Sigh. Again. With risk of ressurection a discussion, I got to point at this.
PDI wrote:
Jop's example, posted for the purpose of disproving my point that the discussion was based on rumor and hearsay, was itsself rumor and hearsay.
I disagree. It was drawing conclusions based on a few actual facts that we have (including things that were posted on both sites even if brief) using just a pure logic and common sence. Those conclusions were actually very tame and cautious, and the fact that they don't go in favour of SC is a totally different topic.
[qoute]I have not stated that I have no opinion on the matter -- and I would be lying if I had.[/quote]
So, what, you don't have an opinion? You're some kind of robot or what? I can understand if you're not interested in topic so you didn't bother to think about it, but you obviously are, but you refuse to have an opinion...
It's only human to have an opinion! It's human to share that opinion with
friends, for instance on some forum. Of course, it's human to make mestakes and wrong judgements here and there. Do you actually claim that you never make mestakes?
Suppose you go to party with intention to get drunk. But, you know, some boring guy hooked on you and keeps telling you that drink is bad for your health and that you should stop it. But, you know, you really want to get drunk, supposedly your girlfriend left you or you lost your job, and you really just want to forget all that for just one evening, but this guy keeps telling you that it's bad and you shouldn't do it. And every time you raise a glass, he says: "That sip is gonna destroy your liver". And you don't really drink often, you know that in your entire life you won't drink enough alchohol to damage any of these organg, and he still keeps taking about that theoretical possibility of your liver being damaged, but you don't even feel like drinking anymore, because you know if you do, he'll repeat that story about how alchocol is bad once again, and you keep telling him: "Ok, you told me what you had once, I decided not to listen to you, now leave me alone" but he just won't.
Guess which guy are you.