DUNE DISCUSSION FORUM FOR ORTHODOX HERBERTARIANS
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But you ASSUMED that's was my beleif, when it was not...Schu wrote:Oh sweety, you fail so hard. By the way, welcome to Jacurutu!
Opinions are funny things. You don't need much to have one. Here I tend to use the advice given by the late great Douglas Adams:
"I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposite view. My view is that the moon is made of rock. If someone says to me, "Well, you haven't been there, have you? You haven't seen it for yourself, so my view that it is made of Norwegian beaver cheese is equally valid"-- then I can't even be bothered to argue. There is such a thing as the burden of proof...."
If you want to hear our evidence that the new dune books are vastly inferior, shoddy, inconsistent work, there's plenty of it here. I think secretly you know it anyway, deel in the most afraid regions of your heart
You said that we were showing some kind of "lemming behaviour" in "following" Sandchigger, indicating you were clinging to the popular, follow-the-leader mass suicides that Disney has given us, which lemmings don't do. Hence, "also lemmings don't really do that, dumbass".
Well, generally when someone says something like "following him blindly like lemmings running for the cliff edge", which actually ASSUMES the incorrect version of lemmings' behaviour, I do tend to guess that they actually believe the thing that their words are built upon. Yes. Also, I think you're not smart enough to be deliberately dumb, so I'm pretty sure you did believe thisredbugpest wrote:But you ASSUMED that's was my beleif, when it was not...Schu wrote:Oh sweety, you fail so hard. By the way, welcome to Jacurutu!
Opinions are funny things. You don't need much to have one. Here I tend to use the advice given by the late great Douglas Adams:
"I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposite view. My view is that the moon is made of rock. If someone says to me, "Well, you haven't been there, have you? You haven't seen it for yourself, so my view that it is made of Norwegian beaver cheese is equally valid"-- then I can't even be bothered to argue. There is such a thing as the burden of proof...."
If you want to hear our evidence that the new dune books are vastly inferior, shoddy, inconsistent work, there's plenty of it here. I think secretly you know it anyway, deel in the most afraid regions of your heart
You said that we were showing some kind of "lemming behaviour" in "following" Sandchigger, indicating you were clinging to the popular, follow-the-leader mass suicides that Disney has given us, which lemmings don't do. Hence, "also lemmings don't really do that, dumbass".
Thank you for the welcome at any rate.
. You're welcome for the welcome. Please correct your mistakes, or else you'll have to write them 50 times after class.I did not state lemming suicide was a fact, it is a myth that is used as a common metaphor - so my use was correct, the assumption that it was a beleif was incorrect. Am I going too fast for you??TheDukester wrote:Don't go too fast for him, GP; it's only like his second day.GamePlayer wrote:... if you're claiming lemming suicide wasn't your metaphorical intent, don't quote a passage that specifically reads lemming suicide as "evidence" ...
I'll be nice to those who are nice to me - I have my own strong opinions, and look forward to debating the topics. I don't pretend to be an expert, but I think I am capable of looking at information and determining if it is really fact, or just someone’s interpretations.Eyes High wrote:Okay. Totally off topic, but it something that bugs me....Why do people quote Wikipedia so much? I hope whoever relies on wiki also checks the 'facts' against a more relieable encyclopedia source. Wiki can be good for gathering background info for fun, but I wouldn't trust it as pure facts.
Okay, back to topic I guess. Yes, Redbug, I can be nice and will try to be nice. I do not follow blindly but many of the members on here I do consider good friends. I joke around with them and if you have taken the time to read my introduction from where I first joined, viewtopic.php?f=14&t=686 then you will know that I'm new to the Dune world but the guys and gals on here can be quite friendly to those with open minds.
yes they have strong opinions, but they will at least give their honest opinions. Not saying that you wont' give your honest opinion but hopefully you'll admit that there are those out there who do not.
I do hope you will come to enjoy it here. I know I do. These guys know their Dune.
I'm not a Dune expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I will happily demonstrate the many, many literary weaknesses of the new books.redbugpest wrote:I'll be nice to those who are nice to me - I have my own strong opinions, and look forward to debating the topics. I don't pretend to be an expert, but I think I am capable of looking at information and determining if it is really fact, or just someone’s interpretations.Eyes High wrote:Okay. Totally off topic, but it something that bugs me....Why do people quote Wikipedia so much? I hope whoever relies on wiki also checks the 'facts' against a more relieable encyclopedia source. Wiki can be good for gathering background info for fun, but I wouldn't trust it as pure facts.
Okay, back to topic I guess. Yes, Redbug, I can be nice and will try to be nice. I do not follow blindly but many of the members on here I do consider good friends. I joke around with them and if you have taken the time to read my introduction from where I first joined, viewtopic.php?f=14&t=686 then you will know that I'm new to the Dune world but the guys and gals on here can be quite friendly to those with open minds.
yes they have strong opinions, but they will at least give their honest opinions. Not saying that you wont' give your honest opinion but hopefully you'll admit that there are those out there who do not.
I do hope you will come to enjoy it here. I know I do. These guys know their Dune.
I agree with Wiki – it’s a risqué place to get data, so you have to check the facts. The Lemming thing is spot on though.
Awww, you're spoiling everything! If the "lemming debate" (*chortle*) is just trolling, then that means connie's attempted "retort" rose to the challenge with tied shoelaces followed by a resounding thud. Where's the fun in that? You're such a party pooper Duke! No wonder I wanna betray youTheDukester wrote:Guys, fair warning for those that haven't dealt with him yet: The Pest is the undisputed master of the elastic argument. The actual words he writes don't seem to matter. As soon as you call him on his latest bit of nonsense, he'll claim that's it's your misunderstanding that's the problem.
This is a guy who thinks nothing of contradicting himself an hour later or literally arguing both sides of a topic. You debate this clown at your own peril.
I'm older. And I look pretty in pink. Er, I mean, salmon.GamePlayer wrote:That, and I have a thing for older men
Bullshit. You've been a rabbid KJA fan for as long as I've known of your existence, from our encounters back in 2007 over on MySpace.redbugpest wrote:I always keep an open mind, and am willing to change my belief structure as new information becomes available.
Oh, I see what you did there, that was clever!redbugpest wrote:I did not state lemming suicide was a fact, it is a myth that is used as a common metaphor - so my use was correct, the assumption that it was a beleif was incorrect. Am I going too fast for you??TheDukester wrote:Don't go too fast for him, GP; it's only like his second day.GamePlayer wrote:... if you're claiming lemming suicide wasn't your metaphorical intent, don't quote a passage that specifically reads lemming suicide as "evidence" ...
Yeah, but all I ever get out of you is honest straight talk. I need action, baby!SandChigger wrote:I'm older. And I look pretty in pink. Er, I mean, salmon.GamePlayer wrote:That, and I have a thing for older men
Don't you be dissin' my new friend! He's got spin control that would make Bill O'Reilly nocturnally emit!SandChigger wrote:Bullshit. You've been a rabbid KJA fan for as long as I've known of your existence, from our encounters back in 2007 over on MySpace.redbugpest wrote:I always keep an open mind, and am willing to change my belief structure as new information becomes available.
No, no, no. You're doing it all wrong. Watch me....Schu wrote:Oh, I see what you did there, that was clever!redbugpest wrote:I did not state lemming suicide was a fact, it is a myth that is used as a common metaphor - so my use was correct, the assumption that it was a beleif was incorrect. Am I going too fast for you??
(you have to praise children, right?)
*Follows you over that cliff*GamePlayer wrote:
No, no, no. You're doing it all wrong. Watch me....
*begins goosestepping*
See? Just go along, schu. Go along.
Wikipedia in a nutshell:Eyes High wrote:Okay. Totally off topic, but it something that bugs me....Why do people quote Wikipedia so much? I hope whoever relies on wiki also checks the 'facts' against a more relieable encyclopedia source. Wiki can be good for gathering background info for fun, but I wouldn't trust it as pure facts.
Not again, Be gentle boysSandChigger wrote:I'm in luv.
:) ... I think.