Re: Albatross-eating mice!

On Fri, 5 Aug 2005 09:34:46 +0100, "BAC" <casswalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>"Malcolm Kane" <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:It2YAyAwHm8CFwQ1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> In message <1123142184.28817.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, BAC
>> <casswalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>> >
>> >"Malcolm Kane" <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >news:h$ryU1AGvU8CFw0n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> In message <1123058877.30964.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, BAC
>> >> <casswalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>> >> >
>> >> >"Malcolm Kane" <malcolm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> >news:ZmqsCFFdL87CFwKe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >> In message <1122970000.15708.0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, BAC
>> >> >> <casswalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> My whole purpose is often to get HIM to explain what he really
>means
>> >> >and
>> >> >> >> thinks.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >In that case, I suggest you simply ask him to explain, e.g. by
>asking
>> >> >> >questions such as 'what do you mean by that'. Your normal style of
>> >> >> >'questioning' doesn't strike me as being like that at all.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> Have you ever known Angus answer a direct question?
>> >> >
>> >> >Yes, occasionally, when asked a direct and non 'loaded' question by
>> >someone
>> >> >he doesn't suspect of trying to catch him out or score points.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> I suppose asking him for evidence or a few facts to back up his
>> >> statements counts as loaded as he never answers one no matter who asks.
>> >
>> >But he responded to your straightforward request for an example only the
>> >other day.
>> >
>> >I don't blame him for being cautious about responding to questions which
>he
>> >might believe to be just some more verbal fencing. He isn't alone in
>that,
>> >of course.
>> >
>> >
>> That I can understand I however am referring to when he makes statements
>> and when asked for evidence NEVER provides it. Leaving you with the
>> inevitable conclusion that he hasn't any.
>
>Are you saying that Angus has never made any attempt to justify any
>statement he has ever made on this newsgroup? ISTR he has, although he has
>become more reluctant to do so in recent times.
>
>Admittedly, he seldom attempts to provide evidence to prove or disprove
>'challenges' constructed by others from his statements (e.g. Angus makes
>generalised statement X, 'opponent' counters that if X is true, specific
>case Y must be true, and demands 'evidence' to prove Y. Of course, the
>'opponent' seldom feels the need to prove the assertion that if X is true, Y
>must be true, nor to produce any evidence of his own in respect of Y, that
>being Angus' sole responsibility).
>
>Also, there have been occasions when he has referred to articles published
>on the Internet, or in periodicals and in newspapers, or which have been
>featured in media programmes, when asked to support his opinions, but they
>have been scornfully dismissed either as from a biased source, or lacking in
>sufficient scientific rigour to be taken seriously.
>
>So perhaps it isn't all that surprising if he has become discouraged from
>producing 'evidence'.
>
>I sometimes feel that if Angus were to simply post a message saying 'Good
>Morning', he would be taken to task about using the word 'morning' without
>defining the longitude at which he was at when he typed it (since, clearly,
>it might not be morning at other longitudes, at the same instant) and then
>asked for peer reviewed evidence to substantiate it as 'good' :-)

Prove it. Lol


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