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[JZer]

[moonraven]

She's old enough to be your mother, at any rate.

[ElNota]

[moonraven]

You did not prove me wrong. You presented what was supposedly a quote from Menchu's autobiography without providing a link or anything else to verify that you didn't doctor it. And refused to back up your bogus assertions with any facts. You only proved that you think you can propagandize when you don't know anything, and that other people will knuckle under to you. This bird didn't, so your wounded "machismo" is calling out for revenge. You won't get it in this lifetime.

I did not "get the thread locked", either.

And I do not "pester the moderators".

As for my "provoking most of the abuse"--I suppose you believe that women who wear miniskirts in public are asking to be abused, too?

You clearly recognized yourself in the troll description that I posted--and therefore popped up from under your bridge.

[matttheboy]

[moonraven]

Not different rules--because it's not the same situation at all. The poster in question made a defamatory statement about a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and when questioned on it he backed water, threw up sand and finally posted a completely bogus "proof" and then said he wouldn't answer my questions until I read the autobiography. My reading the autobiography was not going to make him either right or wrong. It was just a caper because he had nothing to back up his defamatory assertions.

I challenged the other posters to prove the existence of a substantial Latin American middle class by showing my figures to be wrong. Why would I challenge you to do that, and then do it for you? I am not stupid.

By the way, nobody has done it. A couple of you at least took the trouble to do a quick and dirty Internet search about the country you are working in--not a global search for wealth distribution Latin America. (Now, I have given you the search topic; either go for it or keep your opinions unsupported by facts and information to yourself.)

[matttheboy]

[ElNota]

[ElNota]

[snielz]

[thelmadatter]

Well so much for having a little fun.

My "universal axiom" remark was a JOKE. To be honest, I WISH my mother was alive so that I could tell her she was right about somethings.


Now here I go, being depressing.

[moonraven]

Here's something I just received by e-mail to give us a break from the sound of jackals yapping in the desert:

Heard down at the Acropolis--


Keep this philosophy in mind the next time you either hear or are about to repeat a rumor. In ancient Greece (469 - 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day the great philosopher came upon an acquaintance who ran up to him excitedly and said, "Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?" Wait a moment," Socrates replied. "Before you tell me I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Test of Three."

"Three?"
"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my student let's take a moment to test what you're going to say. The first test is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"
No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it." "All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second test, the test of Goodness.
Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?"

"No, on the contrary..."

"So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him even though you're not certain it's true?" The man shrugged, a little embarrassed. Socrates continued. "You may still pass though, because there is a third test - the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?" "No, not really..." "Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither True nor Good nor even Useful, why tell it to me at all?"

The man was defeated and ashamed.


This is the reason Socrates was a great philosopher and held in such high esteem.


It also explains why he never found out that Plato was banging his wife.


(This probably also applies to meanspiritedness and lack of intellectual curiosity...)

[Ben Round de Bloc]

Thanks, moonraven. I needed a good laugh today.

[moonraven]

De nada. I need one every day. Fortunately, I get it.

[JZer]

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