In a msg to All on , Jack Sargeant of 1:379/12@fidonet writes:
 JS> Galileo was persecuted by the skepics in the church.
Call them skeptics, but they are nothing like the skeptics you will find 
challenging UFO beliefs.  The word has different meanings to different 
people, and you are trying to misuse it here to prove a point.  Sorry, but 
that doesn't hold water.
 JS> 400 years after he was tormented, kept under house arrest, and otherwise 
 JS> ruined, he was eventually vindicated, and his beliefs upheld.
Yes, people with closed-minded religious beliefs were the ones who did this 
all to him.  That has nothing to do with the skeptics that challenge claims 
about UFOs=aliens.
 JS> The moral of the story is, apply your skeptism with care and sincerity.
Actually, the moral is that one should be careful about how they apply labels 
such as "skeptics."
A true-life example:
When the recent Air Force report on Roswell came out, CNN online headlined 
its report something to the effect, "Skeptics Doubt Air Force Report."  
Problem was that in this case, they were calling the people who BELIEVED 
there was an alien spacecraft crash at Roswell "skeptics."  Were they 
skeptical of the Air Force report?  Sure.  Does that make them "skeptics" in 
the sense that we all use the term around here?  Not at all.
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