On 27 Jan, 14:59, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Heheh it is funny. > > You all know me here, you know my views and cannot fail to understanmd > which part of the fence I sit on. We all take sides in any row, > argument or debate simply because some things said by another we will > have intergrated into our personal belife structure and others we will > disagree with. > > I honestly do not think Ian, was showing any kind of Mod card or > ingaging in any form of personal attack. He merely said to Pat that > Pat's insistance on reducing all talk and debate down to his favoured > theory stifles debate. >
Stifling it and solving it are two different things. I tend to think I've solved the debate. Others, who have doubts, find that stifling. It really IS a POV thing. > Ian is correct, if Pat feels that his theory is correct(and clearly he > does) then it is useless to enter into debate with Pat, as his view > will not shift and because of the blinkered nature of this theory we > cannot even use him as a sounding board for other ideas. > Blinkered by the truth, my eyes are FAR more open than most imagine. I'm open to other theories, yet no one has put one forward. I'm listening to silence with respect to any other Theories of Everything. > This is simple the fact as Ian see's it, there is not personal attack > there at all, and in fact I agree with Ian. > > Hah and that is me agreeing with Ian on a rather faith minded > subject. So I guess what I'm saying is of course we all take sides, > this is only natural, but to refuse to even think about the 'other' > POV well does that do you persoanly any favours? Ummmmm it does make > me wonder how extremist views are gained. Now of course these words > are not equal to me calling Pat an extreamist. > One person's extreme is another's middle course. Atheism and theism are extremes when contrasted. But there is no middle ground for a Boolean concept: either there is or there isn't. > On 27 Jan, 14:24, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 2010/1/26 Molly <[email protected]> > > > > It seems our moderators are people to who occasionally lose site of > > > the meaning of personal attack. > > >http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irony > > > Ian- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
