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On 3/19/2012 12:28 PM, dh@. wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:29:39 -0700 (PDT), >
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>> On Mar 13, 8:09 pm, dh@. wrote:
>>> On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 22:50:40 -0800 (PST), >
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>>>> On Mar 8, 10:32 pm, dh@. wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 23:24:37 -0800 (PST), >
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>>>>>> On Mar 6, 11:55 pm, dh@. wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 6 Mar 2012 01:03:11 -0800 (PST), >
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>>>>>>>> On Mar 5, 8:22 pm, dh@. wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 06:33:57 -0800 (PST), >
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>>>>>>>>>> Obviously, therefore, you wouldn't have the least idea of how many
>>>>>>>>>> collateral deaths are associated with one serving of tofu.
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>>>>>>>>> That's because you don't so you can't tell me.
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>>>>>>>> No, my ignorance has no causal bearing on your ignorance.
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>>>>>>> Yet you try to blame me for your own inability to comprehend a significant
>>>>>>> difference between lives of positive and negative value.
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>>>>>> No, I don't.
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>>>>>> There is no reason to think I would be unable to comprehend a
>>>>>> definition that actually conveys some information, if you were able to
>>>>>> offer one.
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>>>>> I did.
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>>>> No. The definition you offered obviously conveys no information.
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>>> That's a lie.

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>> It's not. I sincerely believe it to be true, so it's not a lie. And
>> you obviously haven't got any rational grounds for thinking that I
>> don't sincerely believe it to be true.

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> Yes I do, because I don't believe you are stupid enough to believe it.
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>> You shouldn't accuse people of
>> lying when you have no rational grounds for doing so. It's unethical.

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> I don't do it. I don't believe you're stupid enough to believe your claim
> either, meaning I necessarily must believe you're lying, meaning I have very
> rational grounds for accusing you of lying.


"Rational" and "****wit David Harrison" don't belong in the same
sentence, except as negations of one another.