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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Solon who wrote (71767)	8/6/2003 9:21:21 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

It was no more than a desire to respond honestly to a comment from a friend. Since I have often enough said it to your face, when you were in the process of performing the objectionable acts, I figured acknowledging it to a third party was harmless enough. By the way, you are not my trainer, and you have twisted my comments about being a rhetorician in a characteristic way. I do not associate rhetoric with the deliberate use of fallacy, though that is always a possibility. I associate it with the skillful presentation of a case, which is rather different. Rhetoric is a perfectly respectable part of the traditional liberal arts. No one with any real knowledge would automatically take a claim of skill at rhetoric as a confession of bad character. Bluster all you like, but I was not making a case against you, I was reporting my experience with you. Others may discount it if they wish; you may object; but you have too often behaved badly for me to care much about offending you...........