tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post1985273134443349125..comments2023-09-11T08:30:08.843-07:00Comments on Life Training Institute Blog: Looking for Straw Men in a Mountain of Straw [Jay]SKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01905606527143286458noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-16316217089092997472007-08-07T08:20:00.000-07:002007-08-07T08:20:00.000-07:00I posted the following comment to Beket at Jivin's...I posted the following comment to Beket at Jivin's Blog after he complained about his comment not being posted here:<BR/><BR/>Beket,<BR/><BR/>As to your not being allowed to respond on LTI, I am not the administrator of the website so I can not post comments. The man who can has been on vacation. I did not say your accusation of Jivin was malicious I said it was ridiculous and deplorable to drag him through the mud for something someone else said. <BR/><BR/>It is interesting that you quote Tolstoy as he seemed to struggle with metaphysics as well. You are free to hold whatever opinion you wish, but when you blatantly misrepresent arguments in support of your position it is neither flippant not cocky to point that out. It is correct argument. Your refusal to address actual arguments is traditionally seen as a concession of points in proper debate. <BR/><BR/>JayJay Wattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11298001988620531769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-15093491272540141652007-08-06T11:02:00.000-07:002007-08-06T11:02:00.000-07:00I wonder if Dr. "Beket" realizes that his beloved ...I wonder if Dr. "Beket" realizes that his beloved Tolstoy quotation:<BR/><I>"I know that most men...can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives."</I><BR/>... applies to himself as well? Hmmmm....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-12720935613457448442007-08-06T09:19:00.000-07:002007-08-06T09:19:00.000-07:00Jay,What a lazy thinker Beket is. He thinks he's ...Jay,<BR/>What a lazy thinker Beket is. He thinks he's taken you to the woodshed, but he's to lazy to actually confront your refutation of his own original piece. Instead, he resorts to shameless name-callng and even more ad-hominem attacks. <BR/><BR/>Is this the best the other side has to offer? <BR/><BR/>Let's hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1442827238174603755.post-91730994009133378972007-08-05T11:04:00.000-07:002007-08-05T11:04:00.000-07:00Obviously what I wrote clashes with what you so de...Obviously what I wrote clashes with what you so desperately want to believe, Jay. I understand that. Perhaps no one said it any more succinctly than Leo Tolstoy:<BR/><BR/>"I know that most men...can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabrics of their lives."<BR/><BR/>I have neither the time nor the interest in responding point-by-point to your flippant denunciation of me and my thoughts. I only invite readers of your cocky little critique to read my Daily Kos posts for themselves, hopefully with minds less defensive and more open than yours.<BR/><BR/>These are the posts referred to:<BR/><BR/>5/14/07 Abortion Rights 101 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/14/143135/169#c288<BR/><BR/>6/4/07 The Inquisition lives. Ask a woman with an unwanted pregnancy. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/9/12274/09070<BR/><BR/>7/2/07 Safe, Legal, and Rare - or Goldilocks, the Three Bears, and Abortion Rights http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/2/155834/1027<BR/><BR/>7/8/07 The Ecclesiastical Sopranos, Abortion Rights, Honesty, & Reason. An Open Letter to Catholic Clergy. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/8/124344/6934<BR/><BR/>7/18/07 Is Abortion Dangerous? Just Buckle Your Seatbelts. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/18/181136/175<BR/><BR/>7/29/07 Exorcize this! (I'm just a demon walking the earth.) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/29/152815/556<BR/><BR/><BR/>BTW, the link to "Jivin's" blog was a careless mistake that I have corrected, not a malicious accusation as you have characterized it. I have corrected it and thanked "Jivin" for making me aware of the error.<BR/><BR/>BeketAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com