-=> On 12-05-06  13:16,  Michiel Van Der Vlist <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about FidoNews Editor MIA? <=-

 DS>    I'll quote two such admissions from another echo in another
 DS> message.

 MVDV> An echo that I read? Well, I may hacve missed it. Or 
 MVDV> forgotten. Just like you may have missed or forgotten me 
 MVDV> admitting to an error.

  :-}}  Not only an echo that you read, but one of the messages was to
  you -- as you later see.

 MVDV>> despite the fact that I have observed you to be wrong on
 MVDV>> many occasions.
 
 DS>    Name two, other than the two I quoted elsewhere :-}}
 DS>    BTW, two is not the same as many.

 MVDV> I think there is no point in that. It will simply lead to a 

   In other words, you can't produce verifiable evidence for your
   statement.

 MVDV> repeat of the yes/no discussion we had then. Other than
 MVDV> that I do not keep archives.
 
  Except when it suits you.   You seemed to be able to pull up the
  message that xxCarol was responding to from some sort of archives
  somewhere.

 MVDV> Example: I do not need to see satellitie pictures to verify 
 MVDV> the fact that the earth is not flat. Standing on a beach at 
 MVDV> a very calm clear day with a pair of binoculars will 
 MVDV> provide verification.

  How about needing to see satellite pictures to verify the fact that the
  Soviets were building missile bases in Cuba (in the 60's)?

  There are times when evidence cannot easily be made public.

 MVDV>> But I insist on there being a way for independant
 MVDV>> verification of the facts and not having to resort to just
 MVDV>> take someone's word for it.

  Most of the time that is a decent and scientific attitude.  There are
  times when it is just not possible.

 DS>   I'm not sure how you jump to that conclusion.  But I will not
 DS> discuss Iraq in any public forum.

 MVDV> But you cannot stop me from explaining why I bring up Iraq.

  You can discuss it all you want, but leave me out of it.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


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