tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post2507318515204737055..comments2024-02-29T03:34:23.190-05:00Comments on Who Were the Sea Peoples?: Evasion Does Not Equal Dishonesty!gcallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-11157925331604030302015-04-28T00:55:57.957-04:002015-04-28T00:55:57.957-04:00And yet, once again, this is somehow proof that I ...<i>And yet, once again, this is somehow proof that I can't read or understand arguments.</i><br /><br />While Gene picks on you from time to time, I do not think that he thinks you are stupid.Samson Corwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148822362930969284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-73381366075975906892015-04-28T00:28:23.419-04:002015-04-28T00:28:23.419-04:00Bob: "I did not mean to defame anyone by accu...Bob: "I did not mean to defame anyone by accusing them of deliberate dishonesty, but I can see how people could have read my post that way. "gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-41168824114310353682015-04-26T21:20:04.601-04:002015-04-26T21:20:04.601-04:00When I first encountered Gene's blog (via your...When I first encountered Gene's blog (via yours, Bob), I first thought he was biased and rude, then I came to think he was fair-minded but ornery, and now I think he is quite wise but just lacks tact (perhaps intentionally).Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470489293820651609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-73649268004565117662015-04-26T15:19:35.398-04:002015-04-26T15:19:35.398-04:00I think it's clear that's what you were do...I think it's clear that's what you were doing in this post. <br /><br />Next up Gene, kontradictions spelt with a C, for Callahan. Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-68068604107148730712015-04-26T15:13:53.835-04:002015-04-26T15:13:53.835-04:00What? There was certainly nothing here about you n...What? There was certainly nothing here about you not being able to read! I was apologizing in case someone thought I was accusing others of dishonesty.gcallahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065877215969589482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-22956473422582322972015-04-26T14:21:04.740-04:002015-04-26T14:21:04.740-04:00I swear this blog is the Twilight Zone sometimes. ...I swear this blog is the Twilight Zone sometimes. <br /><br />Gene, suppose you had written (in this current post) about your hypothetical friend:<br /><br />"It is shocking how often my friend uses this slippery trick, whenever I bring up the fact that his wife spends a lot of time on the bus with the basketball team. Because he can't come up with a plausible excuse, instead he resorts to the sleight-of-hand that she has a side business selling condoms. What else *could* he say?"<br /><br />In that case, nobody would think you were merely lamenting his own naivete. It would sound like he was actively deceiving you.<br /><br />And that's the language you used to describe what I did regarding your analogy.<br /><br />So yes, in this current post, it doesn't sound like you're accusing your hypothetical friend of deliberately being dishonest, but that's precisely because you neutered the language that you had used to describe me.<br /><br />And yet, once again, this is somehow proof that I can't read or understand arguments.Bob Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04001108408649311528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-37998416934046607302015-04-25T02:04:30.765-04:002015-04-25T02:04:30.765-04:00Very gentlemanly of you!Very gentlemanly of you!Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02470489293820651609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-30338831005409171312015-04-25T01:16:00.885-04:002015-04-25T01:16:00.885-04:00The beginning example reminds me of one of Shakesp...The beginning example reminds me of one of Shakespeare's sonnets:<br /><br />"When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her though I know she lies, that she may think me some untutored youth, unlearned in the world's false subtleties. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, although she knows my days are past the best, simply I credit her false-speaking tongue. On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed."Keshav Srinivasanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04754620266852651577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225373.post-65562635082393807822015-04-24T19:41:02.598-04:002015-04-24T19:41:02.598-04:00Hmmm. Some libertarian whose confirmation bias is ...Hmmm. Some libertarian whose confirmation bias is all-powerful and all-encompssing. Hmmm, who could that be, who, who? It's on the tip of my tongue ...Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08207803092348071005noreply@blogger.com