XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.paranormal, alt.atheism   
   XPost: alt.alien.research   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/29/2025 5:49 PM, Bob Casanova wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >>   
      
   I'm sorry for what I did, but it was just an unintentional mistake.  I   
   will be more careful next time.   
      
   Dawn   
      
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