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To: r9etb
I won't accuse you of outright dishonesty, but yours is not a particularly helpful approach.

Oh, Okay, I see. You know I copied your EXACT words. You still don't respond to the subject but instead try to make me look like a liar. Change the subject, attack the messenger. We see your game.

And I will accuse you outright of dishonesty. And I promise I will never try to show you a fact again.

189 posted on 08/30/2006 5:50:40 PM PDT by WatchingInAmazement ("Nothing is more expensive than cheap labor," prof. Vernon Briggs, labor economist Cornell Un.)
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To: WatchingInAmazement
Oh, Okay, I see. You know I copied your EXACT words.

I never disputed it. The problem is that the first part of the quote was copied from #105, and the second part was copied from #101. However, you placed them together as if they were a single comment, and responded in that vein.

Unfortunately, the two comments were made in completely different contexts. As such, it is improper to jam them together as if they were discussing the same thing.

In #101, I was responding to a claim that "somebody" was making a bunch of dough from the apples or peaches kellyna is buying for $1.50/lb. I responded that it wasn't the growers who were making that much, as their share is only 14-17% of the retail price. And, as I mentioned to you, they've got to meet all of their expenses from that 14-17% -- meaning that their profits are far less.

In #105, I made what should be a rather obvious observation: that the driving force behind illegal immigration is economic, on both sides of the border.

but instead try to make me look like a liar

Not a liar -- but the information I've laid out above makes it clear that you did a piss-poor job of quoting me. I prefer to think that you unintentionally did a bad job, as the alternative would be that you're a liar.

Change the subject, attack the messenger.

I didn't change the subject, you did -- by improperly quoting me. And then, to make matters worse, you fumbled the data and made an incorrect statement.

We see your game.

Ah, yes. The old "ominous statement" gambit. Too bad for you that "my game" in your case is simply to smoke out your wrong statements.

203 posted on 08/30/2006 7:32:03 PM PDT by r9etb
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