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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 09:52 PM Original message |
I appreciate both the Conspiracy Theorists and the Skeptics |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. Thanks for your very reasonable post. |
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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Many reasons |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Uh-huh... |
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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. "It's too bad when some jump on speculation as the gospel truth" |
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AuntPatsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. Great post, worthy of a kick. |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. Recommended and a kick |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Thanks Domitan |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. skeptics |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 09:13 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. It does get confusing sometimes, I agree... |
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LibertyorDeath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. With Pleasure |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. You Will Be A Lonely Fellow, Sir |
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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. I've rarely seen any moderator get deep into many discussions |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. But please do get the terminology right. |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
10. "Cynical, sophisticated and subtle" |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Excellent post. |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 09:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
37. Hi, smirkymonkey.... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Hi DemExpat! |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
11. Great post. |
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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
27. You're welcome |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. What is a Skeptic? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Allow Me, Ma'am, A Brief Defense Of Cynicism |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. By all means. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:44 PM Response to Reply #16 |
51. Well said. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 08:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. Thank You, Ma'am |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 02:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
53. OT: I address you, ma'ams and sirs |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. But that's a narrow definition of a scientific skeptic. n/t |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. It's a very simple, broad and accurate definition of a skeptic. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. It Applies Beyond Narrowly Construed Scientific Questions, Sir |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. We're all Bozos on this bus |
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frictionlessO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. Reaching across this divide is a great thing. Thanks for your open but not |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-14-05 11:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Allow Me To Second Your Last Paragraph Particularly, Sir |
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frictionlessO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 08:18 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Trust has become a most rare performance in almost any poilitical arena. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. And My Thanks To You, Sir |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 01:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Are those egalitarian "notches in the proverbial bedpost"? |
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frictionlessO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 08:24 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. *giggles* |
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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:54 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Indeed! |
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frictionlessO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 08:25 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Yes yes and what are fellows learn in the following of such discussions |
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alittlelark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
26. Thank You for this post. |
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Taxloss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
33. I'm happy to add my name to this. |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
34. Differing perceptions are inevitable. |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
35. Hear, hear, Domitan! |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
38. I do too, in the context of free expression it is great to hear all sides |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
39. All of us are just trying to make sense of the world in our own ways |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:07 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. "why I'm generally on the side of the conspiracy theorists" |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 10:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Excellent! |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
42. I completely agree |
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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:40 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Experience is a great teacher |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 08:56 AM Response to Reply #49 |
57. "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning" |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. It prevents Groupthink which is out of control on FR and in the Bush |
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Domitan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Great read! |
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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:43 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. The symptoms of Groupthink should be required reading in public |
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sojourner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. As I see it, Minstrel Boy has it right that sometimes the "conspiracy |
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dr.zoidberg (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
46. Martian Cthulhu worshipers? LOL! n/t |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-15-05 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
52. Occam's Razor. Not Ockham's. |
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foo_bar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 04:51 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. tell it to all the poor blokes in Ockham |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
56. This is why I love DU. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-16-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. There Is A Tot Of Brandy In My Coffee, Ma'am |
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