Dan, I said I'd give you the last word. You gave it: "liar". I asked for a retraction. I'm not going back into the details of this -- the articles (in full, and not just the small excerpts you post here) are both in the list archives. I'm still waiting for the retraction of a personal slur.
Dan R Allen wrote: > Dan: > > Article 1, http://www.armscontrol.org/act/2002_04/testapril02.asp states: > "After approximately five minutes, the EKV struck and destroyed the target > at a combined speed of nearly 26,000 kilometers per hour more than 225 > kilometers above the Earth's surface." > > Article 2, from the Economist, which you posted in it's entirety, states: > "...within eight minutes, the killer had detached itself, figured out which > was the fake target and collided with the real one at more than 16,000 > miles per hour." > > Your 'final word': > "I think there's been enough exposure to reports from two respected reports > now to support my claim that the tests were a failure." > > Both articles state that the tests were successful, yet you insisted that > they failed. The only conclusion I could make at the time was that you were > _intentionally_ misreading the information to defend your position, and > declaring the discussion finished. > > Stephen: > I don't believe that Dan was calling you a liar, though I course I could be > wrong. That would be out of character for Dan. I think he was applying that > term to those who author slanted news articles and present them as > unbiased. And fwiw, I don't think it's particularly gentlemanly to say, in > effect, "I'm right and you're wrong, and if you can't see that then you're > blind as a bat, but I'll give you the last word." > > Dan: > Actually I did apply that term to Marc, for the reason I stated above, > sorry to disappoint. I took exception to the tone of supercilious dismissal > I detected in his final words, and while I should have used greater care in > wording my response I chose, in a moment of poor humor, to limit that > response to his 'word' limitation. > > Marc - I am willing to retract my statement if you can show me, from the > two articles we discussed, that the two tests in question were in fact > technical failures; not whether the test objectives were stringent enough, > but that the hardware being tested actually failed to meet the criteria it > was being tested to. > > ---- > Excuse me, Dan. Are you calling me a liar? Has the emotion of this issue > brought > you to such a depth? > > I hope you are calling a 3rd-party print source a liar. I don't know the > list > rules, but in many lists you'd be risking your membership with a personal > slur > like that. > > Dan R Allen wrote: > > > Marc: > > I think there's been enough exposure to reports from two respected > reports > > now to > > support my claim that the tests were a failure. You're free to disagree, > > but I'm > > going to drop it. If you want a last word, be my guest. > > > > Dan: > > Here's your word Marc. "Liar" > > > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buonarroti Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
