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Arising_uk wrote:

bobevenson wrote:In America, a crust is the end of a loaf of bread, and that's something I should be asking the masses of socialist Europe.

Once again bob draws from his stock responses. Maybe he's a candidate for the Turing Test! Of course!! That'd explain a shitload!!!

uwot wrote:

bobevenson wrote:The quotation "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." comes from Shakespeare's Hamlet, act III, scene II, where it is spoken by Queen Gertrude, Hamlet's mother. The same quotation could be applied to you, my friend, even though I assume you're not a lady, although I'm not prepared to debate the point.

Bob, you are priceless. As Arising intimated, you don't actually debate anything, a bit like Walter Williams. Mind you, it's a mystery why a prophet like you needs vindication from someone who doesn't have a hotline to the almighty. Is WW just a bit closer to god than you?

bobevenson wrote:A prophet doesn't have to debate anything, and although Walter Williams has never intimated that he is one, he does speak with intimate authority.

bobevenson wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that's a variation of the Turding Test, of which you're an acknowledged expert.

uwot wrote:

bobevenson wrote:A prophet doesn't have to debate anything, and although Walter Williams has never intimated that he is one, he does speak with intimate authority.

Yeah, but what we need to know is, when you two disagree, who should we believe?

bobevenson wrote:Why don't you guys take on Walter Williams? Oh, I know, you can't figure out how to refute his impeccable logic.

bobevenson wrote:

uwot wrote:

bobevenson wrote:A prophet doesn't have to debate anything, and although Walter Williams has never intimated that he is one, he does speak with intimate authority.

Yeah, but what we need to know is, when you two disagree, who should we believe?

That's an easy question, my friend, always believe Bob the Baptist, the new guru, the modern messiah, the wizard of Ouzo, a prophet of all things spiritual, political and economic.

bobevenson wrote:

uwot wrote:Yeah, but what we need to know is, when you two disagree, who should we believe?

That's an easy question, my friend, always believe Bob the Baptist, the new guru, the modern messiah, the wizard of Ouzo, a prophet of all things spiritual, political and economic.

Ginkgo wrote:Prophets do debate political things, otherwise it would make no sense to be a political prophet.

uwot wrote:Bob, rest assured that if that no good Walter Williams picks a fight, I'm in your corner!

bobevenson wrote:

Ginkgo wrote:Prophets do debate political things, otherwise it would make no sense to be a political prophet.

Prophets never debate; that would be like asking John on the isle of Patmos to debate the book of Revelation!

Ginkgo wrote:

bobevenson wrote:

Ginkgo wrote:Prophets do debate political things, otherwise it would make no sense to be a political prophet.

Prophets never debate; that would be like asking John on the isle of Patmos to debate the book of Revelation!

So will you be continuing discussion on this particular thread?

bobevenson wrote:

Ginkgo wrote:Prophets do debate political things, otherwise it would make no sense to be a political prophet.

Prophets never debate; that would be like asking John on the isle of Patmos to debate the book of Revelation!

henry quirk wrote:"You got a better argument for why guns are'nt the problem?"

Guns only allow for (generally) easier killing.

Guns are not the source of the antipathy or insanity that leads to killing.

Try again, x-wonder.