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- Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:56 am
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:07 pm And I note that you never did provide me a timestamp for the Twitter post in the Pharwrongula page when I asked for it sometime back ... maybe I missed it? Extracted it: 5:09 PM somewhere US time - 12 Aug, which corresponds to +/- several hours of 01:09AM - 13 Aug London T...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:31 pm
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Steersman, at http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73&start=6800#p8194 , said: And from the actions and statements of some here, I would say there are some reasonable questions about the credibility of the claims made, that there might be a fly or two in the ointment .... Well, yes, s...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:29 pm
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Re: Steersman and questions
Beula! And while you’re up, a beer and a sandwich ....
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:58 pm
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Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:16 pm But I really can’t see there is any credibility in arguing that he is a "fatuous, self-centered, woefully ignorant retard, who only sees in pure black and whiteâ€. ... unless you are in fact some kind of disputatious-just-because kind of person, as you sometimes seem. Yo...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:52 pm
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I think Steersman is the Slymepit's counterpart to Strange Gods Before Me (aum thingy). Don't get cross, Steers - I actually kind of admire SGBM. Steersman is a quick learner. I think he'll be salvageable. I'm hoping anyway. Steersman. Don't you fucking let me down you cunt. I like the fact that he...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:34 pm
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And I'm hoping that he isn't salvageable Don't worry - he isn't. Coming from you that is a fucking joke. You might want to take another look in the mirror: Calling out bullies on the FreeThoughtBlogs network. Bashing hypocrisy. Whipping lies. More like manifesting hypocrisy and whipping up lies.....
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:31 pm
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Now, that is funny ...KiwiInOz wrote:And you two are like an old married couple. :romance-ballandchain:CommanderTuvok wrote:Don't worry - he isn't.KiwiInOz wrote:And I'm hoping that he isn't salvageable
:lol:
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:29 pm
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You argue that she is supposedly clever and Internet-savvy enough to have used sock-puppets, yet isn’t enough so to “put a raw IP into a browser� Something does not compute, Captain .... Point me to ONE SINGLE THING about any baboon that "computes". OK, this is going in circles, bits and pie...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:12 pm
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I like the fact that he dissents. I like that his Godwinning is obvious and without a hint of irony. Fuck you, Godwin! :lol: Has to be said, there was certainly some irony in his criticising you for conflating Teebo's dig at Grothe as acute homophobia...and then blithely going on to induce an expli...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:18 pm
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Steersman is a quick learner. I think he'll be salvageable. I'm hoping anyway I'm not sure. He seems a little bit slow on the uptake. He's still a bit Baboonish. There's time yet... Basing your arguments on clearly and easily discreditable points doesn’t seem particularly “fast†– more like...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:03 pm
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Re: "Me Too" guy
Floozie Canuck has a new post up: http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2012/08/16/the-campaign-against-amy-davis-roth/ :eusa-violin: My response: http://www.justinvacula.com/2012/08/response-to-surly-amy-and-lousy-canuck.html First paragraph: "Blogger Jason Thibeault, writing for the blog 'Lousy...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:47 pm
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I think Steersman is the Slymepit's counterpart to Strange Gods Before Me (aum thingy). Don't get cross, Steers - I actually kind of admire SGBM. Steersman is a quick learner. I think he'll be salvageable. I'm hoping anyway. Steersman. Don't you fucking let me down you cunt. Performance Anxiety! [PA]
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:43 pm
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As I said, these people are clueless about the Internet. No, you're missing the point - that is the address she offered as "proof" of innocence in the twitter item above. No I had not missed that, I just thought it was obviously stupid. Sorry I did not make myself clear. Sally has no clue about the...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:10 pm
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Re: that Lousy Canuck comment. This is a great demonstration that the Baboons have no idea of cause and effect. They tried their damnest to tar TAM2012 with exagerrated threats about rape, harassment, and how DJ is a sexist pig. Plus, add Lousy's homophobia in the mix, and then you wonder why quite...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:51 pm
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.... Demonstrate you think by coming up with cogent arguments and stop throwing simian feces about then you will earn respect. Ah, so that’s what you think I’m doing? Not a credible argument if at the same time you say “You are right about your assessment of the last YT video Cris did, up to ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:47 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
I'm curious about this excerpt from Teebo's 'Surly-Amy-is-really-nice-so-you-should-all-leave-her-alone-y'all' post: My already favorable impression of Amy was redoubled when I found out that she’d nearly singlehandedly sent dozens of women to TAM over the years, organizing and running fundraiser...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:34 pm
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masakaria2012 at http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73&start=6700#p8083, thanks for that. GWW video is great just great. I am really looking forward to seeing if she gets around to determining who did this DMCA thingy. And her comment (paraphrased): "If this turns out to be someone ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:17 pm
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Sorry to derail, but the Voltaire quote "I don't agree...but I will fight to the death" is not by Voltaire. It's by a biographer Interesting; learn something new everyday: ... first used by Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing under the pseudonym of Stephen G Tallentyre in The Friends of Voltaire (1906),
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:28 pm
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.... Demonstrate you think by coming up with cogent arguments and stop throwing simian feces about then you will earn respect. Ah, so that’s what you think I’m doing? Not a credible argument if at the same time you say “You are right about your assessment of the last YT video Cris did, up to ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 3:06 pm
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As I said, these people are clueless about the Internet. No, you're missing the point - that is the address she offered as "proof" of innocence in the twitter item above. No I had not missed that, I just thought it was obviously stupid. Sorry I did not make myself clear. Sally has no clue about the...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:50 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
.... Demonstrate you think by coming up with cogent arguments and stop throwing simian feces about then you will earn respect. Ah, so that’s what you think I’m doing? Not a credible argument if at the same time you say “You are right about your assessment of the last YT video Cris did, up to ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 2:32 pm
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Apologies for interrupting the party, but i for one, was not seriously suggesting that dollgate was in fact evidence of latent racism, i was as usual taking the piss. And just to be crystal clear, the warning from the Irishmens rights activists, was not serious either, since we're having to spell e...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:58 pm
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Apologies for interrupting the party, but i for one, was not seriously suggesting that dollgate was in fact evidence of latent racism, i was as usual taking the piss. And just to be crystal clear, the warning from the Irishmens rights activists, was not serious either, since we're having to spell e...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:45 pm
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Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:36 pm BTW. You are right about your assessment of the last YT video Cris did, up to a point. Well, I’m glad you concede that much – you might point that out to Scented Nectar . I have been known to be wrong on occasion. I still believe the video would have been better had it ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:09 pm
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Thu Aug 16, 2012 6:37 am He sees nothing but doom and gloom if we don't heed his words and advice. It's like there's a rain cloud following over him. Well, he has chosen his persona with accuracy, that is for sure. A gnarled sea-dog, embittered by the viccisitudes of foul weather, and an excess of ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:39 am
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Re: blinded
Actually it was Dilurk who used the term first. I responded with the “sexist comment?†question and followed that up by using the term in the sense of “embellishing†the truth. .... My apologies, I read it backwards. (I'm blond, after all) No problemo. We all make mistakes you know. Ran acr...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:13 am
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http://i.imgur.com/ePwA4.jpg Yeah, no atheist connection at all. Except the fact that she identifies as an atheist...oh, I'm sorry PZ, you meant she's not your approved kind of atheist. My mistake. Someone really ought to have told us you need character references to join. Didn't you get the memo? ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:11 am
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Re: perspective
I’d hate to see the same fate befall the SlymePit .... Then you don't know us very well. Uh, that is part of the purpose of dialog if I’m not mistaken. Let me put it to you another way. For most non-sociopathic humans, the value in concepts such as "trust" and "friendship" is intrinsic. Not so ...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:56 pm
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Re: perspective
Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:49 pm Although I wonder to what extent that is orchestrated by some triumvirate, some Star Chamber, FC5(6). It is very, very much orchestrated by Myers, and he lies through his teeth constantly about it. The second most noxious is GC who is ultimately responsible for the whole a...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:40 pm
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Re: blinded
Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:48 pm Steersman, you are missing things, perhaps because of anger: Actually it was Dilurk who used the term first. I responded with the “sexist comment?†question and followed that up by using the term in the sense of “embellishing†the truth. I don't believe for a second...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:22 pm
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Re: perspective
Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:13 pm ... I like that he does not echo our conclusions all of the time, but still has the balls to be a regular commenter. Ah, so, maybe my “dick waving†is impressing you a little bit? :-) Not that that was the reason I was doing anything that might be construed as that – ...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:24 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
@woolybumblebee just posted a new video calling out the FtB and Skepchicks. Whoa. [youtube]Ljc9R_6OnKQ[/youtube] Actually quite a good video. Although, while I can’t say much in favour of some of the other “usual suspects†in the docket, the charges against Ophelia Benson at least have some e...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:08 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Wed Aug 15, 2012 6:35 pm .... A sexist comment? An in joke. I am having a good laugh. It was an extended question mark in response to what looked like a non sequitur. What the hell do “toneâ€, “sense of humour†and “drinking sea water†have to do with knowing how to embroider? The latter...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:53 pm
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Steersman, if you can't see how saying all her downvotes are due to an MRA attack is a generalization of the type I described, then there's no helping you. You just don't WANT it to be true. Sorry bout your luck. So you’re going to write me off because I don’t toe the line? Don’t follow along...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:42 pm
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Not bad, not bad at all. Even if it might be based on questionable premises and conclusions ... I'm relieved you found it of moderate quality, given your high standards, Steerboy. Kiss my ass, cabin boy toothless fuck ... You might actually want to take Cristina’s video to heart, give some though...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:28 pm
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Not bad, not bad at all. Even if it might be based on questionable premises and conclusions ... I'm relieved you found it of moderate quality, given your high standards, Steerboy. Kiss my ass, cabin boy toothless fuck ... Steersman used profanity! We must be a dreadful influence... well, the thread...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:20 pm
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Steersman, if you can't see how saying all her downvotes are due to an MRA attack is a generalization of the type I described, then there's no helping you. You just don't WANT it to be true. Sorry bout your luck. You have to remember Steersboy is a newbie here. He's still learning the ropes. I'm wi...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:12 pm
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Steersman, if you can't see how saying all her downvotes are due to an MRA attack is a generalization of the type I described, then there's no helping you. You just don't WANT it to be true. Sorry bout your luck. You have to remember Steersboy is a newbie here. He's still learning the ropes. I'm wi...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 5:09 pm
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Steersman, if you can't see how saying all her downvotes are due to an MRA attack is a generalization of the type I described, then there's no helping you. You just don't WANT it to be true. Sorry bout your luck. I don't think he wanted the Sally HighStrung assumption to be true either. Not at all;...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:51 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Not bad, not bad at all. Even if it might be based on questionable premises and conclusions ... I'm relieved you found it of moderate quality, given your high standards, Steerboy. Kiss my ass, cabin boy toothless fuck ... You might actually want to take Cristina’s video to heart, give some though...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:38 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:41 am That's right Zomgitscriss, all dissent in blog comment areas are just insane rage-filled haters. Don't bother listening to their actual arguments. ....l I just finished watching that video and I certainly didn’t get the impression that she was saying that “all dissent ...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:27 pm
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I don't think Cristina Rad has said anything that objectionable so far. Even the stuff she says that I disagree with is pretty rational and calm. I don't oppose FTB/Skepchick/that lot because I disagree with them. I oppose them because of the way they handle disagreement. Her latest post is probabl...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:24 pm
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Not bad, not bad at all. Even if it might be based on questionable premises and conclusions ...CommanderTuvok wrote:The plight of Cristina Rad is rather sad,
She used to be good but has now turned bad,
It happens when you team up with liars,
Such as the Baboons led by PZ Myers,
Tis a pity she's gone completely mad.
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 2:21 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:21 pm Steersman, .... She's got an acute case of your typical, common ass radfeminitus where all the enemies are the same: a man is a man is a man. I’ll agree with you to the extent that there seems to be somewhat of an epidemic of that – a case of “four legs good; two legs...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:56 am
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:41 am That's right Zomgitscriss, all dissent in blog comment areas are just insane rage-filled haters. Don't bother listening to their actual arguments. ....l I just finished watching that video and I certainly didn’t get the impression that she was saying that “all dissent ...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:01 am
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Re: "Righteous" Anger
…As William Blake put it Bill Blake was a posing clueless cunt. …St. Augustine’s Libido Dominandi… Augustine was an outright ignorant liar, a parasitic fraud, a psychopathic opportunist. And a cunt. They may well have been that, particularly Blake as I’ve never read much of his biographic...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:55 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
However, “Manufacturing drama at thunderf00tdotorg.wordpress.com†might be construed as a fairly pointed charge OK, let's assume you extend SallyHighStrung the benefit of the doubt, and it's a drive by anon of the EncyclopediaDramatica kind. Her first response? Immediately tweet implying TF con...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:52 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Ok, maybe a stretch – although not that much of a stretch – but one nonetheless ... And for your benefit and the others here that have also exercised their skeptical muscles - at no point did I state it was a smoking gun . The wiki entry reflects that. It's just that my heuristic anomaly detect...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:40 pm
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Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:02 pm ... Not that I’m one of Sally’s groupies by any stretch of the imagination, but I wonder, whether you might not be being a little hasty in your condemnation. While it is still a bit of a stretch it seems that there might have been as much as two minutes for her to have ...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:10 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Tue Aug 14, 2012 8:20 pm I tracked it down to here at RD.net She did respond to it here by saying it was "totally ironic" (while not saying that it was bad, of course). Side note - while sourcing the quote, looking at posts ( here ) I came upon this gem ... This comment thread seems to be full of h...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:42 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Thunderf00t Says: August 13, 2012 at 12:53 am Sally I of course do not condone threats of violence on my blog, but will leave the message up for the time being to preserve the evidence. The IP address of that poster is http://69.164.217.27 Damn. No one has posted from that addy at ERV :( I had to l...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:55 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Dumb as a bag of ball bearings. Assuming she can type 45 words a minute and still have time to hit "reply" and "post", her reply is uncharacteristically coherent and error free - which would have required a spell check and a proof read. Like I said, they more you think about it, the more it reeks. ...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:09 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Wharrgarbl, you need to add in a couple seconds for the refresh time for the rape threat to first appear even if her refresh began a microsecond from when the rape comment was submitted, and also the time it took her to read the comment before responding. Still not implausible .... Particularly for...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:07 pm
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Franc, Lolling hysterically at Sally Strange's timestamp "oops!" My roommate agrees with me that if Sally is her own rapist, it is a consensual act. Dumb as a bag of ball bearings. Assuming she can type 45 words a minute and still have time to hit "reply" and "post", her reply is uncharacteristical...
- Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:55 am
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Re: "Righteous" Anger
Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:45 am For most of the FfTB contributors, and for all of their acolytes, ANGER IS AN ADDICTIVE DRUG . Addendum: I am ashamed to not have distilled that to: Belligerence is a Narcotic It is indeed; it is what turns a group of rational individuals into an unthinking mob. Bears some ...
- Sun Aug 12, 2012 9:36 pm
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Re: MM
Steersman, my brain is fried from re-reading "Monopod Man" posts. In regards to his film being looked through, I have no idea now if A: it is out there somewhere, and I cannot locate it B: It has been deleted C: I am remembering it incorrectly (as we all know how reliable memory is, and mine is wor...
- Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:05 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
Thanks also for that link to sacha’s article, although, not to be critical and from what I can see from a brief skim of it, there wasn’t any reference to a primary source. Certainly a plausible possibility but no smoking gun yet .... .. when I said I would try to find the link to what I read, b...
- Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:48 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
... It's rather amusing to see people back in 2009 refer to SC, Svan, Benson, and Watson as examples of reasonable female atheists who aren't crazy feminists. More proof of that old adage: power corrupts ....Which can probably be updated to make some reference to privilege .... God willing, we will...
- Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:32 pm
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Re: Periodic Table of Swearing
... Steersman, pleasure meeting you and thanks for the reference to the "problem of induction"; it's been enlightening. Likewise. And glad you enjoyed that article as I think that idea lies at the core of the dispute about the “different ways of knowing†– science versus religion: both of the...
- Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:07 pm
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Re: teacher, teacher
... it's easy to begin to form a "old timer" camaraderie, and have little patience to get someone new, up to date with the thread. I can sympathize as I’ve been in similar situations. I sort of look on it as a “teaching momentâ€, although not everyone is cut out for that role. I can't explain ...