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- From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: control
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 19:53:03 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- Doug Holtsinger:
-
- >Mark Cochran is no medical expert. He _pretends_ to be one.
- >Just recently, he's been caught distorting the truth about
- >cancer patient pain. He's also manufactured a lie about the
- >existence of organ donor recipients for Baby Theresa. Peter
- >Nyikos documented his confusion over the meaning of digitalis.
- >
- >> To be truthful, I subscribed to this newsgroup mainly
- >> to sharpen my debating skills, but maybe I ought to look in this a bit
- >> more.
- >
- >You should also _question_ people more thoroughly about their
- >alleged expertise in a field and the "facts" they present. Don't
- >accept anything at face value, even it appears to be common sense.
-
- Well said, Doug. I'll remember that. To start, I will invite Mark
- to defend himself against your claims. If he doesn't wish to reply,
- I will simply treat this as a typical case with evidence for one side.
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- Paul Brinkley
- brinkley@cs.utexas.edu
- Pro-Thought Advocate
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