Re: Flat earth?

From: TMG (TMG_at_Nowhere.org)
Date: 01/25/05


Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:08:00 -0500


George Hammond wrote:
> "TMG" <TMG@Nowhere.org> wrote in message
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>>
>>George Hammond wrote:
>>
>>>"Daniel T." <postmaster@earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>>news:postmaster-597720.10360223012005@news1.east.earthlink.net...
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>><snip>
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>>>>I've met people who don't believe that anyone has ever orbited the earth
>>>>or went to the moon, so I use evidence that they can experience
>>>>directly, rather than video that looks less convincing that Star Wars.
>>>
>>>
>>>[Hammond]
>>>
>>>A. Million a' Morons have Satellite-T.V. and have to go out in
>>> the yard and clear the snow off their satellite dishes to see
>>> the Superbowl... what do they think those things are aiming
>>> at... flying saucers?
>>>
>>>B. When the Sun is right you can even SEE a satellite in the
>>> night sky... it is brighter than a star or even Venus.
>>
>>
>>What does your point have to do with anyone orbiting the earth or going
>>to the moon?
>
>
> [Hammond]
> what the hell are you talking about? A satellite t.v. transponder is
> "orbiting" the Earth... doesn't matter if it is in a "stationary orbit"..
> it is still 'orbiting the Earth every 24 hours". QED... since the
> average moron gets satellite t.v. he knows it's possible to
> "orbit the Earth" and obvously a t.v. satellite could easily video
> tape the earth and transmit a t.v. picture of the "ROUND EARTH"
> to us... thus proving the "flat Earth" claim is nonsense.
> Fact is we have PLENTY of manned satellite vieos of the
> Earth... all of them showing that it is ROUND.
>

Not that I believe in a flat earth, but you seem to be having a problem
with the difference between anyONE and anyTHING in your TV satellite
example.



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