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To: grey_whiskers
Define the terms

Look it up. You seem to have plenty of time.

Superciliousness is neither necessary nor sufficient to gain your point

Are you making this personal again? I am not the subject of discussion. Stay on the topics. Can you do that?

And recall my earlier quote from Pascal.

Yes, thank you, the heart is a pump. The quote is idiotic.

1,743 posted on 07/23/2010 11:44:52 AM PDT by kosta50 (The world is the way it is even if YOU don't understand it)
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To: kosta50
ME: Define the terms

YOU: Look it up. You seem to have plenty of time.

I asked if you claimed Free Will for your choices, and you replied with the non-sequitur "It's called reason."

So, define your terms.

ME:Superciliousness is neither necessary nor sufficient to gain your point

YOU:Are you making this personal again? I am not the subject of discussion. Stay on the topics. Can you do that?

I am. I used the word "your" point as a synonym for "one's" -- a possessive.

But I applied it to you since you don't appear to be arguing anyone *else's* point on this thread...

And the word superciliousness was used to characterize the brief answer to my question, where you used a buzzword "reason" in a condescending tone .

Oh, and as far as making it personal -- if you insist on this, then don't include personal comments about how much time ("plenty") I seem to have, followed by a sneer ("look it up") that I should rectify a defect in your postings. Merely answering "it's called reason" is something of a non-sequitur to the question of whether you yourself claim to possess free-will: so asking you to define your terms is, and remains, legitimate, and in good faith.

Cheers!

1,751 posted on 07/23/2010 12:23:20 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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