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Thread #60214   Message #968086
Posted By: Don Firth
17-Jun-03 - 09:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Got WMDs?
Subject: RE: BS: Got WMDs?
It is not my wish to trade insults with someone who bears the honorable name of one of the knights of the Round Table, particularly one of the knights who hailed from Orkney, land of my forebears. But in my long life, I have participated in many discussions, often of matters political, and it has been my experience that when one resorts to insulting those with whom one disagrees, that is a sign that they have lost the debate. Or at the very least, they find themselves bankrupt of further argument. This is like the ink that a squid or octopus emits in an effort to confuse its surroundings so it can get away unscathed.

There are so many valid reasons to oppose the war on Iraq (including on moral grounds) that to accuse those who do so of being "Saddam apologists" is really pretty lame. Unworthy, sir! Unworthy! But I have called you a "Bush apologist," and this is equally unworthy. If you will accept my apology, I will accept yours.

If you actually have specific points to make, I'm perfectly willing to read them and think about them.

Don Firth