well, Kevin is fully capable of speaking for himself, but immediately
above that he says:

The funny thing
> > is that people who think in the polemic style are
> > often unaware of the
> > logical fallacies it can introduce. So they are
> > honest in their
> > beliefs that they are making logical arguments. The
> > problem is that
> > because of how people like Rush use these
> > techniques, they wantonly
> > interweave truth and fiction.

"unaware of the logical fallacies"
"honest in their beliefs"

sounds more to me like he isn't saying he is a liar, just that he is
wrong.  And somewhat higher, incidentally, he gives him credit for
being a gifted persuasive speaker.

Dana

----- Original Message -----
From: Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:25:07 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: War by folly
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

- The problem is that because of how people like Rush
use these techniques, they wantonly interweave truth
and fiction.

Sounds like he's calling him a lier to me.

-sm

--- dana tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, Kevin isn't saying Rush is lying.. he is
> saying he believes
> what he says, But that he personally (Kevin) does
> not consider Rush a
> good authority in a reasonable discussion.
>
> Dana
>

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