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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (9344)12/16/2004 4:22:07 AM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 20039
 
Gus > everything --no matter how ludicrous-- churned out by the US government and its agencies is "evidence", objective evidence... all the rest boils down to wild, anti-semitic conspiracies made up by unAmerican bums

That's true and because of their lack of credibility a very much higher standard is applied to those who try to refute the official line that to those who adhere to it. Indeed, any statement printed in a mainline newspaper or uttered by a government spokesman is considered to be a fact while any opinion, hypothesis or research offered by anyone in opposition to that is regarded as a conspiracy theory, unpatriotic or even subversive.

It's exactly the same with morality -- those who go to church or synagogue are a priori considered to be decent, virtuous and law-abiding while atheists or dis-believers are regarded as immoral, unethical or even criminal. Those who attend mosque are tarred with the same brush as atheists.



To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (9344)12/16/2004 9:12:49 AM
From: LPS5  Respond to of 20039
 
According to Mr e, all the videos, intelligence reports, etc adduced by government hacks, mouthpieces and spielmeisters add up to EVIDENCE.

Where have I said anything of the sort?

e



To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (9344)12/16/2004 9:40:00 AM
From: LPS5  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 20039
 
For doofuses...

Oh, heavens! I'm a DOOFUS!

...like Mr e, everything --no matter how ludicrous-- churned out by the US government and its agencies is "evidence"...

Please provide an example.

...objective evidence...

Please, again, provide an example.

all the rest boils down to wild...conspiracies...

In terms of what I've read on this thread, I'd say that most of what I've read are "wild...conspiracies."

...(anti-semitic)...

"Anti-semitic"? ROFL!!!

Where did that come from? Where have I made that allegation?

...made up by unAmerican bums....

What makes a person a "bum" to me is his/her willingness to defer to the state and/or not take responsibility for themselves. Conspiracy theories have nothing to do with it.

I do, though - to some extent - assess intelligence partially with respect to ones' willingness to internalize information unscrutinizingly; that is to say, their unquestioning acceptance (and perhaps repeating) of memes without substantiating evidence or documentation.

Where the latter definition leaves you is quite completely up to your imagination.

:-)

e

P.S. What exactly is a "dummy constant"?