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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Now, Bill, we were getting along so nice.  If I had just dismissed his 
discussions, that would be one thing.  However, I am VERY familiar with the 
method he is using.  He even makes a point of using "trigger" words the 
advised number of times WITH whatever is a current trigger to a large 
segment of his audience.

Example would be that his target audience has always been what would be 
described as liberals.  What better way to get to the liberals "now" than to 
throw in references to the religious right.

Besides, I'm not a great believer in coincidence.  He hits every single 
point as advised in Delphi Technique and Alinsky Method training seminars.

However, I didn't find any "clever arguments." I found a rambling that 
grazes the top of points but has no details that could really be called 
arguments for his latest ramblings.  Actually, it sounds more like a 
desperate attempt at an attention grab.  The old stand-by of "I'll say 
something terribly outrageous and people will pay attention to me again."

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Jones" <billj AT harborside.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Stewart Brand--provocative thoughts


> Lynda wrote:
>
> > The great thing about nuclear waste is that we know where it is?.........
> I knew a fellow who worked in the nuclear industry.  He seemed to think
> it was no problem to dispose of waste, as long as it's mixed with molten
> glass.  I'm not an expert, but there's a certain sense to it.  Things
> encased in glass generally don't go anywhere.  Why not use the
> containment vessels under sidewalks in Utah, to keep the snow off?
>
> > And the really great example of herd manipulation is  "“My trend has been
> > toward more rational and less romantic as the decades go by,”
> I reject overanalysis of people's motives, in favor of direct discussion
> of the issue itself.  Couldn't you denounce anyone's expression of
> emotion as herd manipulation?  I'm sensing that this is your reaction to
> clever arguments you don't like.
>
>
> Bill
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