FaithfulToadd wrote:I called you ignorant because of what you said here:
Hasta wrote:Thank you for this information, it will definitely be of use to anyone wishing to keep Hafen homogenic and "intermediate to light-skinned".
As you definitely know at this point English is very much not my first language and I try to not only be eloquent to a fault, but also do my best to craft my phrasing quite carefully.
As you see, I didn't say
I would benefit from stated information, but anyone wishing to argue that definitely would take that as an affirmation to his (or maybe her) position, probably using the exact words I parroted from the wiki article that Wowgain took it upon himself to barge into this thread with, guns blazing, shooting labels from the hip. Should I have taken my time to patiently have a friendly chat with him? Maybe I was born at night, but it wasn't the last night. Obviously I thanked him for his effort and gave him an intentionally ambiguous comment (not ironic, but deliberate), perfectly neutral and "tame" (right?) as is, but for an unattentive reader looking for a shallow insult match that should have been enough to read into it that what he already assumed in his (or her) prejudice. And look what's happened: exactly that. You both assumed it for whatever you were ready to see.
I promise you I haven't read the article past first few paragraphs and a picture of a very surprised squatting woman, I have no opinion on early european farmers, and I couldn't give a damn about how dark was their skin compared to whatever. Just to escape further misunderstandings.
Audiosmurf wrote:Actually you know who this reminds me of? Burrinn or whatever
THANK YOU! I couldn't for the life of me recall that name. Oh, good times, good times. So much memories.