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In message <opsti60206o6j3lh@news.chello.hu>, Daneel <daniel@eposta.hu>
writes:
>On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:16:57 +0100, James Coupe <james@zephyr.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <opstht65fqo6j3lh@news.chello.hu>, Daneel <daniel@eposta.hu>
>> writes:
>>> On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 08:06:44 -0400, Derek Ray <lorimer@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> It makes me wonder how dishonest a person you must naturally be to be
>>>> automatically assuming such things, though.
>>>
>>> Maybe it has less to do with my honesty, and more to do with yours...
>>
>> Could you provide some concrete examples of Derek's dishonesty?
>
>Simple deduction.
>
>He reasoned that if I really think he is dishonest (in this particular
> example that he would create a nick just to post something he had no
> guts to post under his usual nick), then I must be dishonest myself.
No, he didn't say that, as can be seen from the quoted material. Just a
wonder. Perhaps you are confusing the "must" in "wonder how dishonest a
person you must naturally be" with "you must be a dishonest person".
The two phrases in English are quite different, with "must" performing a
somewhat different role grammatically.
>While I vehemently disagree with that chain of thought, I can respect
> this as his way of reasoning;
It is intellectually foolhardy to say "This reasoning is wrong, but I
shall use it myself because it happens to be convenient here."
Also, it is rather different to defend oneself when someone accuses you
of something that you know isn't true (because you know you aren't the
sock, and there is no evidence for you being the sock, so why is the
other person claiming this?) and to out-of-the-blue accuse someone of
sock-puppetry, with absolutely zero evidence.
--
James Coupe
PGP Key: 0x5D623D5D YOU ARE IN ERROR.
EBD690ECD7A1FB457CA2 NO-ONE IS SCREAMING.
13D7E668C3695D623D5D THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
In message <opsti60206o6j3lh@news.chello.hu>, Daneel <daniel@eposta.hu>
writes:
>On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:16:57 +0100, James Coupe <james@zephyr.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> In message <opstht65fqo6j3lh@news.chello.hu>, Daneel <daniel@eposta.hu>
>> writes:
>>> On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 08:06:44 -0400, Derek Ray <lorimer@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> It makes me wonder how dishonest a person you must naturally be to be
>>>> automatically assuming such things, though.
>>>
>>> Maybe it has less to do with my honesty, and more to do with yours...
>>
>> Could you provide some concrete examples of Derek's dishonesty?
>
>Simple deduction.
>
>He reasoned that if I really think he is dishonest (in this particular
> example that he would create a nick just to post something he had no
> guts to post under his usual nick), then I must be dishonest myself.
No, he didn't say that, as can be seen from the quoted material. Just a
wonder. Perhaps you are confusing the "must" in "wonder how dishonest a
person you must naturally be" with "you must be a dishonest person".
The two phrases in English are quite different, with "must" performing a
somewhat different role grammatically.
>While I vehemently disagree with that chain of thought, I can respect
> this as his way of reasoning;
It is intellectually foolhardy to say "This reasoning is wrong, but I
shall use it myself because it happens to be convenient here."
Also, it is rather different to defend oneself when someone accuses you
of something that you know isn't true (because you know you aren't the
sock, and there is no evidence for you being the sock, so why is the
other person claiming this?) and to out-of-the-blue accuse someone of
sock-puppetry, with absolutely zero evidence.
--
James Coupe
PGP Key: 0x5D623D5D YOU ARE IN ERROR.
EBD690ECD7A1FB457CA2 NO-ONE IS SCREAMING.
13D7E668C3695D623D5D THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.