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To: tpaine
And I thought you were actually going to act like an adult, so I answered one of your posts. That's what I get for doing my own thinking.

Here is the personal attack: Notice how you get 'no response' when an obvious fallacy is pointed out in ROL's position.

Before you sent that garbage, I had emailed Mr. Quakenbush to tell him that I would answer his posts when I had the material together. Unlike some people on this site, I don't go off half-cocked. I gather data, marshall facts and arguments. I check to see if I might agree with some of the arguments made by the other person. I do not claim to be infallable and if an argument is valid, I am willing to change my mind.

That's what people do who are serious about discussing an issue. It might take more time than just putting down the first bit of nonsense that comes to mind. But respect for the people on this forum demands that we take the time to do things right.

146 posted on 05/03/2002 2:52:08 PM PDT by Rule of Law
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To: Rule of Law
And I thought you were actually going to act like an adult, so I answered one of your posts. That's what I get for doing my own thinking. Here is the personal attack: "Notice how you get 'no response' when an obvious fallacy is pointed out in ROL's position".

A valid comment, seeing that you had not answered that post, along with others you'd skipped [#101 & 105], for instance, while you had answered another.
- In any case, to call that an 'attack' is ludicrous.

Before you sent that garbage, I had emailed Mr. Quakenbush to tell him that I would answer his posts when I had the material together. Unlike some people on this site, I don't go off half-cocked. I gather data, marshall facts and arguments. I check to see if I might agree with some of the arguments made by the other person. I do not claim to be infallable and if an argument is valid, I am willing to change my mind. That's what people do who are serious about discussing an issue. It might take more time than just putting down the first bit of nonsense that comes to mind. But respect for the people on this forum demands that we take the time to do things right.

Garbage you say? --- Thanks. - Rants like that just confirm my comments. - To you, -- every disagreement is personal abuse. You need rest.

148 posted on 05/03/2002 4:04:20 PM PDT by tpaine
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