Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cmu-cs-k.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!rochester!cmu-cs-pt!cmu-cs-k!tim From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: What passes for argument here Message-ID: <20980027@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 06:47:50 EST Article-I.D.: cmu-cs-k.20980027 Posted: Tue Dec 11 06:47:50 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 03:53:22 EST References: <1767@umcp-cs.UUCP> <20980025@cmu-cs-k.ARPA>, <1774@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 38 >In article <20980025@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes: > >>Thank you, Charles, for completely failing to refer to any of my points in >>your supposed refutation. I was afraid we would be stuck with rational >>argument here. > >[I should remark that this is the entire article except the signature.] > >Ah, a perfect example of context-free natural language! Not to mention >almost content-free. Now, now, what am I supposed to say when you fail to refer to any of my points? Include both articles in toto and then just say what I did above? Go over every sentence of yours and say "This does not refer to anything in my message" over and over? No, Charles, I did the only thing possible. And I agree: It is shameful what passes for argument here, particularly the postings of a certain correspondent who approaches Bickford status in his non-responsiveness. >Both Rich Rosen and Tim have developed this marvelous style of argument, >the likes of which I've never seen before. It consists of feeding words >to one's opponent, then claiming on the basis of those words that his >arguments are not relevant. > >Charley Wingate Add "gibberish" to "non-responsiveness". This paragraph is one of the closest approximations to true semantic nullity I have ever seen. What in God's name (Ubizmo, in case you didn't know) is it supposed to mean? I've neither put words in your mouth nor asked you to speak to me at all.... -=- Tim Maroney, Carnegie-Mellon University Computation Center ARPA: Tim.Maroney@CMU-CS-K uucp: seismo!cmu-cs-k!tim CompuServe: 74176,1360 audio: shout "Hey, Tim!" "Remember all ye that existence is pure joy; that all the sorrows are but as shadows; they pass & are done; but there is that which remains." Liber AL, II:9.