by thoughtographer » Mon May 22, 2006 6:30 pm
<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>thoughtographer,<br>Did you visit in the past under a different name, perhaps before the registration requirement?<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>No, but I suppose I probably followed the exchange while I was "lurking" before I registered. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I registered not long after the registration requirement was instated. If I were to go by a different name, I would probably announce the fact to spare any possible confusion or suspicion.<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>On the emad thing. I'm no vandal, and believe in live and let live.<br>A clued up Brit would have known straight away that he was talking nonsense. But an American audience would not. Why should you? Both posts seem equally arcane.<br><br>THAT is what he was exploiting.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Well, I'm not totally clueless with regard to British corporate and political issues and the associated personalities, but the depths to which you go admittedly fall far outside the scope of my knowledge and interests. You're right in that both posts do seem equally arcane, and I guess that's partially the point I was addressing. Whether "emad" was a shill or not, it's important to examine the facts presented, and I appreciate your perspective on trying to maintain that focus. If he was exploiting ignorance on the part of the reader, then he was being irresponsible at the very least -- though we're all irresponsible every now and again when it comes to promoting our views.<br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>Did you see the supplementary thread I posted shortly thereafter? Where I included all the source links for my claims? emad never posted any links to support what he said.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Yeah, I did read that. Maybe you scared him away, but it's equally probable that he was just not motivated enough to reply for one reason or another. He didn't attempt to refute your claims with facts to support his, so I see that as an unresolved dispute. He's gone, regardless -- so I guess that's good? I get the feeling that some people would like to see me confuse a fact here or there and shame me into leaving, but unlike you, I have no overall thesis to prove and I certainly don't have your troubles -- I have my own.<br><br>As far as the blog suggestion goes: I only asked because I've <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>tried</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--> to make some sense of exactly what happened to you, but it's not easy to follow. Maybe if you consolidated the basic facts into a timeline or synopsis, and used the information you've collected here as footnotes, more people could understand your story and perhaps help you out somehow.<br><br>That's all I've got at the moment. Take care. <p><!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>"A crooked stick will cast a crooked shadow."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END--></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=thoughtographer>thoughtographer</A> at: 5/22/06 4:30 pm<br></i>