Amiga guilt and time distortion.

[Linde]

In this thread runequester is making assumptions about the mental health of people who disagree with his zealous attitudes, obviously trawling for undeserved attention (which I regretfully give him, along with everyone else who facepalmed themselves to a headache).

[Linde]

I love how wanting to have amiga discussions without them negative piss fests apparently makes me a zealot for...something.

Acknowledging that many newer operating systems and hardware architectures are superior to the Amiga in most regards mostly don't start any "negative piss fests." You don't seem to understand that people don't have to share your opinion on the matters you brought up in the original posts. Be reasonable and show some humility! After all, just because this is a discussion forum about the Amiga doesn't mean that people have to unconditionally praise everything about it. We're all obviously here because we like the Amiga system for one reason or another, so why don't we just leave it at that?

[Linde]

We'll skip past the fact that you didn't actually read what I posted and get to the meat of the matter.

I read it but disregarded most of it, because you don't seem to be able to express what is clearly a personal opinion without resorting to insulting remarks.
 

I like that to you there's no room between "68K IS THE HOLY GRAIL" and "PC's WERE ALWAYS TOTALLY AWESOME"

How did you come to that conclusion? Please elaborate.
 

So since I don't fall universally in the latter, I must automatically fit in the former category.

No, I'm calling you zealous because you think of every criticism of the Amiga as a personal insult. You should get over it.
 

So riddle me this: Why did I start a thread a few months back, speaking positively of the notion of a linux based "amiga like" OS, if I am such a die hard 68K zealot?

Did I say anything about 68k? I don't know why you started such a thread, and frankly I don't get the idea. Are you going to suggest turning an apple into an orange next?

[Linde]

"I didn't read what you posted, but I am going to attack you based on what I think you wrote".
 
We're done here. Have a pleasant day.

Really, that's what I wrote? Ironically enough, I think that you should read that sentence again. As I said, I did read all of what you wrote, but I disregarded most of it as pure bait, such as your golden bits of wisdom, like

The subject is plagued by feelings of guilt about having used an amiga. This may come from insecurities of having made a "wrong choice" and a burning need to correct others misconceptions.

and your brilliant conclusion;

The cure for both illnesses is to go have a wank, and is thus easily accomplished. If you still suffer from either afterwards, you obviously didn't wank it enough.

because I don't really think that they can be addressed in a polite manner.

If there's any particular part of what you wrote (that wasn't obviously pulled out of god-knows-where to justify your inability to accept the opinions of others) that you'd like me to address, please go ahead and point it out.

[Linde]

I misread your post. Apologies for that.
 
Here's my thing: Things aren't binary. Its okay to have a thread about amiga stuff, without the same old stuff being brought up again and again.
 
We all know that PC's turned out to be more powerful, capable and cost effective. Why repeat it every single time someone wants to talk about the A1200 or the proposed A1300 or whatever ?
It'd be like going to a classic car forum and talking about how much better your Prius is.
 
 
If the tone was not to your liking, I apologize.
If being tired of that stuff makes me a zealot or someone who doesn't want to hear other opinions, I guess I'll carry that badge.

Maybe I could respect your stance if you could point out a single thread that has become a "piss fest" because someone mentioned any of the points in your first post. Sure, I've seen people say similar things, but it has always been contextually called for and in the spirit of discussion.