Burt is gone (?)

[MT2008]

Hmmm, so far the response has been quite mixed. I'm surprised.

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

Did he say things just to cause controversy? For example, I've been looking over the Israel thing, and he only did so in response to another poster's criticism of Israel. He didn't come out of nowhere to say something controversial, they were all within context.

He may not have started the Israel debate, but he obviously said something he knew was going to be divisive and start a fight. And to pretend that he didn't anticipate that reaction is ridiculous. As Brian has pointed out, it isn't a coincidence that this stuff tends to happen whenever Burt's around.