Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > I didn't answer stupid questions. > > [Arlo] > Why is this a stupid question? Again, I ask, what if she had said "the only > reason the republicans had nominated McCain is that he is a white man"? What > would your response have been? Would you have considered this remark > "racist"? > > It doesn't surprise me that you won't answer it, of course. > > [Platt] > Social considerations which apparently you happily ignore when it suits your > convenience. Shameful. > > [Arlo] > Such as? Let's have some examples here. I can logically defend all my > positions, something I have no qualms doing. I don't have to resort on deceit > and evasion to skirt hypocrisy as you do. > > [Platt] > So you refuse to answer my question. > > [Arlo] > Which question was that, whether or not I "won't pay for those who are > dedicated to defending your country from its enemies and willing to give up > their lives to do so? Sure sounds like it. " > > Sure I will. Happily. I have many friends who are serving, mostly marine > corps. > But my question stands, why is it moral for you to force me to pay for a war I > may not believe in? Why is it moral for you to use the guns of government to > steal my income to fund your war? Is it out of arrogance? > > You talk so much about how it is so immoral for government to "redistribute > wealth", a topic YOU interjected again here, let me remind you, when you > avoided my questions and instead offered some idiotic talk-radio rubbish. But > you seem perfectly happy to steal my wealth when it suits your purposes, don't > you? > > But let's get back to the topic at hand... > > [Arlo had asked] > Hmm. So passing a law to prohibit others from invading my home with a "smell" > is "stupid". But passing such a law to prohibit others from invading my home > with a "sound" is "sane"? What's the distinction? > > [Platt] > If you don't know ask the people who passed muffler laws. > > [Arlo] > I'm asking you, since you say one is "stupid" and the other "not". Or is this > just another case of talk-radio evasion because you can't defend your own > moronic assertions? I mean, its blazingly evident why you won't answer. > > [Platt] > So your answer is, "That's just the way it goes." Wow. Let's all etch that > baby > in stone for posterity. > > [Arlo] > You disagree with my premise that balancing freedom and social responsibility, > in this case the amount of noise my tailpipes can make, will not leave some on > either side unhappy? What solution do you propose that will make everyone > happy? > > [Arlo had asked] > So once again I've done my best to avoid your talk-radio idiocy. Will you > return that by answering my questions? Or will it just be more of the same? > > [Platt] > My answer is "That's just the way it goes." I've learned that from the master > of double-talk and smoke-blowing. > > [Arlo] > Ah, you mean Limbaugh. Yes, I know you get your tactics from him. What's funny > is that you mean to paint me as "double-talk" and yet in seven posts I've done > nothing but ask direct questions to which the only replies have been moronic > evasions, deceitful rhetoric and the usual talk-radio rubbish. What > double-talk > have I given? What "smoke blowing" have I done? Can you give some examples? > > No, you can't. But it's another good Pee-Wee. And since the score is now > Dialogue 0, Moronic Talk-Radio Rubbish 7, I happily bow out. You've already > proven again that all you offer are ridiculous (and hypocritic) one-liners, > and > when challenged can only offer the moronic rhetoric of talk-radio. Kudos!
This must be the umpteenth time you've promised to bow out, but you never do. Even though you demand answers to nonsense questions and consider a dialog a personal battle where participants keep score, one can only hope you can at least keep your promises. But that would be expecting too much I know. ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
