A collection of Posts by Brandon on this thread. Note the admonishment of others and then his actions that appear to be precisely what he says others shouldn't do.
Brandon9000 wrote:
If you cannot see that accusing another member of something for which you can show no evidence is both unethical and logically invalid, then I probably can't help you. Most people would call that self-evident. I'm sure you do find it amusing, but support for dishonest debating practices reflects no credit on you.
Brandon9000 wrote:
I suspect that Lightwizard, whom I have spoken to in other contexts, probably really believed that that was what I meant, but it isn't. You, parados, on the other hand, are simply a liar.
Brandon accuses me of being a liar but never shows any evidence of that. He violates the rule he stated only a few posts earlier.
Then a few posts later Brandon says...
Brandon9000 wrote:
This is an interesting post, in that it is 100% ad hominem. It was issued by you in furtherance of asserting that I believe something which I say that I do not believe, and for which you can present no evidence that I believe. I make a logical argument. You counter with an attack on me as a person but do not address my argument. Despite your posturing, it is clear whose argument and behavior are proper.
Then later Brandon said..
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It is indeed self-evident that accusing someone of unworthy behavior without the ability to support the accusation, in fact with no evidence at all, is immoral. If you do not agree, then in the eyes of any mentally normal reader of these posts, it is your problem and yours alone...
To accuse with no evidence, or make generic accusations without specifying how the person in question has done what you say is the quintessence of false character assasination. It's sad that you choose to post on this level, and any fair reader will know exactly what's going on here.
Quote:In this particular case, for example, after telling you many times that accusation with no evidence is improper and that you should stop it, I illustrated what you do by making an absurd and obviously false accusation against you for which clearly there could be no evidence. Anyone with half an ounce of sense would understand perfectly that that was what I was doing, and that it didn't constitute an actual accusation. I can tell that you're intelligent, and so I assume that you understood this clearly too. Yet you appear to have no qualms over dishonestly holding it up as an example of me violating my injunction against accusing without evidence.
I thought the requirement was to show evidence to support the claim. Not make some absurd and false accusation?
Brandon. I claimed you change your standards based on whether you support something or not. One can easily assume that you support the issues you take the time to defend. The above list of your statements pretty clearly shows you feel free to call others names without evidence but at the same time you demand that anyone else back up even the smallest disagreement with facts.
By calling me a liar without providing any evidence Brandon, if we apply your standards, you are immoral. unethical, illogical, and improper.
My tenet is looking pretty sound here Brandon. You apply your standards subjectively based on whether you agree or not. I have provided a rather lengthy list over the course of this thread supporting it. You have called me a liar and dishonest and presented not much if anything at all to support it.