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uwot wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:50 pm

davidm wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 7:30 pm Those weren't ad hominems. They were straight-up descriptions of you.

And yes, they trouble you. Fundy christians are very thin-skinned.

True enough. Some of the nutjobs here get very shirty if you disagree with them. Mr Can won't even talk to me.

...is there any point in talking to a nut-job once confirmed yet such appear to be the favored correspondents as the number of accumulated pages attest. These nut-jobs certainly know how to keep a conversation going better than anyone.

Dubious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:24 pm...is there any point in talking to a nut-job once confirmed...

Who? Me or Mr Can? Actually, I know perfectly well that Mr Can, and several others, have absolutely no intention giving any credence to ideas that challenge their own. But it's quite useful to rehearse and refine arguments that might be taken seriously by people who still have some grip on reality.

Dubious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:24 pm...yet such appear to be the favored correspondents as the number of accumulated pages attest. These nut-jobs certainly know how to keep a conversation going better than anyone.

Well, it takes two to tango.

Dubious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:24 pm...is there any point in talking to a nut-job once confirmed...

uwot wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:54 pmWho? Me or Mr Can?

You should have completed that question with an

Dubious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:24 pm...yet such appear to be the favored correspondents as the number of accumulated pages attest. These nut-jobs certainly know how to keep a conversation going better than anyone.

Well, it takes two to tango.

True! But that only works if both know how to dance otherwise you might as well get paid for sore feet or a very frustrated mind!

Dubious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 10:41 pm

Dubious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:24 pm...is there any point in talking to a nut-job once confirmed...

uwot wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:54 pmWho? Me or Mr Can?

You should have completed that question with an

Maybe, but the people whose opinions I care about will get it anyway.

Dubious wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 9:24 pm

Well, it takes two to tango.

True! But that only works if both know how to dance otherwise you might as well get paid for sore feet or a very frustrated mind!

If only I was getting paid.

Immanuel Can wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:47 pm

Hobbes' Choice wrote: ↑Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:06 pm You are not very bright. You need to see the bigger picture.

BTW. Your mate Jesus was a socialist.
You are a poor christian.

Ad hominems are pointless. I'm amazed by now you haven't figured out they don't trouble me in the least.

Best wishes to you.

It not an ad hominem, pity you have not yet learned to research the phrase.

Factuality is a perfect defence to accusations of libel. You are a poor Christian, and Jesus was basically a socialist.