(July 14, 2015 at 2:03 pm)abaris Wrote:(July 14, 2015 at 1:37 pm)excitedpenguin Wrote: I happen to not agree with you given that you are not even remotely as thorough in your stated opinion on the subject.
And I don't need to be, since - as I said - facts and figures are in the public domain. For everyone wanting to inform themselves.
Yes you do, if you want to change my mind. This is the purpose of a discussion forum. If everyone were to follow your principle we would all just inform ourselves and there wouldn't be any need for any discussion.
I am sorry to say, this type of argument is not valid. You are running away from the problem. Harris went through the process of acquiring information and he wrote books about it so he could inform types like you. You are just referring me to the almighty internet. This is intelectually lazy and gruesome.