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Re: Taking the bait (was Re: Fair use and allusion?)
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Thu, 24 Jun 2004 21:37:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > > > > That's pure ad hominem reasoning,
> > > >
> > > > Why?
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> > > Because you are, in the post-at-hand, dismissing causes solely because Moore
> > > supports them.
> >
> > No I'm not. Reread what you cited. "tends to suggest" is hardly Summarily
> > Dismissed. Further, being wrong about an issue or cause is not the same as
> > dismissing the issue or cause. I dismiss his opinions about issues (for valid
> > cause since he's usually wrong), not the issues.
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> Let's review:
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> In post 24440 (ie, the post-at-hand) you rattled off a litany of negative
> descriptors, identifying Moore as a "waste of food and total twit" who is
> "without shame," who "is mostly wrong about stuff," and whose "approach to his
> work is entirely without merit." Those are mighty big assertions to make
> without giving even a mote of corroborating evidence.
The evidence has been presented here in the past and I'm not inclined to dig it
up again.
> Given your history in this forum of taking a decidely and vehemently
> pro-corporate bent,
Cites please? I'm not pro-corporate by any stretch of the imagination, unless
you're anti-capitalist and don't see the distinction between corporatism and
capitalism.
> Further, you assert that Moore's only intention in naming his film was to "rip
> off" Bradbury. How the heck do you know that?
He said it was his intention (about the name), although not in so many words.
> **snip of a lot of other stuff that came across as trying to tempt me into an
> exchange of "oh, yeah?" "yeah," which naturally is of no interest to the
> thoughtful debater**
Me too.
> Dave!
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| (...) Let's review: In post 24440 (ie, the post-at-hand) you rattled off a litany of negative descriptors, identifying Moore as a "waste of food and total twit" who is "without shame," who "is mostly wrong about stuff," and whose "approach to his (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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