[MD] Trust in Philosophy

[Matt Kundert]

Oh, see, now that makes so much sense--I had never read Dave's 
response to me: I had just thought Marsha had magically and 
unwittingly channeled him.  Now I see, Marsha was intentionally 
being clever.

That's how you know you know someone: you here the voice, even 
with a different name attached.


> From: valkyr at att.net
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:13:13 -0500
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> Subject: Re: [MD] Trust in Philosophy
> 
> 
> On Nov 29, 2010, at 11:01 PM, david buchanan wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > ?? Marsha said to Dave:
> >> As I see it I'm only asking you to say what you mean.   I'm telling you 
> >> that I don't know what you mean ...  and I'm asking you to say what 
> >> you mean in your own words.   I really don't see how the 
> >> reasonableness of that request can be denied. I can speak english, I 
> >> know the language of philosophy to some extent.  I really don't see 
> >> why it should be a problem for you to make your ideas clear to me.  
> >> You're angry because I'm asking you to say what you mean, because 
> >> I'm asking you to define the terms you use?  Isn't that just the most 
> >> basic demand placed on anyone who wishes to communicate about 
> >> anything?  I think so. And your apparently refusal is more than a little 
> >> suspicious. I mean, it's hard to believe that you're really trying.
> > 
> > 
> > Matt replied:
> > 
> > Can I just say that if I had marked the above paragraph "DMB said to Matt:" people wouldn't have thought twice?  That Dave has been saying the same thing to me for years now?
> > 
> > dmb says:
> > Not that it matters, but that paragraph is what dmb said to Matt. Marsha then repeated it back at me and called it bullying.
> 
> Marsha:
> I didn't cite the paragraph as an example of bullying.  I called your general tactics bullying.  Mostly your posts are unexplained quotes, hyperbole, ad hominem insults and evasion.  I think the requests made in that paragraph of Matt are the standard you should be held to, especially since you brag of your intellectual competency: A-grades, teacher's, &etc.  And please notice you avoided answering the question.