Fred Austin wrote in a message to Roger Nelson:
 FA>      Wishful thinking on the gentleman stuff  Roger.  Sooner  or
 FA> later  it breaks down. There can be no proof here that  I agree.  
Hope springs eternal.  (-:
 FA> In reality  this medium is just  an exchange  of data  and ideas.  
 FA> After a  while  opinions  are  boring.  Opinions  without
 FA> substance.   Vagueness.  And  that is what you have going......
No wonder some people react to me the way they do.  They must, though, be 
tired of waiting to talk, rather than listening to what I'm saying.
 FA>     Since Ufology has had  many boys  crying wolf  over the 
 FA> decades I  understand  the  cynical  approach  people  have.   I 
 FA> understand  the  skeptical viewpoint very well.   I am  skeptical
 FA> over  many things  in  Ufology, since people have created so many
 FA> bogus  events.  But  then I  do not lump everything together.  I do
 FA> not dimiss everything as in our  resident skeptics.  It's their 
 FA> motivation that  interests me.   It is  that crusade of cynicism I
 FA> find amusing and on occasion irritating,and the  common  notion our
 FA> skeptical friends  share is  that we  who may  believe certainly
 FA> are uneducated gullible fools.  Au contraire...... 
If your persona can withstand the onslaught of another's motivation, then you 
should fair well.  You could pick one skeptic from the herd and converse with 
them 'til the end of your days and not fully understand them, nor they you.
However, you do make some valid points.
Regards,
Roger
Roger.Nelson@f7.n3828.z1.fidonet.org 
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