Hi dmb,

I can see how you would think you need to do that given the
embarrassing position you find yourself in. You've berated me for
"improper use of terms" while you've been found to have been defending
compatiblism as the exact opposite of what your beloved SEP defines it
to be. You berated me for months for asserting two mutually exclusive
fundamentally conflicting ideas (clearly taking the incompatiblist
position while claiming compatiblism), while according to the SEP, to
that incompatiblist claim your beloved "James responds that once we
compare the practical consequences of determinism being true with the
practical consequences of our possessing freedom of the will, we find
that there is no conflict." How embarrassing for you!

I'd hate to see you bail out now that we are making so much progress.
The real motorcycle you are working on is yourself. You see, dmb? It's
very important that you try to understand that. Look, philosophy isn't
about winning and losing, and it's not for wusses who check out after
being embarrassed for being revealed to have fallen far short of the
standards they try to impose upon others. It is about learning from
such situations about how not to be such a dick in the future. You
know? I'd be happy to help, but if you check out now, you'll miss this
important opportunity for personal growth. (I really mean that.)

Best,
Steve




On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:45 PM, david buchanan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hey Steve:
> Don't waste your time on me. Like I said yesterday, I'm done and no thanks. 
> It's long past check-out time. I've already made every point that I think is 
> worth making - way too many times - and you've ignored most of them anyway. 
> But if you want to keep going round and round, you could just pull my posts 
> out of the archives and add the phrase, "like I said" to the front of all my 
> sentences. The end result would be exactly the same, except I'd no longer be 
> doing the pointless busy work. Pointlessly repeating myself is exactly what I 
> don't want to do. Who would?
>
> Speaking of archives, it looks like this has been going on for a half a year, 
> not just a quarter or a third of year. After six months, we still can't even 
> agree what the topic is, exactly. This futile exchange is even more 
> ridiculous than I imagined and would rather just put this tortured mess out 
> of its misery.
>
>
>
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