Geplaatst: 14 sep 2007, 22:26
I missed this, sorry.
With a nic-name like that, I bet you get into some fights. :-)
Just to assure you, I am not upset at all. I am totally fine. I have learnt now that the evidence easily attests to itself, its own truth.
And I have learnt that a conversation--while robust--has to be two-way. If that is not going to happen, thats fine.
These ideas can take a long time to trickle down into the heart and sometimes it takes us a long time to admit that that these guys did actually say what they said.
So I try to be patient. I will, though, point out ad hominemswhen I see it, because sometimes folk dont even realise they are doing it. And generally, ad hominems are just a defensive mechanisms when one feels threatened. So I am fine with what has happened.
Take care,
David
G'day Polemicus.Polemicus schreef:Dear mr. Flynn, don't be upset by Bert's responses. That's the way he reacts, when someone forces him to argue. He only can stick to his own preoccupations and wants to elaborate on his own prejudice.
If he cannot triumph, when time and again his thoughts are proofed to be false, he starts to bring the person in disgrace, as if he has blind eyes of the soul and is a heretic. This way is a characteristic for people who confess that their thoughts are by nature darkened, but show that they by heart believe to be exclusively correct and that all the rest is stupid and blinded.
With respect to the way you argue.
Polemicus.
With a nic-name like that, I bet you get into some fights. :-)
Just to assure you, I am not upset at all. I am totally fine. I have learnt now that the evidence easily attests to itself, its own truth.
And I have learnt that a conversation--while robust--has to be two-way. If that is not going to happen, thats fine.
These ideas can take a long time to trickle down into the heart and sometimes it takes us a long time to admit that that these guys did actually say what they said.
So I try to be patient. I will, though, point out ad hominemswhen I see it, because sometimes folk dont even realise they are doing it. And generally, ad hominems are just a defensive mechanisms when one feels threatened. So I am fine with what has happened.
Take care,
David