Criticism and Published Material

Rivkin · 31st May 2006, 07:57 AM

I will be honest with you - I am an idiot, so I have no idea why the thread was locked or what you are talking about right now. Genocide and other things appeared in a swordforum discussion right in the first post, and had nothing to do with our discussion here. Here it was relatively civil.

Concerning criticism of Manoucher, I did not know that he does not post here. There are certain opinions of his which I do not share, and while he always takes a persian point of view, I usually take an opposite point of view. I find a lot of things he says objectionable - he knows about it.
I also honestly believe he is a way, way greater as a scholar than I am.

I find a lot of things I said here and on swordforum _wrong_ and misinformed. Well, we all grow. It is all about personal opinions. Should we not express our personal opinions if it contradicts someone elses ? Obviously holy relics are always explosive as hell, so what. The most strange thing is that none of us is even remotely armenian catholic, so I don't understand the emotionality.

I personally believe the best thing is for moderators to clean up the messages they find offensive and reopen the thread, but obviously what's going to be is going to be. I would like to get response to the questions that were raised concerning the dating and other issues.

31st May 2006, 07:57 AM	#3
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	I will be honest with you - I am an idiot, so I have no idea why the thread was locked or what you are talking about right now. Genocide and other things appeared in a swordforum discussion right in the first post, and had nothing to do with our discussion here. Here it was relatively civil. Concerning criticism of Manoucher, I did not know that he does not post here. There are certain opinions of his which I do not share, and while he always takes a persian point of view, I usually take an opposite point of view. I find a lot of things he says objectionable - he knows about it. I also honestly believe he is a way, way greater as a scholar than I am. I find a lot of things I said here and on swordforum _wrong_ and misinformed. Well, we all grow. It is all about personal opinions. Should we not express our personal opinions if it contradicts someone elses ? Obviously holy relics are always explosive as hell, so what. The most strange thing is that none of us is even remotely armenian catholic, so I don't understand the emotionality. I personally believe the best thing is for moderators to clean up the messages they find offensive and reopen the thread, but obviously what's going to be is going to be. I would like to get response to the questions that were raised concerning the dating and other issues.