Dan wrote: > > 1) Are you interested in a discussion on the vision of myself and at least > one other person who was an active poster that discussions are often > thwarted by pronouncements that come as if they come from Olympus, rather > than arguments that folks want others to discuss so the author can test > their own ideas?
I'm certainly interested in a good discussion, but I find it very difficult to debate with you because you are a very prolific writer with no apparent limit on the time you have to research a topic. I would not be surprised to find that this is what you do for a living. Furthermore you are very good at manipulating statistics to bolster your arguments, but as Charlie pointed out a couple of times late last year, you have a tendency to mold the facts and figures to fit your opinion (reference a recent mass transit discussion). Furthermore, look at the size of your last two posts. There's more volume there than all the posts from everyone else on the list for several days prior. I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm often overwhelmed by the shear size of your posts. I'm not nearly as prolific and I seldom have more than an hour a day to peruse and respond to all of my personal email. Responding to each and every point of your argument with a properly researched reply may take several hours (and in fact it has). What I ended up doing on more than one occasion was to take just one portion of your argument and zero in on it. But this would usually be met with a reply that was, once again, overwhelming. Understand, if it's not obvious, that in most respects I'm complimenting you and letting you know that you're just too good at these discussions for me to compete. This isn't to say that I think you're always right or even that you've always made your point well. I just can't keep up all the time, so often times I just give up. I'm sure this is frustrating to you. Its certainly frustrating to me. Doug _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
