(March 17, 2009 at 11:44 am)Mark Wrote: Yes, I wanted to tie up a few loose ends, and especially to point out that the standard of evidence that you seek to apply to this question is not customarily or usefully applied to questions of ancient, or indeed not-so-ancient history.
Nor are yours.
(March 17, 2009 at 11:44 am)Mark Wrote: Having done that I have nothing more to say, except that I will thank you in future never to refer to me with a diminutive such as "Marky Mark," which I consider to be an insulting deprecation. I wish I could say that this discussion has been pleasant, but in fact there has been a subtext of hostility in your remarks that has been decidedly off-putting.
Firstly I will not call you that again (and I apologise for doing so).
Secondly no, no hostility and TBBH I think people that claim things like that in discussions like this are either deluded or seeking to somehow trounce the other person by appealing to public sympathy. If you want to see hostility look at the way politicians debate or the way they slag each other off in the entertainment arena ... that's gross, that's really insulting (and not just to my mentality) ... this, this kind of discussion is absolutely nothing compared to arenas like that.
If you genuinely think I was really hostile then I can only conclude you have led a very, very sheltered life.
Kyu
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