* Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > All the posts I read that have someone dismissing someone else's > words/arguments as "malarkey" or "hogwash", I'm automatically > discounting some. > > So if you are trying to persuade *me* of anything, me being a > particular spectator of debate here, that tactic is costing you.
Well, this statement is costing you. Since there are a number (which has increased lately) of people here who ARE posting a heck of a lot of baloney, some people are correct when they point it out. Since you are apparently discounting people who are correctly pointing out nonsense, as well as those who may not be, you are painting with too broad a brush. So you lose points with me. Just for the record. > p.s. I also consider it to be extremely rude to publicly announce > who's in a killfile, so if you want my continued respect at the same > level, I'd appreciate you not informing me of that on-list. (And if If I did not consider it annoying to whine about things like this, I might point out how annoying the above sort of whining is. By the way, I have been deleting unread a number of whiners and nonsense spouters' emails (not automated kill file, at least not yet). Guys (you know who you are) feel free to pile on here and whine and exchange nonsense. Maybe it will occupy you enough to stop distracting the few remaining people who are interested in reasonable discussion. But probably not. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
