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- From: danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- Subject: Re: Insults
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.152720@IASTATE.EDU>
- Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <722505755.0@wyrm.rbbs-net.ORG> <1992Nov23.171244.26285@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:27:20 GMT
- Lines: 88
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- In article <1992Nov23.171244.26285@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>,
- kraus@.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dave Kraus) writes:
-
- [endless discussion deleted]
-
- > It also might help to ignore the adolescent attacks of a person who strives
- > to drag conversations into the mud. To substitute attack for intelligent
- > discourse and thereby demonstrating lack of self control sure isn't going
- > to help teach anyone how to grow up. What you've got to realize is that
- > its a two way street. There are adolescents on both sides. Those who
- > relish in hurting others by changing the subject with personal attacks, and
- > those who haven't got the internal strength to maturely handle such attacks.
-
- Still beating that same tin pot, eh, Dave? If you are such a mature and
- honest debater why on earth did it take three weeks and twenty five responses
- for Cark Luydik(sp?) and I to drag out your admission,
-
- "I do not beleive it is possible to tell a psychic from a con man[1]" ?
-
- > Do you really feel that the only problem is that we have got a bunch of
- > whiners out there? Do you really think that the use of insults also does
- > not reflect an adolescent approach to discussion?
-
- For the 10^5th time: the insults are a secondary or tertiary line of defense
- against poeple who waffle, equivocate, duck, dodge, change the subject, deny
- the reality of the game after agreeing to play, etc. etc. Yourself, for
- example.
-
- > Dave.Kraus@SanDiego.NCR.COM |
- > (619) 485-2504 |
-
- Dave, this is the .sig I insulted you into adopting. No assinine
- paranormalist quotes or anything. Does this mean you don't have
- the maturity to handle the attacks? If not, why cave in to my
- immature adolescent behavior?
-
- The key point here is that you beleive in something improbable
- because of unrepeatable personal experiences and are thrashing about
- trying to find something to justify them This is all fine; except that
- you do it ON SCI.SKEPTIC. Nuff said.
-
- [1]Recall:
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- From: kraus@tortuga.SanDiego.NCR.COM (David (Dave) Kraus)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Con-man or psychic?
- Message-ID: <1991Nov18.182629.20784@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
- Date: 18 Nov 91 18:26:29 GMT
- References: <1991Nov15.012328.24654@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
- <1991Nov15.150649@IASTATE.EDU>
- Sender: news@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM (News Owner)
- Reply-To: kraus@tortuga.SanDiego.NCR.COM (David (Dave) Kraus)
- Organization: NCR Corporation, Rancho Bernardo
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- In article <1991Nov15.150649@IASTATE.EDU> danwell@IASTATE.EDU (Daniel A Ashlock)
- writes:
- >In article <1991Nov15.012328.24654@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM>,
- >kraus@tortuga.SanDiego.NCR.COM (David (Dave) Kraus) writes:
-
- >> So, I'm ducking the question," How do you tell a real psychic from a con
- >man?"
-
- > Yes, you were, and, having read the below answer, I think either (i) you
- >just admitted you can't or (ii) you ducked the question again.
-
- Ok...one more time in very simple language.
-
- I do not believe that it is possible to determine with certainty whether
- a psychic is a con-man or not. Using scientific methods or not.
-
- Got it!!?? (chuckle chuckle)
-
- I hope my sig invades your dreams.
-
-
- ==== David R. Kraus ============ | "Some terribly insightful
- | (619) 485-2504 | quote that shakes the
- | | foundation of all your
- | dave.kraus@SanDiego.NCR.COM | beliefs."
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- See, this was long enough ago that Dave still had his funny .sig.
-
-
-