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Prince Andrew was a helicopter pilot for the Royal Navy in the Falklands war but he was flying a helicopter around the fleet acting as a missile decoy...
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Yeah, I was just gonna mention that....and that was a bloodier war than Iraq... |
Seeing as how I'm not you, when I looked at that I though you mean the Falklands were bloodier then Iraq in general, not for England. I didn't think it would piss you off so much to ask for a little clarification, and I'm not flexing anything I'm just trying to make it clear to myself, you may see that as being anal-retentive I just see it as honest curiosity.
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You weren't "asking for clarification." You were flat out telling me I was wrong and turning a thread into an argument by calling out something that was irrelevant.
You were flexing your intellectual muscles by tangenting a thread into an argument over something that could have just been missed had you stayed ontopic instead of just having to show-off your huge buckets of knowledge.
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Too bad you made a mistake
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? What about the length of Fakland conflict? What was my mistake? |
You're mistake was not straight-off-the-cuff understanding what the "Falklands was bloodier than Iraq" statement was in reference to...Had you understood you wouldn't have posted (You obviously did understand, before I had even posted a second time, as you edited the post)...
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Oops. Did I say inessential? I actually meant Insignificant.
in·es·sen·tial (n-snshl)
adj.
1. Not essential; unessential.
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in·sig·nif·i·cant (nsg-nf-knt)
adj.
1. Not significant, especially:
a. Lacking in importance; trivial.
b. Lacking power, position, or value; worthy of little regard.
c. Small in size or amount.
2. Having little or no meaning.
2. Without essence.
The difference in these two words meant that had I not corrected you, you would have TOTALLY BEEN THROWN OFF OH NOOOOOOOO.
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If it's so insignificant, and nominal to you, why even bother?
Aren't you being slightly hypocritical? You say this a non-issue yet you continue to browbeat me, over a simple misunderstanding. |
I'm pointing out for your future reference. I know I'm knit-picking now, but you obviously don't understand your foul and so therefore I must enlighten you.
It WAS a non-issue, and then you made it into an issue, and we are continuing disputing said issue until you either:
a) bail out because you agree it's pointless
or
b) get the idea
Oh, and for the record: Considering the amount of soldiers involved in the falklands, the length of the war, ships that were sunk, etc - The Falklands
was a bloodier war.