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To: Quix

That’s a cop out. If the facts are on your side you don’t need the fallacy of ad hominems. And shouting about logic mistakes while using logical fallacies just plain doesn’t sell you as someone who should be allowed to register in the noggins. That’s the kind of stuff that makes it easy to call believers nuts.

I believe in possibilities, but I also know the vast majority of “sightings” are from people either hoping for easy cash or just plain too eager for the paranormal to understand the normality of what they’re seeing.


93 posted on 04/13/2009 1:19:42 PM PDT by razorboy
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To: razorboy

NONSENSE.

The sightings that have been vetted, distilled out as authentic

are incredibly unique . . . strange . . . ‘other’ . . . etc. sorts of stuff.

blindly ignoring such facts and evidence

is foolish to the max.

Some folks think all the UFO ping list folks 100% ignoring 100% of all naysayers on such threads would be the wisest stance.

They are, no doubt, right.

But that’s not near as much fun. Besides, going back and forth with ignorant naysayers does keep the threads bumped up and does provide a kind of perverse energy to the threads.

Besides, it sets the naysayers up royally to look exceedingly beyond stupid when things really do fall out of the skies into everyone’s nightly CNN and laps.

So go right ahead, maintain that death-grip on ignorance about the topic. It’s a lot more fun that way.


191 posted on 04/13/2009 4:26:41 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: razorboy

Actually

a relatively small percentage of UFO books make any great profit.

So far, it looks like you may be right . . . I tended to lump you in with the others . . . perhaps because of tone or attitude or stance . . .

though you haven’t personally attacked anyone.

Sorry for my guilt by association classification.


386 posted on 04/14/2009 1:35:20 PM PDT by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 2 presnt: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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