[Timboli]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Well I am not sure I would call this a relationship.
I did mis-interpret how you got the books and I am sorry about that.
When have I ever insulted you?
I am not the one that called someone else's post dog balls.
I have never accused you of anything either.

Well any kind of interaction with someone else is a relationship of sorts.

I didn't call your post Dog Balls, just that something was as obvious as dog balls (a common saying ... round my neck of the woods at least). It was only later that my mind noticed your Dog avatar, and made the connection ... funny I thought, considering.

Maybe a misunderstanding occurred, and if that is the case, then I too apologize ... heck I apologize anyway ... rather be friendly.

Your cake bit seemed to be insinuating something not nice about me, and that on top of not properly reading what I had written earlier, tipped the balance. And your generally tone and avant-garde silliness didn't help.

I don't understand one thing, you said you didn't buy 3 books but 3 segments and that you bought them months ago. Did you know they were segments? And if you knew there was a fourth part coming why didn't you wait to buy them to make sure you could get all of them?

Like I said, been burned by too many authors not completing what they started.

I answered the first part in another post.

Never happened to me before. I guess the closest I've gotten was when Robert Jordan died, and it wasn't his fault, and he cared enough for me and others to let someone else finish up using his remaining bits & pieces.

I guess it remains to be seen, what happens with George R.R. Martin.

Oh and just so you know, I don't like segmented books.

Depends for me.

So truce.

Truce indeed.

And just so you know, I am a big fan of Robust conversation, but there are different versions of that out there. In my version, it is quite okay to tell someone they are being silly, dumb, stupid, whatever. We are all that at times. It is however not okay to say someone is stupid etc, especially if couched like - obviously you are a stupid person. That is an insult for sure, and not within the bounds of respectful behavior.

Respectful behavior though, also includes listening/reading properly, plus being tolerant of another view point you don't agree with.

In the end, it is about language and how you use it, and the semantics related to your culture no doubt, etc. We Aussies tend to say it like we think it is, but temper that with a heavy dose of fair play.