In a message dated 07/09/01 14:19:04 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
> Who is this Dr Morley? What are his
> credentials? How can you be sure that the other statements are facts?
<< How can you be sure the snakebite URL statements are facts? >>
Jesus Christ, have you missed the whole point of my posts?? Answer is, I
NEVER said they were facts. They are another point of view. I also don't
like the idea of posting second hand propaganda to the list, whoever is doing
it.
<< I guess I could spend my whole day trying to prove or disprove every word
but at the end of the day I agree with Colin, this discussion is going
nowhere since everybody sticks to their sources.>>
I agree.
> Further, are you saying that it's wrong or somehow less valid to "base an
> opinion on anything but fact"? I disagree. Opinions can be based on
> intuition, common sense, experience, probability, as well as other people's
> opinions. Relying too much on "facts" can engender a rigidity that can
> hamper rather than promote enlightenment.
<< Action speaks louder than words.>>
I have no idea what this is supposed to convey.
<< Also, another example of the dialectic tactic I just described above. >>
I don't think of anything I've said as a tactic. As to your earlier
statement about dialectics:
<< At any rate, I'm not a dialectics professional and this debate is turning
into just that: pick one word/one phrase/one statement from a post, tear it
apart and disclaim the whole argument.>>
If that's what you think dialecticism is, I don't know where you got your
definition from.
That's enough for me.
Azeem
