Originally Posted by
Dovster
I have noticed a strange thing about the usage of that phrase (often posted as "IJAFIBB"). It generally, as in this case, translates to "This whole issue is not important so you should give up your argument and instead accept what I am saying."
It never, ever, translates into "This issue is not important, so I am willing to agree to what you want."
In this case, it means neither, but rather "make arguments which are in proportion with the issue concerned"
. I note that some posters still feel very inclined to make grand, emphatic statements about "democracy", feel entitled to speak on behalf of the "FT membership", seem to be wholly unaware that low level of participation in TB elections affect the "representativity" of TB, and do not seem to realise how utterly ridiculous and misplaced it is to make comparisons with Zimbabwe.
Until Zanu-FT starts to knock at TBers or FTers doors and drag them out to be shot, I will still have difficulty not concluding that this is little more than an attempt at masking the paucity of the argument with misplaced overblown comparisons.