Re: Polynesian canoes (Re: Rat genes
From: benlizross (benlizro_at_ihug.co.nz)
Date: 08/03/04
- Next message: Rodney Kelp: "Re: From Greenland to New Foundland ?"
- Previous message: benlizross: "Re: Genetic evidence....."
- In reply to: Yuri Kuchinsky: "Re: Polynesian canoes (Re: Rat genes"
- Next in thread: NancyB: "Re: Polynesian canoes (Re: Rat genes"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 07:54:14 +1200
Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
>
> benlizross wrote:
> >
> > Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
> > >
> > > benlizross wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > benlizross wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > benlizross wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > benlizross wrote
> > > > > > > > > in article <41041CA5.283B@ihug.co.nz>:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > benlizross <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message news:<4100441E.11F6@ihug.co.nz>...
> > > > > > > > > > > > Yuri Kuchinsky wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I was only asking you to back up some of your claims, but
> > > > > > > > > > > > > perhaps this was asking too much...
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Your demand for "specifics" was a demand to replay several years of
> > > > > > > > > > > > discussion on this group, since you like to pretend that no such
> > > > > > > > > > > > examination of particular points of Heyerdahl's theory has taken place.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Yes, some examination did take place.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > The question is about the results of this examination.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Well, for most people the results could be summed up as: Heyerdahl was
> > > > > > > > > > wrong. But I don't see any point in pursuing a discussion on that level
> > > > > > > > > > of generality.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Nobody else is interested in going over all that stuff again. If you
> > > > > > > > > > > > have a particular point which has not been previously discussed, or on
> > > > > > > > > > > > which you have some new evidence, feel free to bring it up.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Ross Clark
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > You keep making vague allegations about some discredited stuff in
> > > > > > > > > > > Heyerdahl, but you are always short on specifics.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > How about a specific example of a vague allegation?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Ross Clark
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > There's an explicit allegation above, but still
> > > > > > > > > unsubstantiated...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > So instead of substantial arguments, we are going to play "hunt the
> > > > > > > > allegation", are we? This is someone who repeatedly abuses others for
> > > > > > > > "childish word games". Yuri, when _you_ quote my allegation, or better
> > > > > > > > when _you_ have something particular you want to discuss, I'm ready.
> > > > > > > > Otherwise, I have better things to do.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Ross Clark
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I would like you to explain in what way Heyerdahl "was
> > > > > > > wrong".
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You've forgotten? I'm sure it will all come back to you if I say: The
> > > > > > Polynesians did not come from Peru. Nor did they come from British
> > > > > > Columbia.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would like to see some specifics please.
> > > >
> > > > Yawn. What is this, the third or the fourth time we have come around
> > > > this way in the last few weeks?
> > > > Try to pay attention this time:
> > > > - There are _lots_ of specifics discussed in the records of sci.arch,
> > > > which you are free to browse.
> > > > - If you have a _particular_ point that you want to discuss, which has
> > > > not previously been discussed, or on which you have some new evidence,
> > > > then all you have to do is tell us about it.
> > >
> > > I think in plain English this is called stonewalling...
> >
> > No, Yuri, as usual, you have no idea how such terms are used.
> > It's called trying to avoid endless, senseless repetition of the same
> > arguments.
> >
> > >
> > > > > > > You've made the claim, so it's up to you to back it up.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is he wrong about this?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Easter Island Images
> > > > > > > http://www.globalserve.net/~yuku
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Oh dear, the icons again. Yuri, "this" appears to be one of your web
> > > > > > pages with several photographs and quite a bit of text by Yu. Kuchinsky.
> > > > > > How can such an assemblage be "right" or "wrong"? Would you please make
> > > > > > the effort to focus on one particular proposition? Then maybe I can give
> > > > > > you an answer.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Ross Clark
> > > > >
> > > > > This is called archaeology. If you don't like archaeology,
> > > > > what are you doing in sci.arch?
> > > >
> > > > If you think your web pages are "archaeology", perhaps you are on the
> > > > wrong newsgroup.
> > > > In any case you've ignored my point. Read the above paragraph again.
> > > >
> > > > Ross Clark
> > >
> > > Hmm... my website actually features real archaeological
> > > sites, artifacts, and some actual archaeologists digging in
> > > the dirt.
> > >
> > > But I guess in the Alice-in-Wonderland World of Dr. Clark
> > > this ain't archaeology!
> >
> > Well, no, cutting and pasting pictures of archaeology into some kind of
> > personal scrapbook is not archaeology.
> > But I'll say again (third time? fourth time? tenth time?): If you have a
> > particular point that hasn't been discussed before, let's hear about it.
> >
> > Ross Clark
>
> For now, I'd rather discuss those things that have already
> been clarified sufficiently, for the benefit of new members
> here.
What a joke. New members know very well how to search the archives.
>
> But you keep running away from this... I wonder why.
>
My explanation: one word -- bo-ring.
Your explanation for why you keep avoiding specifics?
Ross Clark
- Next message: Rodney Kelp: "Re: From Greenland to New Foundland ?"
- Previous message: benlizross: "Re: Genetic evidence....."
- In reply to: Yuri Kuchinsky: "Re: Polynesian canoes (Re: Rat genes"
- Next in thread: NancyB: "Re: Polynesian canoes (Re: Rat genes"
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ]
Relevant Pages
|
