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From: assimilate on 14 Dec 2009 12:05 On 14-Dec-2009, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > More people should adopt that attitude, but they aren't smart enough > to know what they don't know. opinions are not knowledge -- bill-o
From: assimilate on 14 Dec 2009 12:12 On 14-Dec-2009, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: > > > > true enough, however, sometimes one side is so large it overshadows the > > other. Is that the case here? Not enough info (happy Alan? :-) ) > > Perfectly. > > Why it should have been so hard for so many to admit this rather than > just take the easy way out, I don't know. I can still have my opinion. Like some others here, I'm not "disappointed" in Tiger as I have never been invested in him. I like to see good golf, period. -- bill-o
From: Alan Baker on 14 Dec 2009 12:27 In article <7on6esF3qkn8mU1(a)mid.individual.net>, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message > news:alangbaker-A57B17.11105411122009(a)62.Red-83-42-141.dynamicIP.rima-tde.net. > .. > > In article <7ofabcF3ptegjU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > > > >> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message > >> news:alangbaker-E089A3.08004111122009(a)news.shawcable.com... > >> > In article <7of4h0F3nrbemU1(a)mid.individual.net>, > >> > "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > >> > > >> >> "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message > >> >> news:alangbaker-B57F39.23332910122009(a)news.shawcable.com... > >> >> > In article <4b21d52e$0$17352$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com>, > >> >> > assimilate(a)borg.org wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >> On 10-Dec-2009, Alan Baker <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > It seems to me that there is very little that could make up for > >> >> >> > > what > >> >> >> > > he's > >> >> >> > > done to his family. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > You don't even know precisely *what* he has done and you > >> >> >> > certainly > >> >> >> > don't > >> >> >> > know how his family feels about it. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> this is quite possibly the silliest thing you've ever posted. > >> >> > > >> >> > How so? > >> >> > > >> >> > The following are all yes or no questions, Bill: > >> >> > > >> >> > Do you know what actually happened (versus what a lot of people with > >> >> > their own agendas have said happened)? > >> >> > > >> >> > Do you know what his family actually feels about all of this? > >> >> > > >> >> > I dare you to answer those questions. > >> >> > > >> >> I dare you, LOL! > >> > > >> > Yup. Does English confuse you so much? > >> > > >> No, just your arrogance. > > > > LOL > > > > What is arrogant about asking someone to answer a couple of questions? > > > Saying it like this. "I dare you to answer those questions". Again, how does that make me "arrogant", Mike. Let's see an actual explanation. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: bknight on 14 Dec 2009 12:31 On Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:05:23 GMT, assimilate(a)borg.org wrote: > >On 14-Dec-2009, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > >> More people should adopt that attitude, but they aren't smart enough >> to know what they don't know. > >opinions are not knowledge The biggest copout ever is when someone makes a brash, definitive, statement; then when proven wrong, cries "it was an opinion". BK
From: Alan Baker on 14 Dec 2009 12:31
In article <4b26704f$0$28777$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com>, assimilate(a)borg.org wrote: > On 14-Dec-2009, bknight(a)conramp.net wrote: > > > More people should adopt that attitude, but they aren't smart enough > > to know what they don't know. > > opinions are not knowledge No, but opinions are based on knowledge. Hiding behind "it's my opinion" when it has clearly been reached in the absence of knowledge is lame. And that's my opinion. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg> |