--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 27, 2006, at 12:26 PM, authfriend wrote: > > > Sometimes we do what Barry does (as I just did > > in the case of MMY's dictum about women staying > > home and raising the children). > > > > Sometimes we're just correcting somebody who > > was misrepresenting MMY--eliminating a straw > > man, in other words. > > And those weren't the posts I was referring to.
Non sequitur. You've completely lost the thread. You were castigating me for quoting MMY when I didn't believe what he said was true, remember, calling me dishonest for making a distinction between "MMY sez..." and "What MMY sez is true"? I just gave you two--three, including the one right below--instances in which it would be perfectly legitimate to quote MMY without believing what he said was true. > > Sometimes we play devil's advocate because the > > "goofy" interpretation is so, well, goofy. > > > > I just realized who you keep reminding me of. > > It's the fundie Christian who used to hang out > > on alt.m.t. > > And another tactic you invariably fall back on...when your point, > whatever it may have been, is gone, Um, Sal, it's *your* point that has been very thoroughly demolished. > start to insult and then just hope the poster goes away. Whereas your tactic is to find some way to avoid responding to the other person's arguments and just hope the poster goes away. Usually you do this by tying the argument up in knots until it no longer has anything to do with your original (now long since refuted) point. But I'm happy to continue the argument as long as you like. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
