On Tue, 26 May 1998 15:20:34 -0400, Ed Brayton wrote:
>EB>Here is the second person who has been on this list for a long time and
>has stepped forward to say that he has not only not seen Glenn engage in
>ad hominem attacks, but that Glenn's manner is "wholly exemplary". And
>not a single person has stepped forward - including you, the one who
>made the accusation - to say that he or she has ever seen Glenn engage
>in such an attack. Perhaps it is time to retract the claim and apologize
>to Glenn? What would Jesus do, Stephen?
If he told the truth, He would not (indeed could not) apologise for it. I have
told the truth, and to apologise for telling the truth would be a lie.
I accept (with astonsihment) that there are some who do not believe that
Glenn has posted ad hominems (Calum), or have not seen them (Burgy) so
my claim that no one has denied that Glenn has posted ad hominems
fails.
I still notice that Glenn himself does not deny it. How about it Glenn? Make Ed's
joy complete. Deny *categorically* that you have *ever* posted ad hominems
against me or anyone else on this Reflector.
Steve
>
>Ed
>
>> I've been on this list for something over a year now, posting rarely,
>> but reading pretty much everything. I've seen _ad hominem_ attacks
>> often enough to know what one looks like, but *never* from Glenn.
>> Indeed, while I don't agree with his central thesis, I believe that
>> his desire to get at the truth and his manner of engaging with the
>> data (rather than on grounds of personality) are wholly exemplary.
>> If only everyone here followed that example.
>>
>> Calum.
>> Calum MacLeod Tel: +44 1382 562731
>> Scottish Crop Research Institute Fax: +44 1382 562426
>> Invergowrie
>> Dundee
>> DD2 5DA
>> Scotland
>> U.K.
"Evolution is the greatest engine of atheism ever invented."
--- Dr. William Provine, Professor of History and Biology, Cornell University.
http://fp.bio.utk.edu/darwin/1998/slides_view/Slide_7.html
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