Brazil84, I asked if you had ever changed the opinion of others based on your facts.
You said you had and you referred me to a thread about taming zebras.
No evidence that anyone changed their minds in that thread.
You have now distracted this thread in a new direction. Everyone has to explain to you that you did not change any opinions.
Do you recognize that you are tweaking the direction of this thread to protect yourself?
When someone lays it out for you asking, “Did he, or did he not, do that? A simple yes or no will suffice.” you admit that he did not but then you deflect by saying that they evaded your question.
Once again, have you ever changed an opinion based on facts you have presented?
I disagree, and I note that you too have evaded my extremely simple question.
What direction is that?
No. I believe that I have probably changed some peoples’ minds based on circumstantial evidence. If the only evidence you will accept is an explicit admission by the other person, then so be it.
Same answer as before. And just so we are clear, if the only evidence you will accept is an explicit admission by the person whose mind has been changed, then I cannot think of any such incident offhand.
Wow you really are a bunch of fucking morons.
I see nothing wrong with what Brazil has posted.
He’s asked for cites about claims made against him, and no one has said anything except saying he is a blowhard with no life… for making a threa?
Look at yourselves.
Can anyone actually show quotes where Brazil is lieing, or is he/she right in that it’s not true and you people are actually just talking shit?
(I beg you, please don’t reply to this with the same garbage that has filled this thread. Can someone try and be onjective in their response? Is Brazil a liar? and second question, has everyone in this thread just been assholes?)
First, What Exit seems to admit now (as far as I can tell) that “technically” I did not misquote him. He does point out (correctly) that my paraphrase of a claim he made omitted a qualifier. However, he does not deny (as far as I can tell) that I responded to the qualifier, as opposed to simply pretending it was not there. So it’s hard to see what the point is, except that perhaps he was acting in good faith when he accused me of misquoting him. I have conceded this possibility.
Second, I also challenged What Exit (or anyone else) to QUOTE the misinformation I was supposedly posting or promoting in the Al Gore thread before he made his accusation. This challenge has not been met as of yet. Again, as far as I can tell.
That’s about it, as far as the main thrust of the thread goes. A quasi-debate seems to be emerging over whether I have actually convinced anyone to change their mind.
It doesn’t look that way to me, but anyway, FYI, it’s been 20+ posts or so and still nobody has quoted the “misinformation” I was supposedly posting/promoting in the Al Gore thread.
Because that’s the main focus of the thread. I started with What Exit’s accusation of misquoting, and later I added the issue of his accusation about misinformation.
Of course not. However, you are participating in this thread.
If you wish to start a thread about Punintentional being a documented idiot, feel free.
Yes and no . . . . I trust that if I actually had misquoted What Exit, or posted/promoted “misinformation” in the Al Gore thread, my fan club would be making it known loud and clear.
So these displays of not giving a rat’s ass help to confirm my claims.
What, did I pay up as to point out what you are doing wrong? Get over yourself. I think people just couldn’t even be bothered. And you owe me one minute for typing this post.
Seeing that it’s Christmas, I suppose I can spear (spare heh) you a minute of my time for this post.
You’re funny. Are you sure you’re not on any kind of psychoactive drug?
The way I see it is, you did mischaracterize What Exit’s post and he called you on it. Then you latched on to his imprecise language even if everyone else who understands English understood what he meant. Now you want to declare victory over What Exit and moral victory over all of us who think you are a fucktard.
:shrug: As I’ve said repeatedly, I clearly responded to his qualifier. So you are the one who is latching on to imprecise language.
Of course I would like to declare victory. But I play fair: QUOTE my post in the first 4 or 5 pages of the Al Gore thread in which I was supposedly posting/promoting “misinformation” and if you are essentially correct, I will concede defeat.
Yes. You latched on to the qualifier. Everyone else thinks its nothing because everybody can discern the intent or the original meaning. Not you, no. You need to fixate on the imprecise language. That’s the only way you think you can win (otherwise - why fixate on it). Now you claim moral victory over everyone who does not agree with you. Yes, indeed you are a funny character. And you are a fucktard.