Not precisely the response I was looking for, but what the hell.
Thanks, I think.
:-)
Jaysus. I saw him do something like this before, on a thread about Israel. It was pretty brutal. It's like watching one of those old WWF wrestlers grab an opponent's face and grind away until the guy starts crying.
I mean that in a nice & admiring way, you know.
Can we stipulate a "law" that a person has ipso facto won the debate when his opponent's argument degenerates into "you think you're so smart, don't you?"?
Read the comments.
Apart from the ones Cole evidently deleted, right?
FL, take a look at the bottom quote of quotes about me on the lower left sidebar of my blog, eh?
Wow. It's like getting a star on the walk of fame...or something.
Yeah, it's almost like having people walk all over you, with ices, and snocones, and hot dogs dripping mustard, and um, wait, I'm hungry now. Where are the burgers and pad thai?
While loyalty to one's friends is certainly a most admirable virtue, my online encounters with Gary Farber have engendered anything but warm fuzzy feelings toward Mr F. He consistently greets any criticism of the merits of his arguments with smug condescension and with what pass (in his unjustifiably confident mind) as pithy little insults. To me, he's always been a guy who can dish it out put can't take it. It would take only about 2 minutes' research to find many posts and comments by Mr F wherein he disparages the intelligence and/or good faith of those who dare to disagree with the Gospel According to America's # 1 Expert On Past Attorneys General and Current Political Affairs. I say, screw him. While I can't disagree with Coleabout online etiquette, I think Mr F ought to practice a little of it his own incredibly well-read self -- at least before he starts squealing like a little victim.
Go, me.
Having just gotten a hit off of this URL, I took a look, and this is a case where time-stamping comments would be useful; has the last message there been sitting for a while, or did someone add it recently?
Regardless, I'm always thrilled to be warmly embraced by another enthusiastic fan. The internets are just nothing but fun, fun, fun.