XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.paranormal, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.alien.research   
   From: nospam@buzz.off   
      
   On Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:03:25 -0500, the following appeared   
   in sci.skeptic, posted by Dawn Flood   
   :   
      
   >On 6/27/2025 6:00 PM, Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:21:15 -0500, the following appeared   
   >> in sci.skeptic, posted by Dawn Flood   
   >> :   
   >>   
   >>> On 6/26/2025 11:17 PM, Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>>> They're lying   
   >>>   
   >>> Big Red Flag whenever anyone accuses a collective group of strangers "of   
   >>> lying".   
   >>>   
   >> I tend to agree.   
   >>   
   >> So is misattributing a quote to someone who never said it.   
   >>   
   >> (Hint: That would be me.)   
   >>   
   >> But just to clarify, I made two posts in this subject, both   
   >> in response to you. The first exchange (each is you followed   
   >> by my reply):   
   >>   
   >> -------------------------------------------------------------------   
   >>> No.   
   >>   
   >> [That was your sole reply to a multi-page screed by JTEM]   
   >>   
   >> Would it be possible for you to be a bit less ambiguous?   
   >> -------------------------------------------------------------------   
   >>   
   >> And the second, in response to the above:   
   >>   
   >> -------------------------------------------------------------------   
   >>   
   >>> LOL!  JTEM is (cross) posting crap (again); if he'll kindly exclude   
   >>> alt.atheism, I promise not to reply!!   
   >>   
   >> Fair enough; he/she/it has been a long-time thorn in   
   >> talk.origins, too; I have him/her/it in my Special   
   >> Childrens' File. I was just curious what the "No" referred   
   >> to; this was one of the more rational posts I'd seen from   
   >> that particular entity.   
   >> -------------------------------------------------------------------   
   >>   
   >> Since your purported quote of mine doesn't seem to appear in   
   >> either of those, a retraction would seem to be in order.   
   >>>   
   >   
   >I was trying to tidy up the thread; nothing intentional.   
   >   
   OK, but attributions have meaning and require care.   
   >   
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   Bob C.   
      
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    the one that heralds new discoveries, is not   
    'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"   
      
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