Re: quick question

From: John Michael Williams (jwill_at_AstraGate.net)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: 8 Nov 2004 21:48:46 -0800

srp@microtec.net (Andr? Michaud) wrote in message news:<562f286c.0411080647.21b576f6@posting.google.com>...
> jwill@AstraGate.net (John Michael Williams) wrote in message news:<4032bf27.0411071811.44f19e16@posting.google.com>...
...
> > >
> > > Putting respective schools of thought in perspective is not
> > > irrelevant.
> >
> > Physicists are not fish, and comparing them to animals doesn't
> > encourage anyone to discuss anything with you.
>
> What animal have I compared physicists to?

You are comparing them to fish, which travel in schools,
just as before you tried oxen.

>
> Besides, I do not encourage non causalists to discuss with me.
...
>
> > Please stop calling me names and then attributing things to the names
> > as though they somehow then applied to me. This is just, plain
> > name-calling, and I don't like it.
>
> I just don't understand what you are talking about here. What
> name-calling are you referring to?

Oxen; fish; causalists; orthodox; heretics; and on and on.

I don't see much physics or reality here. It's easy to
see why you would find a lot of opposition
and criticism from others in sci.physics. If you would
refrain from this, others might read your content with a
more respectful eye.

>
> Since I plain and simple refuse to be drawn into any accrimonious
> debate, maybe we better end this conversation right here.
>
> André Michaud

I notice from the thread that you posted another message
to me right after this one. Was this meant to be a joke?
Saying you would end this conversation?

What is is that you would LIKE to accomplish here?

And, can you go forward with it while avoiding name-calling?

                         John
                     jwill@AstraGate.net
                     John Michael Williams

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