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What is the point of resopnding with nasty personal attacks?

alcaray — 9/14/2004 6:12:45 PM (archived)

If the truth is easy to prove, why not do that instead?

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Media lies about the deaths from Hurricane Charlie - Lindy - 8/23/2004 3:50:55 AM
- But then you believe Dan Rather. (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/17/2004 7:24:34 PM
- re: Media lies about the deaths from Hurricane Charlie - Matt - 9/12/2004 4:26:01 PM
  - LOL you must be new here... - R.L. - 9/14/2004 1:30:34 AM
    - Now you are trying to discourage rational responses to Lindy? - alcaray - 9/15/2004 4:17:24 PM
      - Did you read my post? What was dicouraging? What was untrue? - R.L. - 9/15/2004 4:55:28 PM
        
        Well "discouraging", yes I maintain my position... - alcaray - 9/15/2004 6:52:56 PM
        
        We did respond with rational explanations of why her claims are not possible - R.L. - 9/15/2004 8:59:29 PM
        
        re: We did respond with rational explanations of why her claims are not possible - alcaray - 9/15/2004 9:18:21 PM
- re: Media lies about the deaths from Hurricane Charlie - Stuart Stuthers - 8/28/2004 7:13:47 AM
  - Stuart is a liar- see my thread above where I prove it. - R.L. - 9/16/2004 9:10:17 PM
  - Stuart is a liar- see my thread above where I prove it. - R.L. - 9/16/2004 9:10:14 PM
  - Wow, another unsupported conspiracy theory! Thanks a bunch. I can add it to my list of lunatic ideas. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/30/2004 8:07:50 PM
  - Updates on deaths from Hurricane Charlie - Lindy - 8/30/2004 3:23:00 PM
    - re: Updates on deaths from Hurricane Charlie - charlottecntyguy - 1/26/2005 6:45:38 AM
      - Okay.... - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2005 7:04:03 PM
    - Yes, there were thousands of people who disappeared and were never even missed. - David F Mayer - 8/30/2004 8:09:41 PM
    - Cripes, Lindy, quo bono? - Tom Brosz - 8/30/2004 4:37:24 PM
      - OK - Lindy - 8/30/2004 4:57:17 PM
        
        Lindy you are so dumb you make my job simple - R.L. - 8/31/2004 4:22:26 AM
        
        I wish people did not think that they had "jobs" to accomplish here (n/t) - alcaray - 9/13/2004 5:52:15 PM
        
        So I take it you are 'jobless' on this site? - R.L. - 9/14/2004 8:19:57 AM
        
        I'm here to have intellegent debate and to learn things - alcaray - 9/14/2004 3:06:17 PM
        
        Same here - R.L. - 9/14/2004 5:34:11 PM
        
        What is the point of resopnding with nasty personal attacks? - alcaray - 9/14/2004 6:12:45 PM
        
        I am not the one making accusations of criminal conduct - R.L. - 9/14/2004 9:20:17 PM
        
        Both my questions were serious ones (n/t) - alcaray - 9/14/2004 10:59:13 PM
        
        Notice the airhead bimbo did not answer your question, Tom.... - R.L. (Yeah its harsh, I know) - 8/31/2004 2:39:08 AM
  - The problem with under-reporting the deaths........ - Lindy - 8/28/2004 6:25:56 PM
  - Ok I can admit when I am wrong... - R.L. - 8/28/2004 8:11:14 AM
    - No you can't - Lindy - 8/28/2004 7:13:10 PM
      - Do you have any functioning brain cells?! - R.L. - 8/29/2004 6:07:34 AM
- First of all lindy, remembeer that you have repeatedly been taken in by silly conspiracy nonsense - R.L. - 8/25/2004 8:43:33 PM
- Lindy, your gullibility is showing again. - David F Mayer - 8/25/2004 11:10:41 AM
  - Give her a break, here! This was personnal for her...She went through it! - Jacob Samorodin - 8/25/2004 7:35:09 PM
    - She exploits the tragedy to fuel here nonsens conspiracy theories - R.L. - 8/29/2004 7:54:10 AM
- I'd say there were 3 too few (n/t) - p - 8/24/2004 12:05:37 AM
  - Not sure exactly what that means, but I read that as kind of a cheap shot. - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2004 2:44:57 AM
    - PHIL, that WAS a cheap shot.......... - Lindy - 8/24/2004 8:49:00 PM
      - Now, that was a cheep shot. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2004 5:47:33 AM
- Aw, Lindy.... - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2004 4:23:13 AM
  - You think his report was made up? - Lindy - 8/23/2004 5:17:46 AM
    - To put it bluntly, yes. - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2004 4:19:20 PM
      - You are mistaken - Lindy - 8/23/2004 5:33:04 PM
        
        re: Decide for yourself. - Tom Brosz - 8/23/2004 10:46:32 PM
        
        Why am I surprised that Lindy finds sites like that 'factual'? (n/t) - R.L. - 8/29/2004 7:46:50 AM
        
        I don't alter my life for anyone - Lindy - 8/24/2004 2:11:11 AM
        
        re: I hadn't considered the reposting possibility - Tom Brosz - 8/24/2004 2:42:24 AM
        
        re: I hadn't considered the reposting possibility - hammer - 9/4/2004 3:24:14 AM
        
        YOU GUYS ARE IDIOTS - R.L. - 9/4/2004 6:52:23 AM
        
        If anything, the bigger the disaster... - alcaray - 8/24/2004 5:43:21 PM
        
        re: If anything, the bigger the disaster... - Tom Brosz - 8/25/2004 5:49:24 AM
        
        skeptical like Tom - SDG - 8/23/2004 6:09:14 PM

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