (UTC)You're hired!
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Date: 2003-03-04 05:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-04 05:34 am (UTC)Bog
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Date: 2003-03-04 05:42 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-04 05:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-04 05:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-04 05:43 am (UTC)Aprat from the fact I can't do any of the other things.
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Date: 2003-03-04 05:44 am (UTC)Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Date: 2003-03-04 05:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-04 05:46 am (UTC)I'm not judged on the quality of my friends, thank God.
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Date: 2003-03-04 05:51 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-04 05:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-04 06:07 am (UTC)Sue
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:09 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-04 06:11 am (UTC)But that may just be a ruse.
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-04 05:58 am (UTC)Oh DAMN it! Why is there always SOMETHING?
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-04 06:40 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-04 06:43 am (UTC)I think.
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:00 am (UTC)May I point out once again that you are a role-player and thus doomed to forever be smelly and not know women, either literally or biblically?
All of you fools on his friends list should be aware that his computer has space-herpes and may give it to yours (that will stop you supporting him with your whymsical banter).
My work here has just begun.
B.P., your slightly anonymous nemesis.
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:05 am (UTC)That's more like it, an international multi-billion pound company taking a dislike to me.
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:29 am (UTC)I was being slightly anonymous, not a billion pound megacorp.
I'm out of it for five minutes and everyone starts getting delusions of grandeur.
Ben Pascoe
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:32 am (UTC)I was playing along!
Some anonymous Nemesis you are!
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:47 am (UTC)Thus I was operating according to the job above whilst continuing to point out your overwhelming pride and arrogance.
Have I mentioned recently that you have the grooming habits of a fifteen year old hamster?
I'm off to pass around pictures of you with the word "Nonce" stamped across them.
BP
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:02 am (UTC)2 - well, I got to Uni so I guess am OK on that one...
3 - I won't post anonymously, but abusive, hmmmm...
4 - hmm, depends what you mean.
Anyway - why do you need an enemy to argue with you? Why not just debate & argue with friends?
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:03 am (UTC)'you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies'
That is to say, you may gain some understanding of the nature of a man based upon the quality (by whatever means this is assertained) of his enemies.
This does not require that the correlation be direct...
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:10 am (UTC)Damn, I may have made an error, here.
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Date: 2003-03-04 06:16 am (UTC)http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=camuk&itemid=7609
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Date: 2003-03-04 07:35 am (UTC)I merely have disciples that have yet to bend to my will.
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Date: 2003-03-04 07:39 am (UTC)Just accept it...
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Date: 2003-03-04 08:39 am (UTC)By the way, can I have written permission to bring my two foot dull grey plastic cheap representation of a child's sword to the National, please?
It's not a phys rep; it's my brother!
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Date: 2003-03-04 08:58 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-04 09:04 am (UTC)But it's not a combat thing; he talks to it sporadically, and it just wouldn't be the same with an item card
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Date: 2003-03-05 01:21 am (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-05 01:34 am (UTC)Yep
Date: 2003-03-05 04:43 am (UTC)Sorry.
G
www.deadjournal.com/users/grimjim
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Date: 2003-03-05 04:53 am (UTC)Re: Yep
Date: 2003-03-11 07:16 am (UTC)I've not seen 4 in you though, just a tendency to be arrogant and condescending rather than relying on actual logical dissembling of argument.
::shrug::
G
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Date: 2003-03-11 08:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-13 06:42 pm (UTC)If you ever need a bad reference I could type one up... I wouldn't be able to qualify as an useful enemy though, I am too far away...
Tim (vines that is)
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Date: 2003-03-14 02:30 am (UTC)