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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

Hey, I hate to leave a good point un-rebutted, but precisely because  
of yesterday's email largesse today is just way too busy to get into  
tit-for-tat responses.  However, a quick and direct response would  
look something like this:

1) I never stated that I believed wholeheartedly in every single data  
point exhibited in the "Loose Change" film, I only stated that it was  
the best movie of the year.  Had I mentioned that "Mission Impossible  
III" was the best movie of the year, I doubt you would be challenging  
me to go "chase down the facts" and prove everything that was  
displayed in that film.

2) Making the above assumption and then immediately going on the war  
path to inform me that I have "really lost touch" and should "SHOOT  
[MYSELF]" is about the most inelegant and un-Christian thing I have  
heard in several weeks.  I'm sorry it made you so full of "hate" and  
got "under [your] skin in a bad way," but that is one of the lovely  
aspects of Freedom of Speech and Democracy.  I think "The  
Terrorists" (as we like to call them) would be proud of your debate  
skills.

3) Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, commanding me in a  
condescending way to go "chase down the 'facts' in that video" is  
akin to me asking you to produce proof (any proof whatsoever) that  
anything in The Bible is true --  scientifically, historically or  
otherwise.  But I would never stoop to such a low position because as  
a True American, I believe that we should all be free to hold dear  
any ideals, no matter how kooky or fantastical... as long as it does  
not effect foreign and/or domestic policy.

Off to see the Wizard,
dave m.


On Sep 21, 2006, at 5:59 PM, Tony Spencer wrote:

> Dave,
> My homework for you is to chase down the ‘facts’ in that video.   
> But before you chase those down take a step back and ask yourself  
> how many people would have to be in on this secret for it to work.   
> Wrap your head around the vast number of people that would have to  
> defy human instinct and keep their mouth shut.