Re: God=G_uv proves 40k B.C. Creation

From: Timberwoof (timberwoof_at_stimpberawoofm.com)
Date: 09/04/04 

Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 18:57:05 +0000 (UTC)

In article <2b68957a.0409040256.2444fa3f@posting.google.com>,
 stewart@webslave.dircon.co.uk (stew dean) wrote:

> > [Hammond]
> > Lethal injection is totally scientific, that doesn't mean you
> > would volunteer.
>
> Huh? That doesnt make sense.

It makes perfect sense to me.

Hammond got tired of your pesky questions, so now he has to deflect them with
what he may think is a clever counter-argument, but we all see as a weak attempt
to change the subject. If you keep on it he will reply that the subject is not
important.

> > > Unfortunatly you are unable to explain your ideas that relates to any
> > > physics concept that is accepted.
> >
> > [Hammond]
> > I'm not here to preach the "acceptable year of the Lord"
> > smarty pants. I'm here to take names and kick ass.
>
> Urm, right. So how exactly are you going to 'kick ass' in a newsgroup
> if you avoid debate?

He's going to do it by attempting to insult your intelligence. Once he thinks
he's convinced everyone standing by that his challenger has the mentality of a
second-grader, he will declare that the challenger is not worth wasting his time
on.

<snip>

> > [Hammond]
> > Right.... you can't name it but you know it when you see it.
>
> In translation. You can't explain you ideas, don't want to explain
> them and just want to waste everyones time. If you want to side with
> what ever creationist there are then why not debate that point of
> view?
>
> If you want to be taken seriously you need to think how to communicate
> your ideas - that is how you can kick ass. Turning up, claiming youre
> a genius and then insulting people who disagree with you and never
> justify you original statement is only going to end up with the kind
> of reactions no doubt you have got used to by now.

The problem is that it's easier to insult people who ask questions than to
actually answer them. For instance, in the debate about homosexuality, he posted
the same non-answer at least half a dozen times, as though that diatribe
actually explained anything. When I started asking him specific questions about
it, he went off on several tangents at once, trying to change the subject to
something he thought I didn't know anything about.

He can't communicate his ideas. Whether that's because he's a kook and doesn't
really have anything or because he's a brilliant but crusty old fart lacking in
respect for others* is entirely beside the point. If he can't explain his ideas
to others, they're worthless.

*I must point out that I feel constrained to limit my conversation to the level
of politeness established by Hammond himself.

> So let's debate this - bring it back to intelligent design if you
> want.

He won't. He can't. Any debate in which he senses that you may actually know
anything more than he, he will try to short-circuit by changing the subject or
insulting you. 

-- 
Timberwoof <me at timberwoof dot com> http://www.timberwoof.com
Otto: "Haha! Apes do not read philosophy!"
Wanda: "Yes, they do. They just don't understand it."

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