I looked at the last comments that RK said he removed from his talk
page. Although the one from E of T was a bit inflammatory, it seemed to
be a response to one of Roberts own "attacks" -- I infer a typically
one-sided and less than tactful comment he made about someone else's
work. If my inference or characterization are incorrect, I apologise.
The comment made by Pizza Puzzle may have been *personally* offensive to
Robert, but it is simply a statement of PP's own opinion on the
situation. I may not be popular, but he is entitled to it. Presumably
user talk pages are meant to be places where we communicate with each
other in public -- so I don't see why there is a problem. If RK doesn't
like a comment, he can erase it -- as he did -- but it's a pain in the
arse to have to look it up in the history. I have to disagree with
Jtdirl on his comment, which was, to say the least, pointed. But my
disagreement is less that RK is phobic of Arabs, but instead is overly
sensitive, perhaps even paranoid, about anything that isn't vehemently
pro-Israeli/pro-Zionist. I am sorry if this causes anyone pain, but
over the past couple of years, I can't even begin to count the occasions
where the accusation of Anti-Semitiem has been put forth when someone
sees any relevant situation in anything but black and white.
I'm just not sure I understand the need to accuse people of trolling or
otherwise whenever there is a disagreement. It is getting very old and
tired, and frankly, it pisses me off. One of the reasons I stoppped
contributing and only occasionally maintain the odd article is because a
couple of *real* trolls began to attack me and to attack my work and my
reputation by dropping truly nasty comments about me on pages all over
the 'pedia. Not much was done, although many people left me supportive
comments. Zoe was also trolled out, and others have been, too. RK's
most recent accusations of trolling are just not in the same league.
Jules