Re: stupidity considered harmful

From: Robert Vienneau (rvien_at_see.sig.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 04:31:04 -0500

In article
<bca91e497100e9f608548e423f622a80.48257@mygate.mailgate.org>, "Kent
Paul Dolan" <xanthian@well.com> wrote:

> "robert j. kolker" <nowhere@nowhere.net> wrote:

> When you are told that you are making yourself look
> like a jerk by making claims without providing
> evidence, and your reply is of the form "do you
> deny" rather than in the form of the needed evidence
> to support your claims, you merely confirm the
> previous impression as a near certainty.

To describe Kolker as merely a jerk is to be kind.

Out of curiousity, Kent, why did you decide to start
cross-posting to sci.econ a few months ago? 

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