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To: Solon who wrote (44517)12/29/2013 4:13:47 PM
From: average joe  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 69300
 
But he found the internet and he uses it. And you gotta give him credit for that.
He certainly does make use for it.

When engaging Brumar on any topic keep in mind what G.K. Chesterton said.
"If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it...The madman is not the man who has lost his reason. The madman is the man who has lost everything except his reason."

A simple way to disarm lunatics when they are pontificating is say, how do you know?

Giving them the benefit of the doubt does no good as Rand outlines below.
(d) The premise, when confronted with outrageous absurdity: "I don't get it, but he must have reasons for saying it." sntp.net