Hello Dale!

On Monday December 04 2006 00:02, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

 WD>> Michiel on more than one occasion has answered with "I
 WD>> stand corrected" and has no problem in saying so.

 DS>    That is not an accurate portrayal of Michiel's attitude according
 DS> to my observations of him in the echos.

Observations can be selective. I can say the saem about you. I have never
seen you admit to being wrong either, despite the fact that I have observed
you to be wrong on many occasions.

 DS>    IMO, his biggest flaw is that he cannot accept what others say
 DS> without observing the "evidence" directly himself.

Correction: without being given the opportunity to *verify* the facts 
myself. I do not always have to see it myself. But I insist on there being
a way for independant verification of the facts and not having to resort to
just take someone's word for it.

And that, IMNSHO is not a flaw. If everyone would have the same attitude we
would not get involved in disasters like Iraq.

 DS>    His next biggest flaw is that he does not admit when he is wrong,

Even Careol confirms that you are wrong in that. Now will you admit it?

 DS> but creates complex, hypothetical and spurious arguments to
 DS> relentlessly defend his untenable position.

In those cases you just think I am wrong, but in reality you simply fail to
understand the issue.

Cheers, Michiel

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