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Oh by the way - why did you dutifully reproduce the preceding text, but wipe
out the part about schizophrenia?

It's a classic MX trolling tactic. He is a master of selectively quoting
people, and then responding only to what's quoted to steer the
conversation in his preferred direction. If you stated that the Earth is
round in a debate with him, he would snip out just enough to make it
look like you were an idiot, and then make a reply that, at least
superficially, makes him look like the only one who knows anything.

I completely disagree. You give him far too much credit.
I don't think he's a master of much, and I don't think his intellectual
dishonesty fools much of anyone. You make it sound like he's sly and
resourceful - I see him as slow, dumb and cumbersome. Getting the better of him
intellectually is extremely easy, and his lame attempts at recovery are
transparent to all. He rarely makes a successful rejoinder to any challenge,
and contradicts himself repeatedly. I cannot recall any instance in which he
has made anyone other than himself look like an idiot.



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Mike Ash
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