Question Time Last Night

[Cyberman]

If you quote me please try not to misrepresent me quite so blatently!

I think we were (originally) in semi-agreement

You were referring to 'honest politicians' being an oxymoron and I was responding to that. There is no misrepresentation in that at all. How you can call that blatant misrepresentation ?

[Bagpuss]

Doggy, I thought we were talking sleaze? I'm not fooled by any of them. Politicians are largely self serving scum.

[Cyberman]

Doggy, I thought we were talking sleaze? I'm not fooled by any of them. Politicians are largely self serving scum.

.. and I was standing up for the politicians with principles, who do actually exist in all parties. It is very unfair to taint every politician just because of an HMG that seem to have made a virtue out of their lies, deception and blatant fraud since 1997.

[Doggy Styles]

Doggy, I thought we were talking sleaze? I'm not fooled by any of them. Politicians are largely self serving scum.

Strictly speaking, Cyber started it by talking about 'feathering their nests'. But that could include Major feathering Edwina's nest I suppose.

I don't think the word means corrupt. Literally it means cheap, vulgar and tasteless, which I always thought was a reference to snouts in the trough but not against the law. Jacqui Smith, that sort of thing.

Does sleaze include sexual pecadildoes as well? Even with classy birds?

[Cyberman]

Strictly speaking, Cyber started it by talking about 'feathering their nests'. But that could include Major feathering Edwina's nest I suppose.

I don't think the word means corrupt. Literally it means cheap, vulgar and tasteless, which I always thought was a reference to snouts in the trough but not against the law. Jacqui Smith, that sort of thing.

Does sleaze include sexual pecadildoes as well? Even with classy birds?

.. and I thought that fiddling expenses was illegal. Silly me.

[Drewster]

You were referring to 'honest politicians' being an oxymoron and I was responding to that. There is no misrepresentation in that at all. How you can call that blatant misrepresentation ?

You quoted me "Blah Blah"

You omitted
They were killing "Our Guys". The Belgrano had the potential to attack us.
"We" stopped it!

You quoted me "Blah Blah"

ie You cut out a big chunk of what I said.... and then "argued" with the gist of what you had quoted.

You didn't in your "quote" indicate that you were paraphrasing what I said in order to concentrate on a particular point (that you disagreed with).

Deliberately cutting out a (pertinent) block of text/meaning (without acknowledgement) meets my definition of blatant misrepresentation....