Excerpt from Techie Tired Rhetorical Technique manual

DL — 9/6/2005 1:59:57 PM (archived)

155: When confronted with what you said, deny that you said that, or insist that what you said is not what you meant

156: When 155 fails, claim that you are being intentionally victimized.

What was that about personal responsibility?

DL

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New Orleans- Bagdad Redux - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2005 6:02:17 AM
- re: New Orleans- Bagdad Redux - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2005 5:55:12 PM
  - re: New Orleans- Bagdad Redux - SteveS - 9/18/2005 2:48:06 AM
    - Buses and overkill - Tom Brosz - 9/18/2005 3:23:10 AM
      - re: Buses and overkill - SteveS - 9/18/2005 12:29:23 PM
- re: New Orleans- Bagdad Redux - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2005 5:55:06 PM
- Gee I don't know...Why don't we hear about their failed efforts in South Florida? - Scott Evil - 9/2/2005 12:21:06 PM
  - re: Gee I don't know...Why don't we hear about their failed efforts in South Florida? - Brian Wads. - 9/16/2005 5:40:01 AM
    - So Plano Texas is in Iraq? - R.L. - 9/18/2005 1:57:18 AM
    - (sniff) God bless the U.S. Morines!!! - Richard L. wad - 9/18/2005 1:50:39 AM
    - Warning! SDAI Tech2 alert! - Lindy - 9/17/2005 4:55:29 AM
    - The poor people of New Orleans have sore feet. They Couldn't walk to safety. - Scott Evil - 9/16/2005 6:35:26 PM
  - re: Gee I don't know...Why don't we hear about their failed efforts in South Florida? - Mitch - 9/6/2005 7:12:23 PM
  - Dead on.... - FrankC - 9/2/2005 9:26:43 PM
- re: New Orleans- Bagdad Redux - Robert - 9/2/2005 6:26:32 AM
  - I guess we will never know.... - FrankC - 9/2/2005 9:36:20 PM
    - re: I guess we will never know.... - Robert - 9/3/2005 1:06:23 AM
      - Before the storm - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 2:30:32 AM
      - A few things being talked about around the Super Dome water cooler - FrankC - 9/3/2005 1:59:13 AM
        
        A new word: "Nagin" - Robert - 9/3/2005 2:36:48 AM
        
        re: A new word: "Nagin" - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 2:41:52 AM
        
        radio interview? - Robert - 9/3/2005 2:56:13 AM
        
        re: radio interview - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 6:58:43 AM
  - I completely share your frustration. - Scott Evil - 9/2/2005 12:38:09 PM
    - re: I completely share your frustration. - Robert - 9/3/2005 2:16:20 AM
      - Additional factoid - Robert - 9/3/2005 2:20:29 AM
        
        Buses - FrankC - 9/3/2005 2:58:47 AM
        
        re: Buses - Robert - 9/3/2005 5:13:31 AM
        
        re: Buses - Tom Brosz - 9/3/2005 5:47:15 AM
        
        "20/20 hindsight" - Robert - 9/3/2005 4:49:56 PM
        
        Personal Responsibility - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/3/2005 9:49:23 PM
        
        "All the whining, demanding victims of the hurricane put themselves in the situation they are in." - Lindy - 9/4/2005 6:05:39 AM
        
        This Is Really Beautiful - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 7:16:01 AM
        
        Wiggle, quibble, invoke Van Gogh... - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 2:40:22 PM
        
        Many levels - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 7:37:56 PM
        
        And for you they all come back to blaming the Left. - Mary Anne - 9/5/2005 5:35:42 PM
        
        A correction to my post of a moment ago - Robert - 9/4/2005 6:48:17 AM
        
        re: Social Responsibility - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 3:39:42 AM
        
        Survival means tough decisions. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 4:48:20 AM
        
        re: Survival - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 5:07:29 AM
        
        Unbelievable. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 5:27:49 AM
        
        I read what you first wrote. - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 5:49:45 AM
        
        Yes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 6:25:30 AM
        
        Clueless - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 2:55:20 PM
        
        "I'm tired of the blame game." - Robert - 9/4/2005 12:09:57 AM
        
        re: "I'm tired of the blame game." - J Ba - 9/19/2005 5:25:20 AM
        
        PS. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 1:36:18 AM
        
        You're steeped in just as much self-righteousness Robert... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 1:25:15 AM
        
        re: You're steeped in your own ego. - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 3:48:53 AM
        
        The only difference between you and Lee... - Robert - 9/4/2005 1:53:31 AM
        
        You see...it's like magic! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 2:09:28 AM
        
        and a dark magic indeed - Robert - 9/4/2005 3:29:21 AM
        
        Well it is New Orleans after all, so voodoo would be a better term to use. - Lee - 9/4/2005 8:35:35 AM
        
        My goodness man... where did I say that?! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 4:10:27 AM
        
        What Mary Anne said - Robert - 9/4/2005 6:46:54 AM
        
        Here: - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 4:46:33 AM
        
        He DID claim to have a 'photographic memory', didn't he? (n/t) - R.L. - 9/7/2005 12:59:29 AM
        
        Boot camp - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 5:09:17 AM
        
        The finger being pointed at you... - Mary Anne - 9/4/2005 5:26:26 AM
        
        I'm surprised. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/4/2005 5:41:41 AM
        
        Excerpt from Techie Tired Rhetorical Technique manual - DL - 9/6/2005 1:59:57 PM
    - Notice all of the cars in the streets, driveways, and parking lots. - Lee - 9/2/2005 11:45:53 PM
      - Who did the cars belong to? - Mary Anne - 9/3/2005 12:04:57 AM
  - For God's sake, stop getting your news from the TV set. - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2005 7:11:20 AM
    - Earthquakes, Mayor Ray Nagin, and other disasters - Robert - 9/3/2005 1:50:35 AM
    - The reason the Superdome was opened. - Mary Anne - 9/2/2005 1:18:20 PM
- Relief - Tom Brosz - 9/2/2005 6:23:21 AM
- So why is the main Democratic voting block acting like savages? - Lee - 9/2/2005 6:22:25 AM
  - Anyone else disgusted by this bigoted piece of slime? - R.L. - 9/2/2005 10:44:12 PM
    - I guess reality is bigoted by your standards. - Lee - 9/2/2005 11:41:28 PM
  - Stop this at once. - Mary Anne - 9/2/2005 1:05:46 PM
    - "Stop this at once." Tell that to the savages. - Lee - 9/2/2005 11:30:42 PM
      - How many hundreds of people are you talking about? - Mary Anne - 9/2/2005 11:59:42 PM
        
        Compassion must be handed out in measured doses. - Lee - 9/3/2005 12:06:29 AM
        
        A reminder: the victims of these crimes are the people you are calling savages and animals. - Mary Anne - 9/3/2005 12:22:29 AM
        
        Lee is a human tragedy. - DL - 9/3/2005 4:32:17 AM
        
        Let the New Age begin. (n/t) - Lee - 9/3/2005 5:36:29 AM
        
        yes, and remember: when civilization returns, they shoot the wolves - DL - 9/3/2005 4:45:38 PM
        
        OK, Davin, you're right and I'm wrong. - Mary Anne - 9/3/2005 1:22:24 PM
    - Empathy is good - FrankC - 9/2/2005 10:48:48 PM
  - "What the hell would you be saying had federal troops gone in and restored order?" - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2005 7:36:59 AM
    - So where's the New Orleans' PD? - Lee - 9/2/2005 11:25:15 PM

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