02-09-2011, 06:05 PM
My respect for Charles work and thinking is growing daily. Although we hit heads hard at first, I see now that we are very similar in many ways. All are suspect until none are left to suspect. That's the nature of this endeavor and, unpleasant as it is, we can either accept it or bury our collective mind in the quick sand of "safer" (more comforting) delusions.
If the rules of logic and critical thinking are dismissed by one who is otherwise intelligent enough to appreciate their value, that person's motive comes into question quite properly as it should. Such inquiry is not ad hominem as it is based upon repeated indiscretions so that a pattern of "dis or mis" information tactics emerge as thinly disguised agendas. Where there appears to be no alternate explanation for the behavior, one is proper to ask "Why?" in order to seek resolution. It is not possible to reach the truth while disregarding the tools that assist us in getting to it. Logic and critical thinking are those tools. When one denies committing a fallacy after it has been brought to their attention--even when the evidence is overwhelming that such a fallacy was committed--and then they proceed to offer compound fallacies to explain away the initial perfidy...something is wrong. Very wrong. In EVERY case. PERIOD. It is inescapable.
Charles' logic has been impeccable in this thread. Gary, you have invited rebuke so many times on so many counts that it has become entertaining to watch you paint the bull's eye on yourself!
PS: What a nice compliment Gary gave to DPF by comparing it to JFKresearch Forum! I think that's a bit of an exaggeration, but then again, I'm biased.
If the rules of logic and critical thinking are dismissed by one who is otherwise intelligent enough to appreciate their value, that person's motive comes into question quite properly as it should. Such inquiry is not ad hominem as it is based upon repeated indiscretions so that a pattern of "dis or mis" information tactics emerge as thinly disguised agendas. Where there appears to be no alternate explanation for the behavior, one is proper to ask "Why?" in order to seek resolution. It is not possible to reach the truth while disregarding the tools that assist us in getting to it. Logic and critical thinking are those tools. When one denies committing a fallacy after it has been brought to their attention--even when the evidence is overwhelming that such a fallacy was committed--and then they proceed to offer compound fallacies to explain away the initial perfidy...something is wrong. Very wrong. In EVERY case. PERIOD. It is inescapable.
Charles' logic has been impeccable in this thread. Gary, you have invited rebuke so many times on so many counts that it has become entertaining to watch you paint the bull's eye on yourself!
PS: What a nice compliment Gary gave to DPF by comparing it to JFKresearch Forum! I think that's a bit of an exaggeration, but then again, I'm biased.
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monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)