The Hitch said:
The purpose of this thread is not to bait anyone and screw those whose first defense is to accuse me of that.
As I have made very clear (and should be made clear by the title which is a blatant copy of the Cancellara thread title) this is me saying if your going to accuse Cancellara of doping, do it to Gilbert.
It would be nice to either get an apology from those who said this or an explenation why they felt neccesary to accuse me of trolling.
Lets see if they have the balls to do it.
OK, I'll play.
Do you see what you're writing here?
You say the purpose is not to bait, but then very clearly state that it is directed at Cancellara's accusers—baiting them, if you will. I'm not even taking a stand on whether that is right or wrong, but it is what it is.
The other aspect to the title reference, is that the Cancellara thread in question is, at this moment, buried two thirds the way down on page two. So you're assuming that everyone has been following along, and the everyone is "in the clique" so to speak.
Given that, you shouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't visit The Clinic on a regular basis and only sees your thread as the first one in the volley. It would come across as very strong with the inference being totally lost.
Also, considering that this thread went up before Gilbert barely had time to exhale after crossing the finish line, it comes across as even more aggressive to anyone that hasn't been following along and taking notes.
And if this—from the Fleche Wallonne thread—isn't baiting, of at least one type, I don't know what is:
The Hitch said:
lol. Harmonn said Gilbert is an outspoken critic of doping ergo good guy.
Off to the clinic we go.
That was posted only three minutes prior to you starting this thread in The Clinic. Plenty of members form the Pro Race forum never post here, and I'd say it's safe to assume that at least some of the people that only read the Pro Race forum don't visit The Clinic at all. But the above post was a lure tossed into the sea.
Personally, I haven't accused you of anything up to this point.
But don't play dumb with us.