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Re: Brashears on Hanson
On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Mason A. Clark wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Dec 1996 01:23:42 EDT, Toby Reiter wrote, amidst
> a post:
> > In the current light of this
> > conversation, who do you feel has more intelligence an ecosystem which
> > insists it be responsible for its inputs and outputs
>
> Funny what catches the eye in scanning these threads.
>
> Obviously ! Any natural ecosystem has more intelligence
> than the silly carpers like David Lloyd-Jones and
> oftentimes John McCarthy, who -- so overblown with their
> self-conceived intellects and lack of self image -- snipe
> and name-call on the Internet. Their kind of crap,
> displacing useful discourse and putting off people who
> could contribute to debate, is the most destructive force
> on the Internet. They are the tone-setters who make some
> news-groups virtually useless.
>
> If you doubt this, take a few days of posts and do an
> analysis of the posts on a constructive-destructive scale
> of your own choosing.
*
Well, I have taken a few days of post into consideration as you
have instructed. I have come to the conclussion that both parties that yo
complain about have offerred quite a bit of validity to the arguments
posed in this thread. I also feel that thier critisism has again been very
strait forward and quite stringent. It may be perceived to the critisee
that they are being harsh or rude but I see it as constructive ctitisism
that will force the posters of the newsgroup to refine and strengthen
thier aruments next time they decide to post. (Thus, creating quality news
groups.) This "tone" may hurt a persons feelings but I still deem it
"constructive" because after a person who has recooperated from having
his/her feelings hurt, he/she can leave the descussion a stronger debator
along with a little bit of more refined information.
> By the way, why is this thread spammed all over the net?
> Cut it out, wherever you are. The source of this problem
> is the first poster of the thread. I suggest this be the
> LAST post on this thread. To respond to me, use sci.econ
> ONLY. Start a new thread in one group to continue the
> discussion - if anyone's left.
I disagree that this is SPAM. I feel that each one of the news
groups contain people who are interested in the topics which have been
brought about in this thread. I being one of them. I am only subscribed to
the "save the earth" news group but as an athropologist (amature
primatologist/amature anthropaleontologist) I have found this one of the
most entertaining threads that I have read. It has provided me with the
insight on how various people of the internet perceive consequence of the
human impact on the Earths inhabitants and ecosystems.
R. Tyson Schneider
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