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   From: greghall@home.fake   
      
   "MillerT"  wrote in message   
   news:gpk0ct$n40$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...   
   > On 3/15/09 6:24 PM, in article 2lgkoe.h64.17.1@news.alt.net, "Gregory   
   > Hall"   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> "MillerT"  wrote in message   
   >> news:gpju5m$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.   
   >>   
   >> Bwahhahahahhaha. Wrong!   
   >>   
   >> We are talking OLD English here.   
   >>   
   >> "hoise" is the present tense   
   >> "hoist" is the past tense   
   >>   
   >> Happy to be of service.   
   >   
   > Bzzzzzzt. FAIL! Hoisted is the accepted past tense in modern English. Use   
   > a   
   > dictionary for once; you're making a total ass of yourself, as usual.   
   >   
      
      
   Sorry, but 'hoist with his own petard' is Old English. You're trying (and   
   failing) to mix apples and oranges.   
      
   --   
   Gregory Hall   
      
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