Shannon Talley -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 ST> Hello Ed,

 ~>>>>> I'm glad to see you changed your position.
 >>>> No change.
 ST>>> Originally you dismissed it out of hand, and then you shifted your
 ST>>> direction.  I'm not sure what I missed....
 >> You are displaying intellectual dishonesty here. Earl has not changed his
 >> position. Your effort to make it look like he has is failing, just live
 >> with it
 >> and move on.

 ST> No, he originally dismissed it out of hand and then back tracked.

No, he did not. Try reading what he wrote instead of what you think he wrote.

 ~>>>>> You doubt that people who teach at Harvard are educated?
 >>>> Hmmm.  I say "I don't doubt their education,"
and you respond that
 >> I do
 >>>> doubt it?  I'll go with MY answer.
 ST>>> If I misread your message, then I apologize - it wasn't intentional.
 >> I find that highly unlikely.

 ST> THIS is exactly why it's difficult to have a conversation in this echo.

Then, why do you try?

 ST> You simply 'attack' me by calling me a name rather than discuss the issue.

Really? What name did I call you?

 ST> You just stopped any forward progress with this conversation.

I did? What progress were you making? All I've read so far is you attacking
Earl for not taking a so-called study as gospel. When he pointed to the
fact that the "study" was made by physicians and not
statisticians, you countered an emotional plea that it had to be true
because it was done by Harvard. When Earl pointed out that one physician
was only a Harvard fellow and had an agenda to support ObamaCare, you blew
it off. When Earl pointed out that the "study" was released for
political timing, you again blew that off.

Apparently progress to you is that everyone agree with you.

 ST> There is no reason to continue this or any thread with you if you
continue to be rude
 ST> and hostile.

Rude and hostile? How so? Just because I don't take your claims as gospel?

 ST> I made a mistake and appologized.

Then, why did you go back and repeat that "mistake" just above?

 ST> If you aren't grown up enough to be civil, then perhaps you should
rethink what you are doing.

You claim I attacked you and called you a name and now you follow that up
with a poor attempt at attacking me.

Maybe you need to rethink what you are doing, Shannon, since you can't
discuss an issue honestly. Your attack is not only intellectually
dishonest, it is intellectually lazy.

Ed

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