On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:23:39 -0600, Skeeter
<skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:

>In article <d0ib9j1l8kfj9oohsbpd2f4lsphhbpcic2@4ax.com>,
>maycock@gmail.com says...
>>
>> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:10:45 -0400, "Scout"
>> <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >"Vincent Maycock" <maycock@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:e1o59j1j74tifbqs1j806mg3tgs2e2uo9f@4ax.com...
>> >> On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:30:49 -0600, Skeeter
>> >> <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>In article <v6u88b$3ld90$16@dont-email.me>,
>> >>>me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net says...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Vincent Maycock" <maycock@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:fos29jd7698j1l9quut3kve4vfj2oviom8@4ax.com...
>> >>>> > On Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:28:47 -0400, "Scout"
>> >>>> > <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>"Vincent Maycock" <maycock@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> >>news:q0709j5rrn8aj7t2d2s44stoo8p2pjj7b0@4ax.com...
>> >>>> >>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:18:58 -0400, "Scout"
>> >>>> >>> <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
>> >>>> >>>
>> >>>> >>>>
>> >>>> >>>>
>> >>>> >>>>"Vincent Maycock" <maycock@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> >>>>news:rq109jtkr3flolmv3n7luc2cugdmfc3vt6@4ax.com...
>> >>>> >>>>> On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:13:14 -0400, "Scout"
>> >>>> >>>>> <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
>> >>>> >>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>"Vincent Maycock" <maycock@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> >>>>>>news:h28u8j98e8hm2gq7c61djiqbdeqvb0mbs9@4ax.com...
>> >>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 10:08:56 -0400, "Scout"
>> >>>> >>>>>>> <me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net> wrote:
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>> <snip>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>Seems like it. It's just a different faith.. I mean they even
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>have
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>their
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>own
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>churches. So either they are lying about their lack of faith or
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>they
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>are
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>committing tax evasion and should go to jail.
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>> Even the hardened Kevrob atheist admitted he leaves the door
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>> ever
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>> so
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>> slightly open, which was honest.
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>True, you have to give him that. I tend to be more of an
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>agnostic
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>type
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>of
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>person. I would acknowledge the possibility of one or more
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>entities
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>which
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>would be god like, but currently we have no true evidence of
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>such
>> >>>> >>>>>>>>being(s).
>> >>>> >>>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>> We don't currently have any true evidence of the existence of
>> >>>> >>>>>>> pink
>> >>>> >>>>>>> garden unicorns. Are you agnostic about their existence?
>> >>>> >>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>Yep. If you believe in them and it makes you happy, and doesn't
>> >>>> >>>>>>harm
>> >>>> >>>>>>anyone
>> >>>> >>>>>>else. Go for it.
>> >>>> >>>>>>After all, in all the Universe there well could be something we
>> >>>> >>>>>>might
>> >>>> >>>>>>call
>> >>>> >>>>>>a
>> >>>> >>>>>>pink garden unicorn.. or there could not.
>> >>>> >>>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>>>With up to 2 trillion galaxies in the universe that we know of or
>> >>>> >>>>>>suspect,
>> >>>> >>>>>>and each galaxy having about 100 Billion stars be galaxy, and if
>> >>>> >>>>>>we
>> >>>> >>>>>>assume
>> >>>> >>>>>>1.6 planets per star.. and then if we assume only 0.1% of those
>> >>>> >>>>>>are
>> >>>> >>>>>>habitable, and only 0.1% of those are inhabited.. That leaves a
>> >>>> >>>>>>LOT of
>> >>>> >>>>>>room
>> >>>> >>>>>>for a pink garden unicorn to exist or not.
>> >>>> >>>>>
>> >>>> >>>>> What about the Keebler Elves? Could *they* be lurking in a tree
>> >>>> >>>>> near
>> >>>> >>>>> you?
>> >>>> >>>>
>> >>>> >>>>Lame evasion.
>> >>>> >>>
>> >>>> >>> How so?
>> >>>> >>
>> >>>> >>Because your line of questioning as already failed.
>> >>>> >
>> >>>> > Okay. Let's just say for the sake of argument that that part of my
>> >>>> > questioning failed. How do you deal with my *next* question, about
>> >>>> > the Keebler Elves? Or was it just a lame evasion on your part?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Easy, you've already failed and there is no reason to continue this
>> >>>> stupidity deeper down the rabbit hole.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>He's always spinning away or insulting.
>> >>
>> >> Scout was trying to put the right spin on his failure to disprove the
>> >> existence of the Keebler Elves.
>> >
>> >Where do I have an obligation to prove something doesn't exist?
>>
>> Where do you have an obligation to prove that something *does* exist?
>> It's your life, you tell me.
>>
>> >Particularly to you.
>>
>> What's that supposed to mean?
>>
>> >> And generally, I don't insult people
>> >
>> >Then you should shut up. Your ignorance and stupidity is insulting to normal
>> >people.
>>
>> Oh, shut the fuck up, asshole.
>>
>> >> unless they insult me first, unless you consider being candid to be
>> >> insulting.
>> >
>> >And when I was candid with you, you felt that my used of facts was somehow
>> >insulting?
>>
>> Saying someone is acting like a fool is an insult, despite how you
>> decide to justify it to yourself. Same with using the word "lame."
>> I'm sure there are other examples, especially given what you just
>> wrote up there about my supposed "ignorance and stupidity."
>
>You're pretty sensitive.

I like to think of it as "non-coward."

> Liberal?

Independent.