1. I do some quote mining simply because my counterparts tend to bury themselves in their own ideological graves by their own words. When a kid lies, he comes up with all kinds of alibies to cover. I find this true with evos and some of whom I contend with here in
town. This is not to imply that evos here in town are deliberatly lying, but that their false premise requires what I consider to be similar to alibies. Imo, this worked to my advantage in debate and for the prevalence of truth in the young sun thread as I contended with Nosy Ned and Eta.
2. When contending for truth in subjects one is not well versed one must mine quote in order to support one's ideological position.
3. Evos are remiss often in supporting statements and, imo, would do well for the advancement of factual truth to back up some of their own statements with documentation, rather than expecting us all to accept some specific statements at face value, as if they are the authority they consider themselves to be. Imo, Eta, in the young sun thread is a good example. He contends that you begin counting sun age at main sequence initiation rather than at sun birth/protostar sequence, (supported by Nosy Ned), the former, which, as I see it, is the minority view among his own constituents.
[This message has been edited by buzsaw, 12-24-2003]