RS just wants to play Devil's Advocate until it kills him.
No matter how eloquently you present the facts he'll misconstrue them.
You're right on the target there. To some it comes naturally, others train for years...clerics, lawyers, psychologists and an odd imam or two...
...And what might the wages be for playing advocate to the very devil? (rhetorical question)
An old saying comes to mind here: Those who stand for nothing, may fall for anything.
Interesting side note - the word 'attorney' comes from an older word, "attorn" - meaning to wring, to turn, to twist...
A.A.C.
Yes, its becoming obvious. He ignores the fact that there were threats from the islamic web site, and zeroes in on irrelevancies. I enjoy a good civilized debate but debating RS is more like a "debate" on the Yahoo message board. You just end up going nowhere and getting a headache.