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Old 05-13-2011, 03:03 AM
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Same here. What has he done?
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Same here. What has he done?
Trolled the hell out of us, that's what he's done:

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Old 05-13-2011, 03:26 AM
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Burt wasn't giving dissenting opinions, he was trying to say crap to rile people up and cause controversy. Everyone is entitled to opinions, yes, but burt was just trying to get attention by pissing people off. Theres a difference.
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Old 05-13-2011, 03:39 AM
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Again, it's on us to get riled up, or not to.

While it may seem like it to us, from what I can tell, he wasn't a crackpot. There are MANY people out there who don't think Israel should exist and/or drugs should be legalized.

Look at his list of contributions to the main site. It's pretty clear to me that he was trying to contribute in good faith. What's more believable, that he's just a guy with different viewpoints who tends to bring them up at the wrong time, or he's a troll who's made otherwise meaningful contributions just to keep up his trolling?
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Old 05-13-2011, 03:42 AM
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Again, it's on us to get riled up, or not to.

While it may seem like it to us, from what I can tell, he wasn't a crackpot. There are MANY people out there who don't think Israel should exist and/or drugs should be legalized.

Look at his list of contributions to the main site. It's pretty clear to me that he was trying to contribute in good faith. What's more believable, that he's just a guy with different viewpoints who tends to bring them up at the wrong time, or he's a troll who's made otherwise meaningful contributions just to keep up his trolling?
This. I've known a handful of guys with a mind similar to Burt, and none of them were bad guys, just a bit different in thinking without a full understanding of how to talk/behave around other people. Hell we're all guilty of that from time to time.
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The main problem was, just about anytime there was trouble on the forums, Burt was usually the cause.
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The main problem was, just about anytime there was trouble on the forums, Burt was usually the cause.
that and k9870's point of he said things just to cause controversy. that's why i support his perma-ban
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that and k9870's point of he said things just to cause controversy. that's why i support his perma-ban
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.
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Hmmm, so far the response has been quite mixed. I'm surprised.

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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.
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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.
You're only bringing up the most recent issue with him, look back at some of the older locked threads and see who was the culprit.


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Hmmm, so far the response has been quite mixed. I'm surprised.
I'm surprised also, while not all say permanent ban, they do say ban.
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