RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] excellent Darwin quotations - keep an openedmind

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Heivilin, Jim wrote:

I wrote:
>> Is it snotty name calling to tell someone that he is utterly
>> ignorant of the facts and saying things that make no sense?
>> Even if it is demonstrably true?
>
> I prefer to quietly slip those people into my killfile and delete their 
> messages unread, believing that if they've gotten far enough along in 
> life to encounter me it's unlikely I'll be able to nudge their minds 
> into some form of rationality.


I don't expect them to change, but maybe someone else will read my 
messages, either on this list or on the internet, and they'll see why my 
intellectual opponent is mistaken.  That makes the dialogue potentially 
worthwhile.

Mike
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