Re: The Vinland Map's Ink


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> Apparently on date Sat, 30 Apr 2005 16:00:44 +1200, Eric Stevens
> <eric.stevens@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>
> >On 29 Apr 2005 18:14:45 -0700, "Ken Towe" <ken.towe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>Mr. Stevens:
> >>
> >>I'm truly sorry that you have concluded that I have resorted to ad
> >>hominems. I hope I have not. If you will reread what I wrote you will
> >>see that I asked you a question...essentially wouldn't one be justified
> >>in drawing such a conclusion from your reluctance to provide answers
> >>one way or the other.
> >
> >I did not appreciate you referring to me as a 'gad fly'. I
> >particularly did not appreciate it when the only reason I keep
> >responding in this thread is that you pose me yet another question.
>
> No, Ken's "gad fly" is probably an accurate description of your approach
in
> this debate. "Persistent, irritating critic" sums it up very nicely.
>
> You contribute no information to the debate but want to speak for the
group in
> rejecting any evidence that weakens the case for the VM to be authentic.
What's
> most irritating about your approach is that you reject the case on the
strength
> that it isn't absolute proof of the matter - which is inevitably true of
all
> archaeological evidence ever dug up throughout the world. No matter what
the
> quality of the evidence, it's always "not proven" in the Steven's
Courtroom.
>
> But when Inger produces some incoherent babble that she claims proves
there can
> be no more doubts, now or ever, in the authenticity of the VM, where is
the
> stern test of unquestionable evidence? Strangely absent.
>
> It would be an ad hominem attack to call you a gadfly so that everyone can
> ignore your evidence, clearly there is no purpose in employing such a
tactic
> because you haven't got any evidence and don't propose to bring any up.
>
>
>


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