Got at you a bit, eh, Sinister?

If you will reread the context within which the remark was made, you will see that I was merely citing the principles of rational debate laid down well over two millenia ago and which have proven useful in arriving at a conclusion that will reflect, as much as is humanly possible, what is going on in the real world.

Even when one finds that conclusion is at odds with what one would wish it to be.

Some folks find this sort of approach far too restricting because it frowns on the ad hoc redefining words in order to slither, serpent-like, through the thorny thicket of the rules of logic in an attempt to dupe others into accepting the ridiculous.

Perhaps if you acquaint yourself with the works of the ancient Greek philosophers I referred to, you will see that I am merely reiterating what they said, not setting myself on the same level. Hence,the error of your characterizing me as a "primadonna."

And the fact that you admit that this characterization is a "retaliation" speaks for itself.

Have a beer and simmer down a bit.

Don Firth