In Reply to: It's often not so much what is said, posted by Rex on Saturday, 21. January 2006 at 13:49 Bali Time:
however, when an opinionated person constantly delivers their diatribe in a boorish and often insulting manner, from a self-perceived podium of expertise, then it starts to become extremely boring. This eventually results in not the attention that they seek, but exactly the opposite, and they are avoided like the one person every gathering seems to have, someone who has always been there and done that. Unfortunately while they can sometimes have something valuable to add, because of their (may I repeat) boorish attitude, they are eventually avoided. I trust my reply will not be deemed to be 'unintelligent'.