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schestowitz[TR2]">> I have read everything and can relate only to one side. IME, socialFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]>> control media lead to combative, impolite and unproductive exchanges,Feb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]>> to be lost forever less than a week later.Feb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> *nod*, it's not a bad ground on which to try things out that might notFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> work so well.  I was hopeful that showing that person a mirror image ofFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> his own, while pointing out very clearly incorrect readings of quotedFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> passages, might bring him to reason, but...  no such luck.Feb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]>Feb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> It's not like we can have much hope of convincing those who have beenFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> dragged into the cult already.  Carl Sagan has a famous quote aboutFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> that: "One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve beenFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle.Feb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth.  The bamboozle hasFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> captured us."  But that hasn't stopped me from trying it out, sometimesFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> in the hopes of convincing witnesses of the conversation.  But this oneFeb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]> turned out so ugly that I doubt it would have convinced anyone :-(Feb 05 23:43
schestowitz[TR2]Since you invoked Sagan and reason/atheism (perhaps), they also say aim for the "fence sitters", the undecided, the unsure. They sit quietly on the sides and watch before making up their minds. "Feb 05 23:43

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