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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (2757)	11/6/2007 1:55:43 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

If its pure argument, even if the source is known to be foolish, stupid, biased, dishonest, and/or evil the source doesn't matter much. But that might be a mostly academic concern in most cases, because usually the person quoting the argument is relying on at least a few claims of fact from the source. I don't have a problem with you or anyone else not trusting claims of fact from sources they see as biased or dubious, my issue is more with people who respond with something like "No one should pay any attention to them, they are X", with X being supporters of some party, ideology, idea, or action which the poster opposes.