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Subject: Re: And the Richer Petard Horror Show resumes ...
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On Thu, 2024-10-10 at 17:05 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> wrote:
> > On 2024-10-09 19:34:34 +0000, Alan Mackenzie said:
>=20
> > > Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> wrote:
> > > > On 10/8/24 8:49 AM, Andy Walker wrote:
> > > > > ... after a short break.
>=20
> > > > > =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0Richard -- no-one sane carries on an exte=
nded discussion with
> > > > > someone they [claim to] consider a "stupid liar".=C2=A0 So which =
are you?
> > > > > Not sane?=C2=A0 Or stupid enough to try to score points off someo=
ne who is
> > > > > incapable of conceding them?=C2=A0 Or lying when you describe Pet=
er?=C2=A0 You
> > > > > must surely have better things to do.=C2=A0 Meanwhile, you surely=
 noticed
> > > > > that Peter is running rings around you.
>=20
> > > > In other words, you don't understand the concept of defense of the =
truth.
>=20
> > > Maybe, but continuously calling your debating opponent a liar, and do=
ing
> > > so in oversized upper case, goes beyond truth and comes perilously cl=
ose
> > > to stalking.
>=20
> > Calling a liar a liar is fully justified. I don't know how often it
> > needs be done but readers of a liar may want to know that they are
> > reading a liar.
>=20
> We know Peter Olcott has lied in things that matter.=C2=A0 However, I bel=
ieve
> his continual falsehoods are more a matter of delusion than mendacity.
> As Mike Terry has said, OP's intellectual capacity is low.=C2=A0 Calling =
him
> a liar in virtually every post is, I think, unwarranted.
>=20
> > > It detracts from the substance of your posts, and makes
> > > them, for me at least, thoroughly unpleasant to read.
>=20
> > You probably needn't read them.
>=20
> As I said, I mostly don't - which is a pity, since Richard Damon often
> posts stuff worth reading.
>=20
> > As soon you find out that they repeat the same over and over, neither
> > correcting their substantial errors nor improving their arguments you
> > have read enough.
>=20
> > --=20
> > Mikko

olcott deliberately lies (he knows what is told, he choose to distort). olc=
ott
seems to enjoy in the debate that "no one can refute what he says, because =
he is god".
True/False is not important to him.
Althogh olcott's IQ about CS appears less than 20, the IQ about 'lying' is
pretty good (esp. in debating).
The more significant thing may be that POOH causes people to think again an=
d
practice their skill.