Re: News (not good) for Glenn

Jim Bell (70672.1241@CompuServe.COM)
24 Jan 97 18:38:57 EST

Brian writes:

<<Jim, I'm not going to play lawyer games.>>

This seems to be the response de jour when people don't want back up what they
say.

Ah well.

I suggest to you the following:

You used the term "non-modern human." That clearly begs the question. What
"non-modern" creature are you claiming to be human, and why? [This is not a
game. It is an attempt to get some clarity.]

You used the term "civilizations." What civilizations? Please give me one
example of what you're talking about. [This is not a game. This is an attempt
to get you to be clear.]

If you don't want to be clear, fine. But don't go around with this tired
lawyer cliche anymore. It won't work. If you're going pose questions to
people, you've got to be prepared to explain what they mean.

I think you shot from the hip on this one, and just haven't got anything to
back it up. That's fine, too. I've shot from the ol' hip in the past, too. But
right now you're dancing around the bullets. Watch out. You're getting nicked.

Jim