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To: Rambi who wrote (26577)	8/15/2006 1:25:51 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540950

I actually mind the picking out of a word less than the picking on a poster. At least with a word you can explain the word, or change the word- it's much better than feeling you have to defend who you are, or even worse, explain why you are not what someone else has imagined you are- which tends to be a moving target. I think the generalizations- like your egg post- are very difficult to deal with. What are you supposed to do? Bring in a 100 posts that prove your logic IS in tact? Then the other poster will bring in one, they don't agree with, and say "See, see, I was right." At least when it's just a word, or just an idea, you can deal with it- but when you get something global, like "your logic"- how do you tackle that? Short answer, you can't- that's why people make attacks like that. It's a lovely tactic, but that's about all. I think it's ok to say "your logic on this point..." and then specify that there is a problem with the logic- because then, at least, the other person can present the logic of their point, as refutation. But that's just the way I see it.

To: Rambi who wrote (26577)	8/15/2006 1:26:36 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540950

About a month ago Tim and I were similarly discussing the threshold for flat-earthdom. That and "extremist" and other similar constructs do have a threshold. We might not agree on where it is but there is one. Beyond that threshold, things are just too, too something. "Just too weird" is, I guess, a good a way as any for describing the idea that has jumped the threshold. "Just too rabid, angry and obsessed" is as good a way as any of describing the presentation and the presenter, seems to me. IMO, Soros and Krugman flirt with that threshold often enough to at least be on the watch list.