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Originally Posted by cassie
I actually wrote: "You specialise in generalisations. I am not aware of any question relevant to this thread which you have posed to me. Perhaps you'd care to remind me?" Therefore, your question about 'getting my goat' is both untrue and irrelevant. Also, if you read what I wrote rather than what you imagine for your own convenience, I did not 'charge' anyone in that post with making 'irrelevant statements'; I merely implied that you asked an irrelevant question, which you did (about allegedly 'getting my goat')! Now, I realise that the dreaded English may not be your first language, so I'll make allowances!
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I'm curious as to how a
question can possibly be untrue. The answer to a question can be (but we wont know that until you actually give one
). Perhaps you should practise what you preach.
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In my opinion, the comparison with citizenship rights gratuitously given to the Irish is relevant to any comparisons of the rights denied to the English. I appreciate that, as a Scot, you are hostile to that view.
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You are the one who is misrepresenting my position (in fact, you are completely making it up out of thin air). You would make an excellent politician. Sophistry of this magnitude is only welcome amongst their ranks.
Now, can you please provide a quote where I was openly hostile to this view.
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As I said earlier, "You specialise in generalisations". You cite the particular words and the Post, and I'll do my best to respond by way of explanation.
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How about the post I'm replying to right now for starters? It's one or two up from this one, shouldn't be hard to find.
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I've represented too many falsely accused people to fall for that silly ploy! You know the kind of thing: "We've had complaints about your attendance/time keeping/work etc. What do you have to say?" Typical answer: "Who made the complaints? To whom did they make the complaints? Were the complaints made in writing? When were those complaints made?" Get the picture? 
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Read up.
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Despite being tempted by the poverty of your position, kindly do not attempt to tell me mine! I would expect voters in Scotland to be afforded opportunity in a UK-wide referendum to record THEIR collective opinions about the desirability or otherwise of England separating from the UK.
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Ah, so it's perfectly acceptable for you to make up my position but not for me to make up yours? I love how easy it is to set up a trap for you Cassie.
Tell me, if Scottish voters said no, would England have to abide by that judgement (let's assume Scotland voted 60-40 no-yes and england voted 49-51 no-yes)? Otherwise what would be the point in such a referendum?
Note: This is an innocent question just like the Irish 'rights' question. Maybe this time you would like to give it an answer rather than making a massive post about nothing? Maybe you would like to also answer the original question whilst you are at it rather than calling it irrelevant. You make think so, but I obviously didn't - otherwise I wouldn't have asked it.
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I'm afraid your question relating to France is not only too vague to answer sensibly, but also appears irrelevant.
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Obviously such subtle things as 'analogies' are lost on you Cassie.
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Look above where you've misrepresented me as 'bringing up' the 'rights' given to Northern Ireland having 'got my goat'.
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I would like you to quote where I made this misrepresentation. An actual quote in quotation marks please. I never misrepresented your position once. I asked you a
question to try to understand your position. The two are quite different. You attacked my understanding of the English language above, yet you don't even know the difference between a question and a statement. Let alone your poor understanding of analogies. Not going well is it Cassie?
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I'll treat this as a retreat on your part.
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I'll treat this as a retreat on yours.
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More generalisations!
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If you can't follow the discussion Cassie, don't get involved.
P.S. If you want people to offer citations or actually be civil, perhaps you could extend the olive branch by answering peoples simple questions with a 'yes' or 'no' in the first place.