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From: sna6345@gmail.com
"Doc O'Leary" wrote in message
news:droleary-814302.12124605022014@news.eternal-september.org...
> In article ,
> "sna" wrote:
>
>> >> But those were both settled before the train showed up.
>> >
>> > The issue is not settlement,
>>
>> That is what was being discussed.
>
> No, it wasn't.
Yes it was in the bit I chose to comment on.
Settlement was a straw man, probably from J. Clarke,
> introduced to double-down on the stupidity of claiming that trains need
> a dense population to make sense.
>
>> but the fallacy that trains don't make
>> > sense until *after* the population density rises to a certain level.
>>
>> That wasnąt what was being discussed there. I didnąt even comment on
>> that.
>
> Indeed, you were instead feeding the troll.
He isn't a troll and it was an interesting question.
I'm asking you to stop
> doing that.
I chose to comment on a question I found interesting.
No one is forcing you to even read what doesn’t interest you.
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