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   Message 53,669 of 54,659   
   Gregory Hall to MillerT   
   Re: Capitulate with Altas before it's to   
   15 Mar 09 18:24:39   
   
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   XPost: rec.arts.poems, alt.fluff-girl.pinku-sensei   
   From: greghall@home.fake   
      
   "MillerT"  wrote in message   
   news:gpju5m$gne$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...   
   > On 3/15/09 5:44 PM, in article 2lgidr.6l9.17.1@news.alt.net, "Gregory   
   > Hall"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> "MillerT"  wrote in message   
   >> news:gpjsfe$alt$3@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...   
   >>> On 3/15/09 5:35 PM, in article 2lght7.adp.19.1@news.alt.net, "Gregory   
   >>> Hall"   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> "MillerT"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:gpjrau$8mo$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...   
   >>>>> On 3/15/09 4:51 PM, in article 2lgfah.uql.19.1@news.alt.net, "Gregory   
   >>>>> Hall"   
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> "MillerT"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> news:gpjlk2$l3n$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...   
   >>>>>>> On 3/15/09 3:05 PM, in article 2lg921.skv.17.1@news.alt.net,   
   >>>>>>> "Gregory   
   >>>>>>> Hall"   
   >>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> "MillerT"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>> news:gpjisi$dgm$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...   
   >>>>>>>>> On 3/15/09 2:36 PM, in article 2lg7cd.r7t.19.1@news.alt.net,   
   >>>>>>>>> "Gregory   
   >>>>>>>>> Hall"   
   >>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> It's the case that, too often, people attempt to make an argument   
   >>>>>>>>>> by   
   >>>>>>>>>> attacking and insulting those who hold opposing views. I wish to   
   >>>>>>>>>> do   
   >>>>>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>>>>> exact opposite:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? a certain odious faction that was engaging in systematic abuse   
   >>>>>>>>> of   
   >>>>>>>>> individuals   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> * If you don't share my views you're probably a member of the   
   >>>>>>>>> infamous   
   >>>>>>>>> 'cabal' of AUK bullies.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? You abusers are too ignorant to read the writing on the wall.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? your reign of terror   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? There are more than a few AUK bullies who deserve their   
   >>>>>>>>> comeuppance   
   >>>>>>>>> in   
   >>>>>>>>> public where they can be spat upon and pelted with rotten   
   >>>>>>>>> vegetables   
   >>>>>>>>> by   
   >>>>>>>>> those whom they have abused over the years as they are led out of   
   >>>>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>>>> courtroom in shackles.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? These fools would not hesitate to ridicule, parody, censor, and   
   >>>>>>>>> downgrade   
   >>>>>>>>> Atlas's opposing ideas if they felt they could benefit from doing   
   >>>>>>>>> so   
   >>>>>>>>> but   
   >>>>>>>>> their silence is deafening.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? As stupid as they are it seems to have gotten through their   
   >>>>>>>>> thick   
   >>>>>>>>> skulls   
   >>>>>>>>> to not play with fire anymore.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? stereotyped as cabalistic tools of a liberal smear machine using   
   >>>>>>>>> search   
   >>>>>>>>> and destroy tactics based upon their left-wing political ideology   
   >>>>>>>>> to   
   >>>>>>>>> get   
   >>>>>>>>> their way.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? Names such as Rhonda, Miguel, Kali, Aratzio, Spooge, PJR etc.   
   >>>>>>>>> are   
   >>>>>>>>> all   
   >>>>>>>>> despicable examples of   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? a thug-run abuse of civil rights factory   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? Forget it you miscreants!   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> ? since you've demonstrated little or no wisdom in the past these   
   >>>>>>>>> words   
   >>>>>>>>> will   
   >>>>>>>>> most likely fall on the usual deaf ears   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I count at least twelve examples of you "[making] an argument by   
   >>>>>>>>> attacking   
   >>>>>>>>> and insulting those who hold opposing views."   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> It can't be helped. When praising the praiseworthy one must give   
   >>>>>>>> context   
   >>>>>>>> or   
   >>>>>>>> one's argument lacks merit.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> One cannot talk of slaying the dragon without talking about, in   
   >>>>>>>> clear,   
   >>>>>>>> precise terms, the evil and treachery that is the dragon.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Are you saying your opening paragraph was deliberately deceitful?   
   >>>>>>> Reread   
   >>>>>>> your own words:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> It's the case that, too often, people attempt to make an argument   
   >>>>>>>>> by   
   >>>>>>>>> attacking and insulting those who hold opposing views. I wish to   
   >>>>>>>>> do   
   >>>>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>>>> exact opposite:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Perhaps you missed it but I was enthusiastic in my praise of Atlas   
   >>>>>> Bugged.   
   >>>>>> Unfortunately one must necessarily give reason for such praise even   
   >>>>>> if   
   >>>>>> it   
   >>>>>> involves a realistic appraisal of the enemy.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I didn't miss the smarmy homage to your hero; my comment is that the   
   >>>>> body   
   >>>>> of   
   >>>>> your essay failed to support the claim in your thesis statement, which   
   >>>>> makes   
   >>>>> you appear hypocritical, among other things.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Some might call it hypocrisy but I prefer to call it expert trolling. .   
   >>>> .   
   >>>> C'mon now, try spitting out the hook.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's the usual claim when one is hoisted by one's own petard.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It's "hoist" not "hoisted."  Duh! Talk much?   
   >   
   > Not when used in the past tense, as in the preceding sentence, genius.   
   >   
   > "That's the usual claim when one is 'hoist' by one's own petard" is   
   > grammatically incorrect.   
   >   
   > Hoist \Hoist\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoisted; p. pr. & vb. n.   
   >   Hoisting.] [OE. hoise, hyse, OD. hyssen, D. hijshen; akin   
   >   to LG. hissen, Dan. hisse, Sw. hissa.]   
   >   To raise; to lift; to elevate; esp., to raise or lift to a   
   >   desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a   
   >   heavy package or weight.   
   >   
   > Hoisted: verb, simple past tense.   
      
   Bwahhahahahhaha. Wrong!   
      
   We are talking OLD English here.   
      
   "hoise" is the present tense   
   "hoist" is the past tense   
      
   Happy to be of service.   
      
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   Gregory Hall   
      
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