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Jonathan Browne · 07-20-2008, 04:10 AM

Old dear boy John Freestone is just being a bit defensive as far as I can see.

BTW: I was incredelously comparing the idea of people being insane for believing and having faith in something currently unprovable to thinking we should lock up the guys at CERN or people theorizing about the multiverse.

That's it. I was making a point about the discussion at hand. I'm not really commenting on your tone either.

I'm just saying that you are obviously attacking the credibility of multiple people in these forums while trying to make it seem like you aren't, which I think could be regarded as passive agressive. I don't actually take much stock in the label of passive agressive but since you seem willing to throw labels on people that easily im playing your game to try to make you see what im talking about.

I have no animosity to you whatsoever and I could easily be close friends with someone who had your beliefs, as long as he didn't mind defending his position without resorting to foolish attacking tactics. I've encountered what I consider intellectual bullies before.

People that don't really spend a lot of time argueing for their position and against yours. They spend more time attacking your credibility and pointing out that your a fool for considering the possibility or idea they consider to be unreasonable or illogical.

Who made you the ultimate judge and authority of logic and truth? This is a similiar type of mindset that hardcore christians or "jesus freaks" have, when they post things like "I'll be praying to Jesus to save your soul." on blogs or forums, to people they consider to be "wordly", atheist, exisentialist etc.

07-20-2008, 04:10 AM	#880 (permalink)
Jonathan Browne Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 632	Old dear boy John Freestone is just being a bit defensive as far as I can see. BTW: I was incredelously comparing the idea of people being insane for believing and having faith in something currently unprovable to thinking we should lock up the guys at CERN or people theorizing about the multiverse. That's it. I was making a point about the discussion at hand. I'm not really commenting on your tone either. I'm just saying that you are obviously attacking the credibility of multiple people in these forums while trying to make it seem like you aren't, which I think could be regarded as passive agressive. I don't actually take much stock in the label of passive agressive but since you seem willing to throw labels on people that easily im playing your game to try to make you see what im talking about. I have no animosity to you whatsoever and I could easily be close friends with someone who had your beliefs, as long as he didn't mind defending his position without resorting to foolish attacking tactics. I've encountered what I consider intellectual bullies before. People that don't really spend a lot of time argueing for their position and against yours. They spend more time attacking your credibility and pointing out that your a fool for considering the possibility or idea they consider to be unreasonable or illogical. Who made you the ultimate judge and authority of logic and truth? This is a similiar type of mindset that hardcore christians or "jesus freaks" have, when they post things like "I'll be praying to Jesus to save your soul." on blogs or forums, to people they consider to be "wordly", atheist, exisentialist etc. Last edited by Jonathan Browne; 07-20-2008 at 04:12 AM.