Negative. It's a long series of posts, but no one would ever accuse Gore of being a Libertarian (or 'Natural Order' adherent, for that matter). So, when Gao - he of the poor memory - drags his favorite bete noire 'Gore' into the posts, someone who no one was talking about, that's the 'straw man' argument he is attempting to mount. An indication that he's abandoned his earlier arguments (and train of thought, for that matter):
I wrote:
"No, I said I was a lot closer to Libertarianism on most matters... than to any other 'ism'."
Message 17595695
Gao wrote (speculating about 'what type of Libertarian' I was):
"It is getting distressingly common, particularly among the sort of (pre-9/11) Wired magazine libertarians who think that if only enough people sell enough microchips to each other, the world’s political problems will melt away."
Message 17595711
I wrote:
"Absolute bunk, on both parts."
Message 17601201
Gao wrote:
"The truth hurts, sometimes it is so painful, people deny it exists. This is obviously your problem.
Instead of admitting to reality, that your heros Gore and Clinton are the most corrupt pair of government officials to come down the pike since Stalin and Kruchev."
Message 17601225
(Note: I have never, ever asserted that any of the above were my 'heroes', for they are not.)
I responded:
"GAO, how can an absolute idiot like you have any idea who "my heroes" are?
Truth is: you don't.
You just like setting up straw men to knock down over and over, instead of existing in the real world and having to actually know what you are talking about.
I reiterate: Please don't imagine that YOUR fantasies exist in MY head!
(Now you can go back and 'debate' with yourself... at least that way you do know what your opponent's thoughts are.)"
Message 17601450
Gao wrote:
"Look Bud Bundy, the plain ol' fact of the matter is, Al Gore has blood on his hands for allowing the airlines to give him money instead of implement the security guidelines that would have gone a long way towards preventing hijackings.
I don't know where you get off, posting some tripe that that story has debunked, and thinking you can run off back to fantasy land like a good little boy without getting your ass scolded, but you can't."
Message 17601578
(The careful reader will notice that it was here that Gao drifted off into Never-Never Land... for I had never talked about either Gore, or airlines, in this series of posts. They were total irrelevancies to the topics we started out on :) |
