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- From: sgast+@pitt.edu (Susan Garvin)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Reverend Holtsinger regrets his defense of O.R.
- Keywords: liars, terrorists, psychotics
- Message-ID: <1174@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 00:57:11 GMT
- References: <1992Dec26.183429.4243@ncsu.edu> <1169@blue.cis.pitt.edu> <1992Dec26.214326.9932@ncsu.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec26.214326.9932@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu
- (Doug "get yer black ass down here" Holtsinger) writes:
- #In article <1169@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- #sgast+@pitt.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- ##dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- ###sgast+@pitt.edu (Susan Garvin) writes:
- #
- #### Of course, I didn't say that illegal means wrong - that's
- #### your own invention. It's not even responsive to the fragment
- #### that you quoted.
- #
- ### "Threads evolve, Finkelstein. People can read an article and
- ### reply to any piece of it or to the entire article. They are
- ### not required to stick to the subject of your choosing. If
- ### you don't want to discuss the new topic, no one will force
- ### you to do so."
- ###
- ### <555@blue.cis.pitt.edu>
- #
- ##That's true, Reverend. Threads do evolve.
- ##
- ##Of course, that's not what happened here. You built a little strawman,
- ##and I didn't fall for it. Feel free to pout for a while before you
- ##resume lying. After all, it's the holiday season.
- #
- #You said, 'It's not even responsive to the fragment that you
- #quoted'.
-
- That's right, too, Reverend, because it wasn't responsive to
- the fragment that you quoted. Did you think it was, or did
- you butcher my words for your own entertainment?
-
- #Earlier you had said, '[People] are not required to stick to
- #the subject of your choosing.'
-
- They're not, Reverend. When they don't, though, they can
- expect the person whom they are addressing to note that.
-
- #The point is that you have two standards--one for yourself,
- #and another for other people. You're allowed to change the
- #subject, but other people are expected to stick to the subject.
-
- In your fantasies, perhaps, DODie, but in reality, this is not
- true. You can change the subject if you don't feel capable
- of arguing the one that was being discussed. I don't have
- to accept the argument that you assigned to me.
-
- #I didn't pretend to claim that you meant 'Illegal means wrong'.
-
- Did you talk to your therapist about this, DODie, or are you
- unaware that pathological lying is a symptom of a deeper
- sickness?
-
- #I guess you wanted to change the subject so people wouldn't
- #recognize your double standard. Have fun wiggling out of it.
-
- No, DODie, you changed the subject. You're trying to "wiggle
- out of it. I'm not surprised, since you haven't yet shown
- sufficient character to stay engaged in any discussion.
-
- Susan
-