John Massey -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 EH>> Apparently progress to you is that everyone agree with you.

 JM> By George, I think you nailed it.



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

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

 JM> You are on a roll

 ST>>> I made a mistake and appologized.

 EH>> 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
 EH>> rethink what you are doing.

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

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


 JM> Yep, I think you got it.

He's arguing from emotion and not intellect. Then he cites a
"study" that was politically motivated and timed as if it was
based on fact. Any "study" that claims 45,000 people died last
year because they lacked health insurance is akin to claiming a certain
amount of traffic accidents happen because the drivers lacked auto
insurance.

Ed

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