Re: Social Darwinism; was: So Long Judge Moore, We'll Miss You

On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 09:07:30 +0000 (UTC), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>You have really proven yourself to the readers to be without any
>>substance.
>
>Do you think so?  I believe you will discover that I am not the one
>with a credibility problem.

Sometimes I wonder about this.  

Someone comes into a group like this, makes a bunch of assertions and gets
jumped on by a dozen people, trashing his statements.  No one comes to his
defense.  The only discussion is about how the assertions are wrong in one
way or another.  Many, if not most, of the people at least seem familiar
with the issues.  But that person apparently perceives the situation
completely differently: that it is his attackers who are in the minority,
the "audience" is on his side and the people arguing against them are
destroying their credibility by doing so.

If I was in such a situation (and I have been, more or less) I might
persevere if I thought I was right, but I'd be under no illusion that my
opponents' credibility was suffering.  

Or maybe it is just because I'm only reading talk.origins and he is getting
a lot of support in the other groups from people who are trimming the
cross-posts . . .

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J. Pieret
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.  

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