Tom wrote:


*PLONK*

Is there anyone on the rec.aviation groups who knows hoew to debate
without acting like an infant?


Debate this then:

I just love the assertion that Sukarno, of Indonesia, gave Pres Kennedy
140,000 tons of gold! That’s a lot of gold! In fact, with an estimated
160,000 tons having been extracted throughout history, and 15% being
used in industry, this pretty much means that every ring, every
necklace, every coin and every ingot and bar in the world had to be
requisitioned by Sukarno to make this ostentatious gift! My parents
never told me about the sad day they had to surrender their wedding
rings to Indonesia!

Still in on the debate, Tom?

The weird thing about kookbabble though, is that they are not in the
least destabilized when one points out these outrageous stupidities.
They will blithely wipe it away "Oh well, change that to..." They do not
seem to realize how obvious it becomes that the entire rubble pile of
verbiage is simply pulled out of some latter day Ted Kazinski’s rear
end, and they will adhere to it as gospel until every single pebble of
it has been held up to the light and dissipates under scrutiny. A bit
like the Unabomber, in fact, the idea would appear to be to wow the
ignorant with the sheer sticky mass of gooey verbiage, and to discourage
more serious critics by the sheer vastness of the wasteland of
nonsensical assertions.

Don’t get me wrong though, I am fully convinced of the existence of the
DUMBS!