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Subject: Re: CONTRARY EVIDENCE (WASRe: Evide)nce!
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 10:15:41 -0700, erik simpson
<eastside.erik@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 3/28/24 10:06 AM, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
>> On 2024-03-28 16:52:50 +0000, Mark Isaak said:
>>=20
>>> On 3/26/24 10:29 AM, Ron Dean wrote:
>>>> Mark Isaak wrote:
>>>>> On 3/25/24 10:26 AM, Ron Dean wrote:
>>>>>> Mark Isaak wrote:
>>>>>>> On 3/23/24 4:31 PM, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ron Dean <rondean-noreply@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Mark Isaak wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [snip
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And what about people for whom theism is their greatest=20
>>>>>>>>>> motivator, such
>>>>>>>>>> as Obama bin Laden? Cynicism seems a rational response.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Are you suggesting that Obama bin Laden is typical of Islam? If=
 so,
>>>>>>>>> you're probably right.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My apologies to Mark as I just Chez Watted this without =
realizing=20
>>>>>>>> Mark had
>>>>>>>> originally posted Osama bin Laden and in Ron Dean=E2=80=99s =
reply Mark=E2=80=99s=20
>>>>>>>> spelling
>>>>>>>> morphed to Obama bin Laden matching Ron Dean=E2=80=99s spelling.=
 I wonder=20
>>>>>>>> what that
>>>>>>>> indicates about Ron Dean=E2=80=A6
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even without the typo, Ron's reply shows that he is grossly=20
>>>>>>> bigoted against Arabs and Moslems. The typo suggests that Blacks=20
>>>>>>> and Democrats may be added to the list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here you are so unfair.=C2=A0 It's easy to make accusations and =
charges=20
>>>>>> without even attempting to support them. This in and of itself=20
>>>>>> demonstrates your extreme bias and hatred of anyone with a
>>>>>> point of view, opinion or belief different from yours.
>>>>>
>>>>> The support for your bigotry against Moslems is in your own post,=20
>>>>> and that bigotry in turn is support for a suggestion of further=20
>>>>> bigotry. I must admit that I had not considered the intervention of=
=20
>>>>> a spell-checker. I have never known a spell-checker, uninvited, to=20
>>>>> alter text that the user did not type himself.
>>>>>
>>>> I asked a question. "Are you suggesting that Osama bin Laden is=20
>>>> typical of Islam? If so (if you confirmed) you are probably right".=20
>>>> If you failed. I placed the burden on you! (Note here I defeated my=20
>>>> spell-checker)
>>>
>>> Do you honestly not recognize the overt bigotry in what you just=20
>>> repeated? It is really extremely gross and unforgivable.
>>=20
>> All the Muslims that I know (all highly educated women, at the moment)=
=20
>> are perfectly decent people. All of them would be very insulted to be=20
>> described as typical of Osama Ben Laden. None of them wear veils. A =
few=20
>> years ago there was a student who did wear a veil, but that was only =
in=20
>> her second when her husband came to join the institute. In her first=20
>> year she didn't, and was perfectly happy to have her photo taken (by =
me)=20
>> for a seminar series that my wife was organizing. She likewise had=20
>> nothing in common with Osama Ben Laden.
>>=20
>It seems to me that Ron D has been getting an undue amount of attention=20
>for some time.  He obviously has a problem with reading not only what=20
>others have written, but also in reading what he has written himself. We=
=20
>are all getting bogged down with this unending drizzle.


Such is the consequence of willful stupidity.

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