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To: Dan Day
Irrelevant, irrelevant, irrelevant, convice me ...

Some debate. The best I can do is suggest that you reread my post. No particular reason, though, that it should sink in the second time. I remain underwhelmed.

523 posted on 01/19/2003 7:47:54 AM PST by Phaedrus
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To: Phaedrus
"Irrelevant, irrelevant, irrelevant, convice me ..."

Some debate.

Well sure, after you reduce it to sentence fragments, cut out the actual points, and pretend they weren't there so you don't have to address them. Is this your usual level of "honest debate"?

From what I've seen, unfortunately, it is.

The best I can do is suggest that you reread my post. No particular reason, though, that it should sink in the second time.

I understood it just fine. It was an attempt to drag the topic off in nine different directions, none of which had specific bearing on the particular issue I was discussing with gore3000, for reasons which I explained to you in terms that even you should be able to understand. I suppose that's why you snipped them and reduced them to the dishonest condensation you "quoted" above -- so much easier to use scissors than attempt a rebuttal, eh?

I further understood that your post made it abundantly clear that you were fuzzy on the actual argument put forth in post #378, leading you to identify irrelevant topics as alleged "holes". This, again, was explained to you in my post, and again probably explains why you whipped out the scissors instead of dealing with it squarely.

I remain underwhelmed.

If you're unhappy with the level of our discussion, perhaps you might want to ponder which side is engaging in actual rebuttals, and which side is answering his own questions and running away from counterpoints.

I ended my last post with:

I do have answers for your tangential questions, but this is not the time to deal with them. One thing at a time. However, I can't say that I'm all that confident that you would even benefit from the answers, since the way that you chose to "answer" all of your own questions indicates that you're not interested in learning, you're just interested in hearing yourself talk. Any answers contrary to the ones you already think you "know" will likely bounce off your forehead with a sharp "ping".

Convince me that's not the case and perhaps we'll talk.

Clearly, I have my answer.
563 posted on 01/19/2003 2:14:44 PM PST by Dan Day
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