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On 3/15/09 6:15 PM, in article 2lgk66.l34.19.1@news.alt.net, "Gregory Hall"
wrote:
> "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.
>>
>> But thanks for the grammar lame... er, lesson.
>>
>
>
> Hey, moron, if you repeat a famous quotation you should leave it as
> originally written:
Listen, asshat, you should learn to stop before you're too far behind.
"Hoisted by [or with] one's own petard" didn't originate with Shakespeare;
it is believed to date back to 16th-century France. The phrase has since
entered the common English lexicon, and means "to fall into one's own trap."
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