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Originally Posted by Cappy
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I assume you are talking about me to some respect, which is fair. New Era has made similar accusations before (and in PM i told him who i was). I comment mostly on this thread, along with politics, and off-topic threads. Also active on the Jays thread.
Frankly, I watch hockey and follow the flames threads and other discussions, but those threads move relatively fast for how often i come on here; also, for the most part, the flames threads can be pretty boring - like thousands of posts on Mark Jankowski before he played a single game? not going to waste my time on that.
But i do thank quite a few posts in those threads so that should atleast be proof that i'm there.
I think this issue is important and there are a lot of disinformation that you and others like you throw out there to advance your own goals. Hence, i spend alot of time on it. It's also one of the more interesting things happening in Calgary. I think the accusation that people are astroturfing is wrong. They aren't coming in here making false economic claims, and are, for the most part adding additional information into the topic - this isn't "I hate Spendshi" type level of trolling that is ever present on twitter. Personal attacks are present but i haven't seen a decisive thread that hasn't had that. Also, I wouldn't say people are bullying pro-CSEC posters. There is some piling on but its mostly because the majority of the people in this thread are on the other side and have some sort of rebuttal to what was stated.
You need to remember that most of the "anti-CSEC" posters on here have admitted that they are ok with SOME money going towards the arena.
If you think I'm a nenshi henchman you can certainly come to my office and meet me. Message me and ill give you my address. I'm here every week and most weekends. Will gladly talk Flames with you.
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I have provided no misinformation, fundamentally there has been 2 things that I have stated. One; that neither side is entirely truthful, and 2; that we all pay taxes for services and infrastructure that we all do no use. Those are both facts. On each instance, there were immediate backlash because I did not share their view. Regardless the posts were knit-picked apart to try and invalidate, not in a respectful manner to solicit more dialogue. And it was done to other posters as well. Yes I did get frustrated and insinuated that there are some mis-ingenious posters in this thread, but that is the way I interpreted the tactics.
Other than that, thanks for the genuine response, although I thought it was better before your edits. I may just message you...my office is not that far away
, a break from work would be great.