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June 12th 05, 09:56 PM

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K4YZ wrote:
bb wrote:
wrote:

It seems very odd that I'd be accused of having a stranglehold
in a thread where all I did was post people's opinions about
when FCC would drop Element 1.

I've learned that people's opinions are now assertions of fact. As
assertions of fact, they are either right or wrong, truthful or
intentionally decitful (lies). At the end of the day, you either had a
right opinion, or you lied. You have Robeson to thank for that.

The problem, Brain, is that you don't learn when to express your
opinon AS an opinion, and when to express something as an assertion.

Let me put it another way:

When a statement reads as a fact, with no qualifiers like "I think" or
"IMHO" or such most people read it that the writer
is stating a fact.

So when you stated that the Morse Code Exam would be a barrier to CW
use, was that an opinion or was that a statement of fact?

A person can hold whatever opinions they like. That does not
mean all opinions are equally valid. A person's opinions can
be based on true facts and valid logic, or not. Doesn't make
the person a liar, just a poor thinker.

You might want to explain it to Robeson. Be gentle.

You STATED that "...the role of the ARES is overblown..",
yet the
very day you did it there were no less than three new items
on various
sites about third-party agencies lauding ARES volunteers.

You then also STATED that ARES will not be able to respond
because, allegedly, too many of the members are over extended on
commitments.

I've asked you over and over to provide some substantiation of
those comments, but you simply dodge the questions.

So either way you look at it, you're wrong. You are either so
blissfully ignorant of the enviroment you're in that it
manifests as
"stupid", or you're intentionally being deceitful,
in which case you're
the liar I have claimed you to be.

There's a third possibility, Steve:

That statement could simply be an opinion. The person starting
it has chosen not to back up that opinion with facts. Doesn't
make them a liar. It does show that they can't back up their
opinion with facts, that's all.

73 de Jim, N2EY

It only took you a year to explain that one to Steve. Good going Jim.