DB> JS> ...To bring the "truth" to us like some fundamentalist knocking on 
y
 DB> JS> door? That is the impression I get from some skeptics.
 DB> Then, as you often do, you have gotten the wrong impression.
 DB> Skeptics don't bring "The Truth."  Indeed, we QUESTION claims to The
 DB> Truth.  We bring rationality, critical thinking, and science -- some
 DB> things that are sorely lacking in the UFO arena.
 Oh..that would be good in your glorified ideal David but this is not always 
the case.  Your fellow skeptics have had their share of a lack of rational 
thinking (claims about 2 bets, lies about moderation...I will not name 
anyone) and have looked silly a number of times in science issues (impossible 
energy for time dilation (half your echo made the claim to me at one point), 
time dilation not useful for space travel, etc).  I have made mistakes before 
too (assumption on AIM-9 missile range (yet to be resolved), classification 
of DIA memo in Tehran), its however, hardly comparable to what I have seen; 
And your people would never admit it David.
       No person is immune to ignorance, and it should be the task of the 
other users to bring that person back in line.   Just because somebody is 
defending some radical interpretation on an event which does not fit into the 
skeptics belief system, it does not excuse the silence when some skeptic 
attmepts to debunk an outsider with false information.  These energy claims 
were a prime example....now they are all over and seemingly all forgot ten. 
Had it been an outsider making these claims, he would of been dragged through 
the dirt and humiliated.
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