Force of argument is what I use. It is you who is trying to short circuit this. If I am not allowed to express an opinion, then nether are you.
Mark On Aug 28, 2011, at 8:46 PM, Steven Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 8:49 PM, 118 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Steve, >> Last I checked, Horse was not a biologist. What I am cautioning Horse >> about is looking stupid. This is an important forum by the way no >> matter how many people quote Wiki. As such, I suggest that Horse not >> enter into things he knows nothing about. Now Stever, I have no idea >> what you do, but lets say that I start telling you the reality of your >> job and what you need to read and believe to do it. Would you simply >> follow my instructions, or would you have something to say about it? >> I have been a biologist for over 30 years. It pains me to see what >> passes on this forum as knowledgeable input, and does those who come >> in to read some of it the wrong impression. .I have read Darwin >> extensively, I have also read Richard Dawkins extensively. I can >> quote anything I want from those texts, there are all here at my >> fingertips. But, that is not important, let's just stick to MoQ, there >> is plenty to discuss there. For example, Steve, how would you >> analogize Quality? > > Steve: > Pirsig's philosophy actually includes a lot of talk about evolution > including biological evolution, so Horse's comments were not at all > off topic. Secondly, if someone wanted to talk about a particular area > of expertise of mine, rather than try to shut down conversation on the > matter I would welcome and encourage it. I would also make my case > with the force my arguments rather than try to bully people by > claiming authority based on some academic or vocational credentials. > The reason you don't know what I do and what most other people do for > a living is because few of us expect others to bow to our claims based > on arguments from authority. > 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/md/archives.html 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/md/archives.html
