Rip Peter Scott

[Answerprancer]

A loveable "villain" or just a plain VILLAIN?
I love his story.
Over to you AOG!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9949054/Peter-Scott.html

[Noth43]

Its June I feel sorry for..

[chrisgel]

Ha! Good one Noth

[magsmay]

Ummmm Wrote: //I cannot believe that a grown woman is trying to goad a teenager. Shocking behaviour!! //

It will come out eventually but I strongly believe that 'she' is no more a teenager than I am. From vocabulary to syntax and structure of sentences -along with a few other pointers I would profile this poster as 40-50 years old and male. Does this bother me? -no I find it interesting -the goading as you call it was done for an academic reason not pleasure- probably ridiculously childish but Sunday was a very slow day.

[Sqad]

magsmay........;-)

I was NEVER that intelligent and literate as a teenager......................

[Sharingan]

Oh dear ,oh dear, oh dear- would you like link to my facebook, twitter or professional website to prove who I am Maggie?

[Answerprancer]

Oi! You two ...get a room!

[andy-hughes]

magsmay - I think you underestimate some of today's young people - many of whom are far more articulate and balanced than their 'adult' counterparts.

It would not occur to me from reading Sharingan's posts that she is anything other than she says she is.

[ummmm]

Well, in all the years I've been speaking to her dad (NOX) he has never given me reason to doubt what he says.

//-the goading as you call it was done for an academic reason not pleasure- probably ridiculously childish but Sunday was a very slow day.//

I do not believe that for a second. Someone who resorts to correcting peoples spelling, punctuation or grammar, as you did to me, is someone looking for a row.

//along with a few other pointers I would profile this poster as 40-50 years old and male//

Shar was home schooled. Nuff said!

[joko]

I understand what you meant Sharingan.
And though it did, at first, sound a bit like you merely admired a criminal because he was 'a character', you clarified that it's not his actions you admire but his spirit.

I agree somewhat on that - I mean I'll bet Hitler or Fred West etc were a hoot round the dinner table.
I'm sure to their friends they were great fun - charming, likable and able to 'work' a room - but that's not really them, that's just the part of them they want you to see. Its a performance really, kind of like confidence tricksters - they know exactly what to say and do for effect.
You'd think that knowing what they were really like would surely colour any enjoyment you could have with them, no matter how hilarious they were, but its their weird 'charisma' that people seem to be drawn to, and seems to make people able to temporarily forget or ignore, the reality...

It goes further - remember Patty Hearst?

I agree it'd be nice to have the guts, sense of self belief and sheer will to do exactly what you want in life - not many people have that, but it comes with consequences - as he has found.



As an aside, Sharingan - no, many people - on all forums - do not seem to read posts properly - they scan and jump in with a response, and you end up having to post over and over trying to clarify what you meant.

That's why these days my posts have got longer and longer ... I am trying to pre-empt the things that people will pull me up on before they do, lol.