@farmerman,
effemm's latest monumental effort at subjective whinging is clear proof that he underestimates all our intelligence.
The idea that any argument he can't handle can be dismissed with the "clever little boy" smear is not only a pathetic assertion but suggests that "dumb old codger" is a superior state. My priest-ridden school were so impressed by my clever little boyishness that they applauded when the Bishop presented me with prizes. If the thick dummies were gnashing their teeth it was of no concern to me or the Bishop.
effemm finds me "tiresome" for obvious reasons. And reading the productions of those who don't "preen" (code for no effort) really is a waste of time and all the best authors will tell you so. All the top sportsmen preen.
What's up with preening? Only those with nothing to preen about would think it a fault. When I started on Acronyms nobody preened. Now they all do. Who would employ a carpenter who didn't preen? Preening is a fundamental of evolution. It is how males are selected by females leading to preening being selected in. Walruses roar, gorillas pound their chest, peacocks flash their tail feathers, merecats stand tall, short arses sport gold chains, stags lock antlers, cocks crow and studs put a banana in their underpants. It's all part of evolution's grand plan. Isn't it? What sort of female would stand still for a non preen.
And desperately resorting, for what must by now be near the ten thousandth time, to the old tried and tested method of declaring that I am not acquainted with the subject, its components, or even the news surrounding it is as effective now as it ever was. Wasted words I'm afraid and we all know, I hope, what Dylan said about those.
So, and how fitting, he finds me "tiresome". And he is not seeking attention when he comes on here with a load of blustering bollocks despite having the only supporter of Christianity on Ignore in order to spew more of his self interested blustering bollocks without let or hindrance and fit up 50 million kids with it without any reference to the consequences either biological or social.
My logic, it goes without saying in these circumstances is "highly flawed", which opens up the possibility of medium flawed or lowly flawed either of which I assume would have his qualified approval. It also goes without saying that my metaphysics, that cell function is affected by emotional states for instance or that hypnosis can be used as an anaesthetic, is "met by a wall of disinterest"; a rather unfortunate metaphor I would claim. Especially in the service of another false assertion.
He then continues in the same vein for a bit, and equally pointlessly. And stupidly considering he's ignoring me.
He then moves on to trying to claim credit for entering the UK thread respectfully when we in the UK do not give a flying fornication whether he enters the thread with his finger up his arse or doesn't enter it at all. Respect is not particularly valued in male company in the UK. It is seen as an attempt to curry favour when all other methods have proved fruitless.
And to enjoin you all to "look at" my posts when he daren't himself is somewhat sillier than even I dare try. And if I responded to posts that were not "immediately previous" I would consider myself a bit out of the loop and expect others to follow suit.
He gives us a cute version of what "lateral thinking" is not but has inexplicably denied himself the opportunity to say what it is as if him mentioning it is a sufficient reason for us all to think that it is a characteristic of his and at least as admirable as cleaning "sea-food" out of his bowthrusters, shooting at sitting ducks and having that ugly dog of his wag its tail when he comes home from a hard day on the ******* fossils.
I have been told many times that I take lateral thinking far too far.
And I can't even muster up a proper cry for attention. I never could actually. I am merely defending the 85% of Americans from these scurrilous attacks on their cherished beliefs. They look to be either incapable or uninterested in doing it themselves. Although I was impressed by Mr Obama's "God bless you all" and God bless America" at the end of his Noses to the Grindstone speech yesterday.
Whether effemm, Shira, Set, wande, ros, edgar and "whoever" constitute anything other than a claque is open to question. They are a self selecting bunch and that's for sure. They don't overawe me. In fact three of them have had me on Ignore so it must be that I overawe them all on my little ownio and with my stupid, idiotic, unlearned silliness too. How about that folks?
He then compounds his incoherence by saying that I expect them to respond to my points "afresh" when they have never dared respond at all. I wouldn't like to try to estimate the number of words that have been written on the subject of the psychosomatic realm and the study of the effect of emotional states on cell function and social organisation. It is a lot more than the national deficit in cents. And those matters are at the core of this argument and declaring them off topic and substituting something else in their place is a cheapskate trick to try to get that canon of scientific knowledge on Ignore. I bring the matters up precisely because there has been no response and I will continue to do so until there is. It is easy to think you have the high ground when you have asserted where it is.
I must have raised the social consequences of atheism in schools hundreds of times and never a peep in response. And schools exist for no other reason than to have social consequences.
And the ridiculous assertion that they were all "stepping on eggs" so as not to "hurt my feelings" can be dealt with by anybody who takes the trouble to read the thread. I have even been complimented on my capacity to absorb insults without turning a hair. And insults there have been a plenty. effemm in the vanguard as this post proves. It is no different than stuff he was saying years ago. So that's another pile of horseshit.
Now he's trying it on with Francis for having the temerity to suggest that all is not well in the anti-ID corner and it is a fact that that is the case. And what with? More assertions. Just as meaningless as all his others. And for one reason only. So that effemm can preen and jack off his ego and direct education policy from within his little ivory tower without the slightest reference to the real world.
