First I am wondering who gary's disciples are? Am I someone's disciple because I try to find common ground with gary? I thought we were all or at least mostly Tar Heel fans so common ground should not be this hard to find.
TarHeelNation11 " you are such a condescending jackass". " It would behoove you to stop talking shit to every poster who disagrees with you". THN11, man that was uncalled for, if you were trying to settle things down calling people names is not the way to do it. I like you, you are a reasonable guy, we don't always agree but we don't have to agree. But you do not get someone to show you respect by being dis-respectful. Gary needs to learn that lesson for sure and even thou he is my friend and I personally love him being a bit crusty he could for sure tone it down and understand people do not have to agree with him and those that do not are not often going to change their minds and never will if they feel you speak to them with dis-respect.
Fact is I don't always agree with gary but I don't ever recall he & I have crossed words or even tense words. I believe that is the case because I treat him with respect and expect respect back from him and that is always there. I see a lot of dis-respect going on but it isn't just coming from gary.
TRUTH, there are times my temper gets the best of me and I fire back at someone dis-respectfully, not by accident either, you should see some of the things I have written and then elected to just erase, I can get over the top fired up in a minute. But when calm back down, if I was out of line, I try to acknowledge that and I try to find some common ground that begins with being respectful and expecting respect in return. I don't have to like you and you don't have to like me, but we should be respectful. And when you are respectful it is amazing how jack arses like gary actually can become your friend, I know, I have had just that happen many times. And yes, gary is my friend!