On 28 Oct 2008 at 10:59, Nick Arnett wrote: > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 10:53 AM, John Williams > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > Must you keep putting up the same straw man? > > > > As long as you keep pretending that you have the right to tell > > other people that their wants and opinions are subordinate to > > yours, you will keep tilting at straw men. > > > Ooo, a straw man to defend the use of a straw man! A meta-straw man! > > If you wish to talk about this stuff in the context of real-world democracy, > please begin. Otherwise, I'm getting off the merry-go-round.
The phrasing being used strongly suggests he's using a bot to reply, incidentally. It's the repetitive, slightly-nonsensical repitition of the same point of view regardless of the content being replied to. AndrewC (Not that I've written IRC bots to do that before or anything). _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
