--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Hugo" <richardhughes103@> wrote: > > > > So what? I call it like I see it. Put it all back in > > it's proper context and consider the fact I've been > > interested in crop circles for more than twenty years > > and perhaps you'll agree I've earned the right to have > > strong opinions about it. > > I've never been interested in them and still > am not, but equally feel the right to have > strong opinions about the subject. Not so much > about the circles themselves (who the fuck > cares), but about the people who obsess about > them. The former may or may not be mysterious, > but the latter (the fanatics) are not. They > are the same as any brand of fanatic anywhere, > and thus one is able (and, some would say, > almost duty-bound) to laugh at them. > > There is little on this planet as laughable > as someone touting Woo Woo while claiming to > be rational. And taking themselves seriously > and demanding that others take them seriously > while acting in such a fashion that one cannot > *possibly* take them seriously. :-)
Here's how I would characterize the conversation so far: Person 1: There is definitely Woo Woo involved with crop circles. Not all of them are Woo Woo, but some of them definitely are. Person 2: I don't agree. I think it is more likely that there is no Woo Woo at all. Person 1: You are ignorant and terrified of learning the truth. If you had read the same facts I had, you would HAVE to agree with me that there is Woo Woo involved. Person 2: I have not only read the same things you have, but I have been doing so for 20 years and you're a Woo Woo Johnny Come Lately by comparison. Nothing I have read convinces me that Woo Woo is involved. Person 1: Then you are just being stupid, not rational like me. The ONLY rational thing to believe is what *I* believe. Woo Woo is defin- itely happening, and if you don't agree with me and admit that you were WRONG, you are being irrational. Whereas *I* am the rational one for insisting that Woo Woo exists and is present in the crop circle scenario. Person 2: Whatever. Not interested in discussing this further with a crazy person. Person 1: See! You're terrified of learning the truth! No matter how many times you say you are not interested in discussing this with me, I'm going to respond ANYWAY, because I MUST convince you that Woo Woo exists. And you MUST realize this and change your beliefs BECAUSE I SAY SO. Furthermore, when the inevitable happens and you finally admit that you were WRONG, you MUST apologize to me for not believing me about the Woo Woo in the first place. I'm the rational one here, and you're not. So there. Person 2: Ha! Person 1: <replay everything said before over and over again, as if saying it one more time will convince the non-believer this time> Person 2: <ignoring the blithering idiot> Person 1: <replay everything said before over and over yet again, ignoring the fact that they are being ignored> This has been a discussion between a fanatic who has been INSISTING that the only correct POV is theirs (and that this is a rational stance), and a person who is really rational and refuses to be browbeaten. As entertainment goes, it's tough to beat it.
