Knock it off, guys.  Message each other privately if you want to continue.
Let's get back to Bikies.

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On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:23 PM, Robert F. Nagel via Bikies <
[email protected]> wrote:

> That's right, Al. You didn't take a stand on this. He did. That's why his
> post was either not ad hominem or, at worst, arguably not ad hominem.
> That's why your post was ad hominem, pure and simple. Your post was purely
> for the purpose of attacking Bill.
>
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> On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Al Matano via Bikies <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> There was no jest in Bill's statement. I didn't even take a stance on the
>> issue at hand. I logged on to my e-mail and found his post. By saying "the
>> anti-reality movement" Bill's statement was an attack on *people* who
>> disagree with him, not their ideas.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> > You seem to be accusing Bill of resorting to ad hominem attacks. I do
>> not
>> > believe that he did so by describing positions as being "anti-reality"
>> and
>> > associating adherents of those positions with a fictitious "anti-reality
>> > movement." Clearly, there is no such movement. Clearly, it was said in
>> > jest
>> > and seemingly without particular malice.
>> >
>> > On the other hand, Al, you have resorted to ad hominem attacks of Bill.
>> > You
>> > have called him a "total jerk" and a "disgrace."
>> >
>> > Discourse remains civil as long as positions and not persons are
>> attacked.
>> > It is no longer civil when persons, rather than positions, are attacked.
>> > Al, your post of 12 minutes ago is what has dragged this discussion into
>> > the gutter, not Bill's post from the weekend.
>> >
>> > ---
>> >
>> > Robert F. Nagel, Attorney
>> > Law Offices of Robert Nagel
>> > [email protected]
>> > www.nagel-law.com
>> > Thirty on the Square, 10th Floor
>> > 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 1001
>> > Madison, WI  53703
>> > 608-255-1501 office
>> > 608-255-1504 fax
>> > 608-438-9501 cell
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Al Matano via Bikies <
>> > [email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> William, it is possible to have a disagreement without being a total
>> >> jerk.
>> >> Calling people you disagree with "the anti-reality movement" is
>> uncalled
>> >> for.
>> >>
>> >> You are a disgrace. This is not good public discourse. This is far from
>> >> the first time you have used language like this on this list serve.
>> >>
>> >> Al Matano
>> >> Dane County Board, District 11
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > When I first started following transportation issues in the area,
>> over
>> >> > 20 years ago, I participated in a focus group of bikies about the
>> >> > Verona Road/Beltline issue.  And probably a dozen meetings, open
>> >> > houses, charretes, etc since then. And every time sensible people
>> >> > pointed out the need for non-SOV solutions.
>> >> >
>> >> > In the intervening years, the Transport 2020 plan has been gathering
>> >> > dust, because public transportation is "too expensive".
>> >> >
>> >> > And now we're dropping over $175(?) Million just on the Verona Road
>> >> > interchange.
>> >> >
>> >> > That's our reality.
>> >> >
>> >> > Quoting Robbie Webber via Bikies <[email protected]>:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 6:12 PM, William Hauda via Bikies <
>> >> >> [email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>>     I guess I pushed the buttons of the anti-reality  movement.
>> >> Those
>> >> >>> of
>> >> >>> us who are actually doing stuff and not just engaging in the
>> wishful
>> >> >>> games
>> >> >>> of bicycle utopia, which we all want to achieve, will continue to
>> >> work
>> >> >>> and
>> >> >>> deal with  these issues in the real world.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> As someone who actually does work with state DOTs as my day job
>> >> >> (although
>> >> >> sadly, not WisDOT), I can tell you that many state DOTs in both red
>> >> and
>> >> >> blue states, rural and urban, and all areas of the country, are
>> >> >> realizing
>> >> >> that highway expansion is not the answer to congestion. Also,
>> >> congestion
>> >> >> is
>> >> >> not the metric that they will be using 20 years from now.
>> >> >> p with which I am affiliated.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > darin burleigh
>> >> >
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