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Re: boulders on shoulders
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001 20:48:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Duane Hess writes:
> > > Comprehension has nothing to do with it in my mind. I've seen the question
> > arise about how women and minorities "don't get" or "can't comprehend" a
> > theory or political standing. That is very offensive.
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> What I don't get is how people can't seem to comprehend that I didn't say
> that. You went right by my explanation of the whole quote and used the
> out-of-context quote again. That a mistake was made is okay, but the same
> one over and over? I don't get it (Ooooooooo....).
I've been re-reading your original and unsnipped post. It's taken me a
while, but I may have just sorted out what you were trying to say. I still
find it to be an inflammatory question, although I now think it to be mostly
rhetorical. Am I getting warmer?
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> > > > I think Katie just vented some pent-up frustration and unfortunately >>>>Bruce's post was the catalyst.
> > >
> > > Well, I'd like to let Katie speak for herself (and Bruce can likewise
> > > correct my interpretations of his posts if I am incorrect) but it's odd to
> > > me that a post from one of the biggest local opponents against
> > > Libertarianism is singled out as if it were a recruitment poster for the >party.
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> Very odd - so odd one most wonder if she could in fact be mistaken? Read my
> post that Katie originally responded to. Tell me specifically why you think
> it is a "recruitment poster" (I hear Larry laughing his butt off somewhere).
> I can respond to that. If you can come up with something concrete, let me
> know. Vague insinuations just muddy the waters further.
Hmmm... Not a quote from my post.
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> Bruce
-Duane
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| (...) It wasn't meant as rhetorical - it was a searching question. It most certainly wasn't a statement of the way things are. Examples tossed out for discussion - there could be other possiblities that I hadn't thought of, nor was I trying to (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) What I don't get is how people can't seem to comprehend that I didn't say that. You went right by my explanation of the whole quote and used the out-of-context quote again. That a mistake was made is okay, but the same one over and over? I (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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