LOL, a man after my own heart!

Fair enough. I don't understand why didn't you say that then, rather than defending the mis-quote. Sorry for my heavy-handed response though.

Well.. this is Slashdot..

Hahaha indeed, the few who do invite me seldom make the mistake twice.

Of course not, most people get along just fine with other humans, I merely offer my POV in which robots replacing humans for interaction is a highly desirable outcome.

Well, coincidentally I'm known across the galaxy for having said "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," even if I never actually said it.

Seems legit, right?

Coz I'm known to have said it. Guess you're also quite a fan of that 640k quote attributed to Bill Gates!

Any other mis-quotes or out-and-out falsehoods you feel could do with promoting whilst we're at it?

Sounds like you might be fresh out of arguments by way of rebuttal.

Don't let Dave's criticism disrupt your activities though. Especially avoid reviewing your own position; this is a dangerous tactic that can lead to education and potential understanding.

Never stop to consider the gap between perceived and actual knowledge and experience of a topic. Wikipedia means everyone can now be an expert.

I'm having a hard time seeing anything wrong with your proposal good sir.

Great response, thank you.

What truly frightens me about this insidious thing is that although (as you point out) the pattern is easily recognisable, most people who should know better choose to look the other way.

I think this is in part due to the relative comfort of our lives in modern times, but mostly down to idealistic bullshit that has no basis in reality.

Why think critically or consider the arguments of one's opponents when one can simply scream 'RACIST!' and win arguments by default?

Indeed. This seems to be the direction Western society is moving in. Self-castration as punishment for the collective sins of all of us horribly, violently entitled white males and self-immolation as atonement for failing to respect the religious idiocies of women-hating bronze-age nomadic tribal life.

That kind of bullshit, anti-social and profoundly racist attitude will get you precisely nowhere in today's world.

Die in a fire, SJW arsehole.

I know for an absolute, indisputable fact that you are not a Russian shill chiming in for no reason other than to thump the nationalistic chest of antiquated Russian technology nobody wants nor cares about.

I know this because.