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- From: brinkley@cs.utexas.edu (Paul Brinkley)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: control
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 20:02:27 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- Doug Holtsinger:
- >>>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.
-
- me, earlier this week:
- >>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.
- >>
- >>Paul Brinkley
- >>brinkley@cs.utexas.edu
- >>Pro-Thought Advocate
-
- Robert Johnston:
- >Sorry to say this Paul, but if you take anything Doug says as the truth,
- >your thought has just flown out the window. Doug's rantings about Mark
- >are merely the results of his slighted ego, and have no basis in fact.
- >Both Doug, and Nyikos, who Doug sites, have credibility ratings of zero.
- >Their rantings are merely those of children upset that the rest of the
- >world does not share their delusional fantasies.
-
- If nothing Doug said was the truth, and he happened to get wind of it, he
- could control our minds by just saying the opposite of what he meant! Now
- this may indeed sound silly, so I'll rephrase. Some of what Doug says is
- false, some true, and some is debatable. This is true of everyone who makes
- a post here, at least so far. (I challenge you to disprove this by showing
- me a completely false article. And even if you do, Doug still has some good
- points.)
-
- He IS right; one should question the source if one has reason to believe
- the information to be faulty. (I didn't question Mark, because he appeared
- to know what he was talking about.)
-
- Now, I'm aware of the ranting going back and forth, and that everyone thinks
- that everybody on the OTHER side is full o'crap. To tell the truth, I
- didn't take Doug's first paragraph at face value, just as you might not have.
- That's why I wait for Mark's rebuttal (if any) before I draw conclusions.
- But I feel this attitude that the other side is having "delusional fantasies"
- is unfounded. I think both sides have something worthwhile to offer, even in
- their ranting. Otherwise they wouldn't believe in it so vehemently.
-
- And that's why I gave (and will probably continue to give) Doug, and everyone
- else, the benefit of the doubt.
-
- Paul Brinkley
- brinkley@cs.utexas.edu
- Pro-Thought Advocate
-
-