His Holy Assload Has Spoken

You don't need to focus exclusively on Odyssey at HHI's website to see what an asshat Sir Solomon the Angry Twit™ can be. No matter how innocuous the topic, the poor bastard just can't help himself from fairy slapping those he contemptuously disagrees with.

Now, here are some apparently good-natured folks simply having a fun, friendly debate about the lost city of Atlantis...that is, until the Angry Twit prances onto the scene, nose tip and pinkies held aloft, to survey the scene and then shit all over everyone's parade. Check it out:

Solomon: "'Apparently the story of Atlantis has been handed down long before Plato.' Good morning, Don Jose! Until you or somebody can confirm that there was an Atlantis, with something a lot more positive than that, there is no mystery to be solved. I have looked at a lot of mysteries in my time - from the biblical Jesus to the Oak Island Money Pit - and Atlantis fits the resultant picture I formed: there is nothing at its core. Hence the unending speculations - they have to be unending because it is not possible to solve a mystery which does not exist."

It truly takes a God complex to announce you've personally looked into and dismissed Jesus, and thousands of years of established Christianity, as a core-less myth, no? But this obvious arrogance doesn't sit well with other members.

"Shirley": "Solomon....With all due respect to your knowledge and wisdom, much much more than I can ever hope to achieve. Do you not think you put people who have not had the advantage of your education, at a disadvantage. Is this not a site from which we can learn, and make up our own minds. At least you could give us the opportunity to do so. How else are we to know who or what is right or wrong. The very point of reading all posts on this matter allows us to do the same thing. Because you yourself have sought and found the answers that satisfy's [sic] you, does not mean that we would not like to be given the opportunity to do the same. As in all democratic forums, I hope this post will not be deleted. I stand firm in my post, and would like Don Jose to be able to continue his thread for as long as is needed until our own decisions have been reached. My respect and regards to you."

Oh darling Shirley, please, rise from your knees and realize the HHI of Solomon and Doc is far from "democratic." In fact, you'll be lucky if daring to speak so directly to the Prince of Dorkness doesn't result in not only your deletion (and what does it say about HHI that she brings this possibility up?), but also the banishment of your IP address so that you may never return to ponder Atlantis.

But, whoa, look at this, yet another disloyal subject has the nerve to speak without being called upon by his Royal Asshat!

"Oroblanco": "Greetings, My such absolute statements. At one extreme we have the claim to have located the actual Atlantis, at the other extreme a complete dismissal of Atlantis as having "nothing" at its core. I generally try to couch my statements to leave at least a little bit of wiggle room, but then I don't suppose it would get anyone's attention if someone were to say that he "thinks" he "might" have found Atlantis. Solomon I do not know you, but your statements deny even the value of literary work of our friend Plato; after all, even if the tale was cut from whole cloth, his story has managed to captivate the imaginations of so many millions of people around the world for thousands of years. Few works of writing have ever matched that feat.I would like to ask your specific problems with the story of Atlantis, Solomon; if you would not mind sharing the various points or point in public? Thank you in advance."

Imagination? "Imagination" is for fools and Yahoo investors. Solomon only deals in absolute absolutes. And how dare you speak so openly to the Angry Twit and make demands on his precious time -- time that could be spent more productively pursuing his obsession with a certain dreamy blond-haired, blue-eyed treasure hunter!

Let us bring this nonsense to and end!

Solomon: "Hello Shirely [sic] and Oroblanco, and welcome Guests...Until you or somebody can confirm that there was an Atlantis, with something a lot more positive than that, there is no mystery to be solved. This is a challenge to study the origin of the legend, not a dismissal of the debate. The dismissal was made by Don Jose, with his statement I quoted: Apparently the story of Atlantis has been handed down long before Plato. Is that enough to start studying the story of Atlantis as if it were an historical reality? The legend may predate Plato and if so, then its origin needs study before unfounded assumptions are made. If our investment in a subject is to be productive, then I think we need to first establish a firm foundation. Now I ask you to look again at my second and final statement: I have looked at a lot of mysteries in my time - from the biblical Jesus to the Oak Island Money Pit - and Atlantis fits the resultant picture I formed: there is nothing at its core. Hence the unending speculations - they have to be unending because it is not possible to solve a mystery which does not exist. That is a personal view. ""I have looked..." and "picture I formed..." are qualifications of a personal opinion. There is nothing wrong with that. Your qualified personal opinions are truly welcome.As for learning, it allows informed speculation, which in my opinion is all we will have for Atlantis, unless the legend is shown to be true. Uninformed speculation is for the Coffee Shop, not History."

Poor Solomon, he couldn't be less subtle if he wore a red-feathered boa and sang show tunes in gaudy make-up. So, there you have it: The Master's "final" comments on the matter. He may as well have said: Take my words as holy script, shut your mouths and open your hearts and minds to my force of will. Or else, as you clearly already fear, ye shall be banished.

We don't know where you reside, dear reader, but we're pretty sure that at least 99 percent of the world's cultures would categorize Solomon as a tiresome douchebag. Make that Lord Douchebag to you, pal.