Posted by Steve on 09/21/07 05:02

"Shelly" <sheldonlg.news@asap-consult.com> wrote in message
news:13f6d8d61da5u2e@corp.supernews.com...
> This is to Steve:
> It's not Godwin, but I this is close enough to count. Game over.

man! i think he must have googled it. i lead one conversation right to the
brink by comparison of the 'its only one country, oh its only one more, ah
those are unimportant countries' to describe the slippery slope. he didn't
take the bait. i had to be careful with my wording not to do one myself.

did you see the prediction of pascal's wager...followed by pascal's wager? i
chuckled at that one. i forgot to claim my five pounds though...should be
ten since i called it before hand. ;^)

> This reminds me of a story I heard once. A European visitor to China a
> couple of hundred years ago saw two men arguing and yelling at each other
> so violently that he was sure a fight would break out and that one or the
> other would pull a knife and kill the other. Yet, even though this went
> on a very long time, nothing violent happened and finally it ended. The
> man asked his guide "why did they not get into a physical fight?". The
> answer he got was that the first one to throw a punch was deemed the
> loser.
>
> Read this post by Jerry, especially the second half.

oh, i've been following along. i thought i had over-responded a couple of
times - and even sort of apologized in another thread for it, inclusive of
my love of the f-bomb. i about blew a gasket from disbelief! i've NEVER seen
him that riled. i may seem to talk passionately about this subject and get
bent out of shape, but in no way am i emotionally tied to a discussion of
theory and opinion! you are either right and you are successful at
demonstrating that you are, or you couldn't get your point across, or, you
are not so right as you first thought.

there's either got to be something else going on with him, or he's tired of
hearing us disagree with him and he's flustered. i don't know. i hope he can
leave those sentiments in this thread. i'd hate to killfile jerry if he
reacts this way in other threads even though we'll probably never speak of
this subject again.

btw, i haven't forgotten to do the 'email-you-and-i-get-new-address-for-you'
for job opportunities either. just been busy. i stop and come here for light
reading before it's heads-down for a few more hours.

regards,

me

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