> > I don't think that the conventional thinkers were antagonized by another point of > view. I think they were antagonized by the tone of some of the posts on this thread > and by the implication or outright statement that they were stupid or deluded for > holding their point of view. Now it seems that they were simply sharing the view > held by (at least some) acknowledged authorities in the field. > > Phil F Phil, to be fair, I think that there has been quite the degree of side talk, if I may call it that, on both sides. I have met this kind of thing before as well, and have been guilty of it also for that matter. One learns, after a while to be more clever at avoiding accusatory off topic modes of discussional distraction..... at least hopefully one learns that. That is to say one does this if one is concerned about the discussion progressing in a productive manner. If on the other hand, one is cynical enough to wish to steer a discussion unrightfully towards one's own favor for the sake of that favor alone, then one could easily enough employ such technique willfully. But whether willful, spiteful, or simply out of frustration, off topic insinuations of negative charge have flourished from several cants on both sides. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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