On Feb 18, 2006, at 9:16 AM, Richard Yates wrote:
After a long, informative, and civilized thread this one went over the edge from evidence, reason, and substance and into personal attack through sarcasm.
I have encountered this phenomenon numerous times, from a variety of different offenders. Eventually I came to understand that this kind of reaction (I call it "sputtering") is a kind of acknowledgement by the offender that he (very seldom she) has lost the argument. That being so, the only appropriate response is to quietly declare victory and drop the subject.
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