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Re: Pledge To Killfile Andrew Suffield



Anibal Monsalve Salazar writes:

> On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 04:32:52PM -0400, Michael Poole wrote:
>>Andrew Suffield writes:
>>>On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 11:09:16PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
>>>>My response is simply this: it's lies. I challenge anybody who
>>>>thinks otherwise to present evidence.
>>>
>>>So far (three days) we've had one person try, and give up after I
>>>explained every case. I think that says a lot for the accuracy of the
>>>accusations.
>>
>>It says a lot more about how much you regularly misrepresent plain
>>writing to put your spin on issues.  You think you rebutted my
>>arguments; I think you actually illustrated that I was correct from
>>the start.  The real reason I gave up is that it is clear that neither
>>of us is convincing the other.
>>
>>Descending to your flawed level of rhetoric,
>
> What are the flaws?

The flaw is that of projection: assuming that silence means everyone
agrees with you.

>>it is also telling that nobody else has stepped up to argue that
>>your posts were acceptable.
>
> Why is that? Is it because asuffield is doing a good job defending
> himself?

One could just as easily assume it is because asuffield has made such
a spectacle of himself that no one else thinks he has a leg to stand
on.  Since there is no clear input, the conclusion is prone to
observational bias.

Michael Poole



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