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#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Dec 09, 2008 2:03 pm

Sploofus Vocabulary interdict?
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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#2 Post by ne1410s » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:01 pm

tmitsss:
Sploofus Vocabulary interdict?
Ha! (Again) That's the one! Who are you Kreskin? :D :D
"When you argue with a fool, there are two fools in the argument."

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Re: Tennisguy

#3 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Tue Dec 09, 2008 4:23 pm

ne1410s wrote:tmitsss:
Sploofus Vocabulary interdict?
Ha! (Again) That's the one! Who are you Kreskin? :D :D
You were 1 second faster that me this time.
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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