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Sadly it is all too common around this site for ad hominems to replace reasoned critique. Do these people think name calling is edifying to lurkers? It is done either out of immaturity, limited cognitive ability or malice of character (and some people qualify in all three categories).

It is done either out of immaturity, limited cognitive ability or malice of character (and some people qualify in all three categories).

You are absolutely right, and from the looks of things the personification of all three just arrived to flood this thread with his inanities.

Meanwhile I patiently await any one of them to do so much as make a factual comment about the article's arguments or its contents. The chances of that happening are unfortunately slim to none.

Also a word of friendly advice for you and any lurkers out there. It looks like FR's resident pet lunatic ole #3 ran out of people to flame on his chosen thread of the day and has relocated over here. Just as he does with every other thread that has the misfortune of encountering his computer screen, expect him to attempt a hijacking of this one by polluting it with an endless stream of highly venomous, rabidly vitriolic, and wholly unsubstantiated personal attacks upon everything and anything that crosses his way. I see that he has begun attacking me even though I have not made a single comment to him on this thread.

The only way to put an end to it is to ignore him entirely. Do not respond to him. Do not acknowledge his posts to you. Otherwise he will flood you with a set of posts from a realm of anal retentiveness unseen even in Walt. He has previously and will again quite literally attempt to debate what the meaning of "is" is. Abstain from responding to his posts though and he will bore of this thread and quickly find another one to pollute.