Re: A Modest Proposal for "An Inconvenient Truth"

On 2008-03-02 18:19:48 -0800, Kurt Busiek <kurt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> On 2008-03-02 17:42:57 -0800, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> 
>> Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
news:47CB53E2.9090400
>> @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 
>>>> Your favorite parts of ST are the lectures on political
>>>> theory and mathematical ethics? No.
>>> 
>>> Actually, I said I DID enjoy those, so stop putting words in my mouth.
>> 
>> You did not then, and do not now, claim those are your favorite parts.
Which
>> leaves me still as the one entitled to tell you to shut the hell up
about
>> what my favorite parts are. I don't like people putting words in my
mouth.
>> Stop.
> 
> You're trying to move the goalposts with no one noticing, Gene.
> 
> You asked "What's good about it?" not "What are your favorite parts?"
> 
> As such, he's not claiming those are his favorite parts, merely that 
> what he thinks is good about it includes the stuff you thought was bad 
> about it.
> 
> You introduced the phrase "favorite parts" after his response, as a 
> dodge, to try to claim he was saying something he didn't.  Don't howl 
> so hard when you're caught out; it ill becomes you.

Plus, I'll add that Gene telling Wasp to shut up about what Gene's 
favorite parts are is absurd; Wasp didn't say anything about what 
Gene's favorite parts are.

kdb