BernardR wrote:You ask, Mr. Sentana--Do I read the "sh!t" I write before I push the sumbit button?
I ask, Mr. Sentana--Do you read the thread in which I eviscerated you and Mr. Kuvasz on Global Warming?
BernardR
I have not had the experience of your postings on other threads. I have, however, been a reader and/or participant in many threads on which Setanta has posted.
Given the number of postings you have made, you have clearly been active. Whether Setanta or any other member of this forum decides to participate in a thread, or leave it having started participation, is entirely up to the individual.
Your characterisation of your "winning" an argument on another thread has absolutely no bearing on this one, except that it leads me to interpret that your character tends to win/lose - black/white - good/bad judgements.
Along with many other posters on this forum, I consider that reasoned debate should not necessarily be seeking a simple answer. We are here to read the views of others and to increase our understanding of matters which may not have any clear goal, answer or outcome.
In doing so, we improve our ability to engage in rational debate and to use theories, facts and the likelihood of others understandings of these to prepare ourselves for further debate.
Yes, Setanta can sometimes be a bit cranky and give some fairly cutting responses but a more confident response from you might have been "Oops, I made an error - that should have read...heterogeneous...homogeneous". Unfortunately you compounded your simple error of tying with a much greater indication of weakness to criticism, a characteristic which others may exploit.
I hope you take this as Constructive criticism, which is the manner in which it is intended.
KP