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From: MNMikeW on 14 Dec 2009 12:33 "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:alangbaker-6769B6.09274314122009(a)news.shawcable.com... > 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. > I dare you? Really? Please, don't be so dense.
From: Alan Baker on 14 Dec 2009 12:35 In article <7onb7rF3plp87U1(a)mid.individual.net>, "MNMikeW" <MNMiikkew(a)aol.com> wrote: > "Alan Baker" <alangbaker(a)telus.net> wrote in message > news:alangbaker-6769B6.09274314122009(a)news.shawcable.com... > > 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.n > >> et. > >> .. > >> > 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. > > > I dare you? Really? Please, don't be so dense. Again, an actual explanation is lacking. "I dare you" is a rhetorical device, Mike. -- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia <http://gallery.me.com/alangbaker/100008/DSCF0162/web.jpg>
From: Chris Bellomy on 14 Dec 2009 13:17 assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/14/09 11:05 AM: > 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 Opinions without knowledge are both utterly pointless and excruciatingly common on Usenet.
From: dene on 14 Dec 2009 13:45 "Chris Bellomy" <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote in message news:MfednXcClrivHLvWnZ2dnUVZ_uZi4p2d(a)supernews.com... > assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/14/09 11:05 AM: > > 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 > > Opinions without knowledge are both utterly pointless and > excruciatingly common on Usenet. In the case of Tiger Woods, there is plenty of knowledge to base an opinion on. -Greg
From: Chris Bellomy on 14 Dec 2009 13:49
dene wrote, On 12/14/09 12:45 PM: > "Chris Bellomy" <ten.wohsdoog(a)sirhc> wrote in message > news:MfednXcClrivHLvWnZ2dnUVZ_uZi4p2d(a)supernews.com... >> assimilate(a)borg.org wrote, On 12/14/09 11:05 AM: >>> 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 >> Opinions without knowledge are both utterly pointless and >> excruciatingly common on Usenet. > > In the case of Tiger Woods, there is plenty of knowledge to base an opinion > on. Question. Tiger Woods cheated on his wife in myriad ways. George W. Bush launched a war on false pretenses. Who's the real villain? Why? cb |