RE: False skepticism
December 7, 2012 at 8:04 pm
(This post was last modified: December 7, 2012 at 8:05 pm by Cyberman.)
Let's recap the actual words employed:
Playing the conspiracy game is what was regarded as being fun. Twisting that into a false observation that JFK's murder was fun is playing into Capn's hands with regards to ignorance, n'est-ce pas?
In other words, it might not be to your advantage to give your opponent ammunition, merely to score cheap points.
(December 7, 2012 at 6:50 pm)CapnAwesome Wrote: Okay, I'm going to get to play your game, and argue like a conspiracy theorist. Not because I think I can pound information into your dull brain, but because I think it will be fun.
Playing the conspiracy game is what was regarded as being fun. Twisting that into a false observation that JFK's murder was fun is playing into Capn's hands with regards to ignorance, n'est-ce pas?
In other words, it might not be to your advantage to give your opponent ammunition, merely to score cheap points.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
