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To: Neocon who wrote (62949)10/18/2002 3:19:41 PM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
"As I said, I thought you were referring to SI, and therefore said that only a fraction of my time on SI was spent being a rhetorician. I do not see how that can still confuse you"

You said:

"At the computer, and sometimes away from it, I spend a good deal of time being a rhetorician"

I suppose because you seemed to be favouring "at the computer" over "sometimes" away from it...it seemed obvious that the "good deal of time being a rhetorician" was time spent on the computer. I see you a lot on the computer so integrating this with the tiny fraction of time you claim to spend on SI being a rhetorician suggested to me that you spent a lot of time on the computer being a rhetorician on a site not SI. You have not been very forthcoming about these other sites, nor is it clear why you attach most of your rhetorical competence to these other sites while giving only a fraction of such to SI. Considering the times of your posts, it leads one to some confusion over where and why and how you are hammering this rhetorician persona that you have only given us a smell of(or a fraction of if you will) on SI.

You spend a good deal of time at the computer being a rhetorician acording to your own testimony. Why are you surprised that I am confused as to where you do that...considering that it is not on SI by your own admission, and that you have remained numb as to where it might be otherwise??



To: Neocon who wrote (62949)10/18/2002 11:16:23 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 82486
 
If Solon is still confused, it's either because he is choosing to pretend to be confused for some obscure reason, or because he revels so much in being obnoxious that he can't give it up even when it's obviously long past time to, or because he's remarkably stupid.

Based on past experience, I don't think it's number 3. As to the other two, I wouldn't try to hazard a guess.