Acartia_Bogart
Posts: 2927 Joined: Sep. 2014
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Quote (Richardthughes @ Jan. 15 2015,14:25) | Quote (Acartia_Bogart @ Jan. 15 2015,13:38) | Barry has posted a new OP that demonstrates his skill at quoting out of context.
Quote | Sometimes it is useful to highlight some of the more aggressively stupid things that materialists say:
Stephen B: Quote | How do you decide if the government has over-stepped its authority? |
Aurelio Smith: Quote | In a democracy, you can assert it and see if anyone agrees. |
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Now, for anyone interested in AS' complete comment, in context: Quote | In a democracy, you can assert it and see if anyone agrees. In a democracy, you can protest and campaign for change. You can vote against a government you don’t like and persuade others to do likewise.
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Not surprisingly, reading the comment in its context makes a difference.
Somebody has said something aggressively stupid, but it wasn't Aurelia Smith. |
Barry Arrington quotemining, again? But... But... Objective morality! |
And on the original thread, Learned Hand takes a bite out of KairosFocus.
Quote | I’m sorry KF, but you don’t seem to be having quite the same conversation as the rest of us. If you’d like to join it I’d be happy to discuss things with you, but your digressions are neither interesting nor significant to me. And for myself, I find your writing to be extremely turgid. I’ve asked a couple of times that you make an effort to make your points as clearly and succinctly as possible; I got more block-quote digressions, martyrdom claims, fishing anecdotes, and doomsday prophecies. |
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