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[email protected]> continues to whine -
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:51:50 -0600, "\"MIDIcian\" \(tm\)" <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> ><
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> >> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:48:31 -0600, "\"MIDIcian\" \(tm\)" <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> ><
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> >> >> >> ... Please don't be offended, this is the norm.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Straw man.
> >> >>
> >> >> You seem to have a thing with this, something we should know?
> >> >
> >> >Yes, the official language on the net is English. Crack a (decent)
> >English
> >> >dictionary.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Stan,
> >>
> >> As you may remember, I've already posted the definition of this term for you. ...
> >
> >No I don't recall that, and besides, I didn't need it as I know how to
read
> >a dictionary.
> >
> >
> >Stan
>
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> Point #1
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> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 23:06:26 -0600, "\"MIDIcian\" \(tm\)" <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> ><
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> >> Since Harry is obviously not going to defend the Talmud, I am directing these questions at
> >> you. You are the one that told him he couldn't read hebrew and therefore couldn't read the
> >> Talmud.
>
> Since you obviously misread this part of the original message, Harry is not the person who
> posted the quotes. I believe it was the hate monger XPUser that did. At that time, you asked the
> poster that posted the supposed "quotes" from the Talmud if he could in fact read Hebrew. The
> assumption that Harry wasn't trying to defend the Talmud came from the next paragraph in the
> message, which follows.
>
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> Point #2
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> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:35:44 +0000 (UTC), "Harry" <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> >>Sorry Guys, but I need to butt-in here. Having asked a very learned friend of mine about the
> >>quotes in the
Talmud.
> >>he actually laughed. The reason was, he said, that the Talmud is a collection of individuals
> >>discussing Jewish Law, much like supreme court justices do today. He also said that the quotes
> >>contained an element of truth in them, but had been taken out of context to such a degree that
the
> >>whole meaning had been distorted.
> >
> >This part of Harry's post pretty much clears up that HE didn't know much about it, so why in the
> >hell would he be trying to defend it with such vigor?
> >
> >>Straw man (I did not tell Harry he couldn't read Hebrew, etc.)
>
> Like I said at that time, Harry wasn't defending the Talmud as he didn't seem to know much about
> it. The fact he went to someone else is proof of that.
>
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> Point #3
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> >Main Entry: straw man Function: noun Date: 1896
> >1 : a weak or imaginary opposition (as an argument or adversary) set up only to be easily
> > confuted
> >2 : a person set up to serve as a cover for a usually questionable transaction
> >
> >Which one do you claim to be? I personally consider you to fit definition #1 at this point
> >in time.
>
> Here's that definition you never bothered to read.
>
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> Point #4
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> >> > After careful thought and consideration "MIDIcian" (tm) typed:
> >> > > What I'm telling you, is if you can't read Hebrew, you can't know what the Talmud says
> >> > > (because it's written in Hebrew.)
> >> >
> >> > Is it not translated in any other language?
> >>
> >> Undoubtably. So tell me how you can know if the translation is correct
if
> >> you can't read the original document????
> >
> >I don't believe I accused you of telling Harry he couldn't read Hebrew. Do you deny that the
> >above text was written by you? My question to you was if YOU read Hebrew and if the quotes were
> >actually from the Talmud. You have attempted to redirect the question to other people and you
> >have avoided answering it.
>
> Here's the question (asked again). This was back on November 25th. Not that long ago.
>
> >When I first started conversing with you, you apparently had the idea that you could moderate
> >your own little discussion and that anyone that wanted to speak to you would join it. I was
> >somewhat impressed with your views although, as I pointed out at the time, you were not being
> >heard as you weren't part of the discussion. Since then, I have actually lost quite a bit of
> >respect for you as I have seen you start calling people names simply because they question your
> >arguments. If you're going to continue with this trend, please recreate your closed, private
> >thread...
>
> Do you remember this? It's from the same message.
>
> My conclusion is that you don't care enough about what anyone else's view is to bother to read
> their post. Your selective memory is just another convenient way to avoid anyone who doesn't
> agree with everything you have to say.