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  • From: "K Randolph" <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • To: "Peter Kirk" <peter AT qaya.org>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] how scholars debate controversial issues
  • Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:58:38 -0700

Peter:

Some of the times I didn't answer, I prepared the situation by writing
to the effect that unless the other person presents new information,
that I will not answer. Then by my silence I indicated that he has
merely repeated what I have already dismissed, that he has not
answered my objections, therefore my final statement stands. Sometimes
silence is itself an answer.

Karl W. Randolph.

On 3/23/07, Peter Kirk <peter AT qaya.org> wrote:
On 23/03/2007 00:58, K Randolph wrote:
> ...
> Several times when dealing with people on this list with whom I
> disagree, I make my point, show what I think is a flaw in the other's
> position, and if he does not answer them, just ignore him. ...

If there is no further answer, I ignore the person. If the person
repeats a logical or factual error, perhaps in a rather different form,
I repeat my objection. I don't want the other person to win the argument
by mere repetition. Who was it who said that a lie repeated often enough
becomes the truth?

--
Peter Kirk
E-mail: peter AT qaya.org
Blog: http://www.qaya.org/blog/
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