Translated: "Whatever it takes, shut up and go away".
Rhonda, Elindra and some of the Club 30 members who've been here
long enough know me know that if there's one thing that gets me
going, it's an unthinking approach to things.
At this point, I've already made myself clear, yet you've chosen to
regard all that as "irrelevant", instead harping on about:
1) my ego and arrogance
2) something that I'm trying to prove
3) my sleep patterns
none of which pertain directly to the subject matter, and simply
serve as a weak attempt to score a few points off me. In light of
this, your call for peace is quite laughable. If you do wish to
quote the Bear, "hitting rock botton and starting to dig" is
particularly applicable here.
Once again, you show a complete and utter lack of thought in your
latest post. After all of that passive-aggressive ramble, you deem
fit to ask why I don't make peace. You still don't get it.
The most telling thing is that you've effectively stated, "I don't
care what point you're making; whatever it is I'll agree to it so
you'll go away". Well, if a blatant attempt to shove the discussion
matter (which is what I'm on this thread for) in the bin with as
little fuss as possible isn't the ultimate sign of arrogance, what
is? Kettle, meet pot.
For somebody who chooses "thinkdifferent" as a nick, it's
uproariously funny that you should try to sway my opinion with the
argument "everybody thinks this" or "nobody thinks that". 
As Rhonda and some of the others will tell you, I'm not interested
in popularity contests - if there's something I feel worth pointing
out, I'll do so reagrdless of its unpopular or controversial
nature. If someone makes a logical counterpoint, I'll stop and
think about it and if it makes sense, I might even agree. If you're
trying to work out what I want from all this, that is it.
I'll sum up what I see here:
1) You choose to call yourself "thinkdifferent" but act to support
hegemony
2) You call me arrogant when you try to bury issues you can't
address as irrelevant
3) You ask for peace when all you want is a lack of challenge to
your rant
4) You claim to want to be friends but see things in a winner/loser
framework
5) You claim you don't want to be rude but comment incessantly on
my personality
A whole lot of contradictions here that show you want to present
yourself as "nice" when there's a lot of trouble bubbling
underneath the surface - the hallmark of passive-aggressiveness,
one of the most annoying foibles known to man. If you're a nasty
piece of work and admit it, that's something I can live with.
Hypocrisy just rankles, and surface-level treatment carries little
currency with me.
The points that I consider pertinent and worth discussing are all
in my previous posts already - if you do want peace (an objective
that is clearly not reflected in your posts), take on the subject
matter and either justify your stance or develop an understanding
of the alternative view. Like I said, unthinking approaches to
things get my goat; conversely, a thinking approach goes a long way
to smoothing things over.
If I do have to spell it out for you: deal with the key points
without getting all defensive about it (hell, do what you please as
long as you address the key points), and we'll get along just
fine.
Now that I've addressed your queries, let's get back to the subject
matter, shall we?
