Fair enough. On 4/16/07, Dana Tierney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Brian, > > you were not in the thread when I made the comment, so I did not have you > in mind. You can always say the shoe fits if you like, but that would be on > you. > > I bowed out of the argument and suggested to Gel that he do the same > because Gruss said that anyone who disagreed with him was dishonorable. > That's a pretty good example of invincible ignorance, used here as a > technical term in logic. Invincible ignorance is an argument of the form "I > don't care what you say, I still think x." > > Since the person saying this does not care what you say, there is no point > in pursuing the conversation. And of course, the saying is that you cannot > teach a pig to sing - it merely annoys the pig and tires out the teacher. > > I respect you for your thoughtfulness, sir, but no, you did not read my > last post correctly. You also spelled invincibly wrong. I normally don't > play the spelling police, but you put in in quotes and attributed it to me. > > Have a nice day. > Dana > > > > >If i read her last post correctly, her compelling argument seems to be > that > >many of us are "pigs" who are "invincably ignorant". I particularly like > >that last phrase.....well done. > > > >On 4/15/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >
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