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From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 19 Jul 2006 15:09 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com writes: > > > Were you right, or wrong, in your claim that music follows universal > > rules? > > Right. Music, like language, follows rules. If it did not, it would > not be distinguishable from noise. This is a good example of your dishonesty. You said _universal_. What are they? -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: Dave Frightens Me on 19 Jul 2006 15:14 On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:02:04 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Stanislas de Kertanguy writes: > >> A lot of people don't like it when you refuse to acknowledge you lost >> an argument ... > >I acknowledge it when it happens. It just doesn't happen very often. Are you perfect? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Dave Frightens Me on 19 Jul 2006 15:16 On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:03:25 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> Why do you think insults merely indicate disagreement? > >Because people become emotional when they disagree, and it is a blow >to their ego to admit that their opinions are no more valid than >anyone else's, so they resort to personal attacks in an attempt to >discredit their interlocutors in the eyes of others. > >There really isn't much purpose to insults beyond that, especially >when directed to someone, such as myself, who is refractory to insult. You would like to think so, but I suspect your shyness is directly related to it, and is an obvious handicap for you. -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- --
From: Carole Allen on 19 Jul 2006 15:26 Mxsmanic wrote: >> No, that is not what I said. You are paraphrasing based on your > misunderstanding of what I said. I said nothing about warding > anything off. I said that a compromised immune system will produce > fewer symptoms, not more. That's not the same thing. > > -- WHY will a compromised immune system produce fewer symptoms than a healthy one?
From: jeremyrh.geo on 19 Jul 2006 16:09
Mxsmanic wrote: > jeremyrh.geo(a)yahoo.com writes: > > > Were you right, or wrong, in your claim that music follows universal > > rules? > > Right. Music, like language, follows rules. If it did not, it would > not be distinguishable from noise. > > > Are epiceries common, as you claim in your blog, or rare, as you claim > > here? > > It depends on where one looks. > > > Are Wallace fountains common, or rare? > > As above. > > > Is catching a cold aided by cold temperatures, as shown by research, or > > not, as claimed by you? > > Catching a cold is unaffected by cold temperatures, as shown by > research. In other words, you don't admit to mistakes you make. QED B; |