tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post858984338987834482..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: A short course in logicBen Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-11640992845544116272014-09-06T15:57:02.312+01:002014-09-06T15:57:02.312+01:00Or as Chesterton put it:
"...But, as a matte...Or as Chesterton put it:<br /><br />"...But, as a matter of fact, another part of my trade, too, made me sure you weren’t a priest.”<br />“What?” asked the thief, almost gaping.<br />“You attacked reason,” said Father Brown. “It’s bad theology.”Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-52578083678920487272014-09-06T08:41:05.179+01:002014-09-06T08:41:05.179+01:00Once you reject logic you are on the road to rejec...Once you reject logic you are on the road to rejecting truth.Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-30037913876888827342014-09-05T23:51:40.255+01:002014-09-05T23:51:40.255+01:00Logic is for cowards who never seek to find why so...Logic is for cowards who never seek to find why society fits them with stuff collars ,for beurocratic who never seek to build taller towers .Logic is for crowd followers who never seek their own thoughts but parrot others .Logic is for those afraid to fly ,retrochbabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524769306586555526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-26480636772466904682013-12-16T17:20:02.073+00:002013-12-16T17:20:02.073+00:00From Tony Flavin :
"A recent parody account ...From Tony Flavin :<br /><br />"A recent parody account has taken the opportunity to say something a real account was repeating last yesr. Just saying."<br /><br />Surely the most likely answer to that is person A read what was said by person B rather than Person A and Person B are one and the same?Pétrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539025631125425710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-13964023667649905162013-12-16T16:30:47.625+00:002013-12-16T16:30:47.625+00:00I don't know who this Ben chap is but he sound...I don't know who this Ben chap is but he sounds pretty ghastly.Pétrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17539025631125425710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-55035330640831193862013-08-12T10:31:41.202+01:002013-08-12T10:31:41.202+01:00http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/fruit-salad-wit...http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/fruit-salad-with-tomato/<br /><br />whoops-a-syllogism !!!JabbaPapahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10083219719210167786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-54792377057717029692013-08-11T21:21:18.727+01:002013-08-11T21:21:18.727+01:00I tend to moderate with a light touch, but will al...I tend to moderate with a light touch, but will always delete ad hominem attacks; so do not keep posting them.<br /><br />I will also not publish any unsubstantiated allegations or speculations about the authorship of sock puppet accounts; or anything else which in my view tends towards either detraction or calumny.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-9317490354932844922013-08-11T18:59:59.033+01:002013-08-11T18:59:59.033+01:00I wonder who was responsible for the fake account ...I wonder who was responsible for the fake account @bruvereccles, which is still there?Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-9919532896964382162013-08-11T18:41:58.351+01:002013-08-11T18:41:58.351+01:00I have all the threatening Emails if anyone wants ...I have all the threatening Emails if anyone wants to see them. Just like another email from another occasion last year when my email was called threatening by the recipient but not by those who took up my offer to see it. <br /><br />Funny that<br /><br />Fake accounts are never acceptable, I've managed not to use one, to use one is cowardice. <br /><br />A recent parody account has taken the opportunity to say something a real account was repeating last yesr. Just saying. Tony Flavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303412739124761978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-53790857080036429632013-08-11T14:58:40.561+01:002013-08-11T14:58:40.561+01:00Stepping out of sockpuppet mode and laying @Missyp...Stepping out of sockpuppet mode and laying @Missypigator to rest in the sock drawer, I would say that if some people were genuinely offended, I am genuinely sorry. On the other hand, this tactic only came into use because a number of people been hurt over an extended period and few protested on their behalf as strongly. A knockabout pig-wife character and a cartoon deacon in a shed is hardly the same offence as the stuff that has been dished out over a long period designed to cause real pain. I will desist. I wonder if the other parties can learn something? I am still getting threatening emails, which is what began my involvement.Gareth Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562451888727083900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-71366427574239775162013-08-11T12:25:53.491+01:002013-08-11T12:25:53.491+01:00This remark is an insult to the priest concerned, ...This remark is an insult to the priest concerned, who in fact was genuinely suggested to Deacon Flavin by me as a spiritual help. In fact Flavin used the charitable offer in order to stalk me by pumping the priest for information about me. The continuing threatening emails from Flavin have precisely been the provocation for renewing the @missypigator character's presence. If it is the only way to keep him off people, it will continue.<br /><br />(You may not publish this, but if you don't you will at least know what is going on.)FrereRabithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164077376680047600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-14415995801476897892013-08-11T06:07:09.585+01:002013-08-11T06:07:09.585+01:00Earlier I said three contributors could all be the...Earlier I said three contributors could all be the same person. Well of course, it could be all four posters, as has been pointed out to me. <br /><br />Why a moderator would choose to post a double post other than to have a little dig I don't know . But you get to have a dig at the real person. I have the grave not to drag you out from your hiding place. <br /><br />The priest that was alluded to was not able to assist us. Bit of a cheap shot to bother an elderly gentleman like that . Tony Flavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303412739124761978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-30345446104255512842013-08-10T22:22:27.413+01:002013-08-10T22:22:27.413+01:00Very good indeed. And particularly apposite to rec...Very good indeed. And particularly apposite to recent behaviour by the sad, the silly or the self-absorbed. As this thread itself exemplifies all too well.<br /><br />A asserts <i>x</i>. B said something which might be held to be supportive of A's assertion. So did C. Therefore I may hypothesise that A, B, and C are the same person. If A, B and C are unable to, or decline to, produce conclusive evidence to the contrary, I may treat that hypothesis as proven. I may further conclude (1) that <i>not-x</i> is thereby demonstrated, and (2) that if A, B or C subsequently assert <i>y</i>, it may be taken as axiomatic that <i>not-y</i>.<br /><br />How many logical fallacies can we count in that argument, children?Wynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725423840111655020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-51106799032317959582013-08-10T21:35:00.982+01:002013-08-10T21:35:00.982+01:00If anyone is in any doubt about my identity, as cl...If anyone is in any doubt about my identity, as clearly revealed, the last possible doubter should be Deacon Flavin, as I gave him - in all charity - a link to one of the best known priests in Southwark, to suggest a resolution to these problems. (A priest I have known for thirty years.) The idea that everyone is the Rabit - even now - is rather dull.FrereRabithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164077376680047600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-14094904073110824492013-08-10T21:32:25.972+01:002013-08-10T21:32:25.972+01:00I have strong reason to believe the preceding two ...I have strong reason to believe the preceding two comments are both from the same person. But I draw no conclusions from that hypothesis...Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-45612949763089710032013-08-10T18:59:44.440+01:002013-08-10T18:59:44.440+01:00Tut, do I have to say it again.
There is no reas...Tut, do I have to say it again. <br /><br />There is no reason to believe the three comments above are not from one person. <br /><br />One man's lesson in logic is another man's grizzle fest Tony Flavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303412739124761978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-29006128492301552892013-08-10T18:57:13.099+01:002013-08-10T18:57:13.099+01:00Any real people like this? So far the three commen...Any real people like this? So far the three comments could all be from the same person. <br /><br />But one men's lesson in logic is another man's grizzle fest .Tony Flavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303412739124761978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-62206648229999745962013-08-10T17:03:54.609+01:002013-08-10T17:03:54.609+01:00Ben has recommended fruit salad made with tomatoes...Ben has recommended fruit salad made with tomatoes. Therefore Ben is not to be trusted.Eccleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-68318159527933129292013-08-10T15:15:28.576+01:002013-08-10T15:15:28.576+01:00I hesitate to recommend this on Twitter, (though i...I hesitate to recommend this on Twitter, (though it is the most intelligent and self-effacing piece I have read in a while)in case it cements your reputation. I simply refuse to interact with the paranoid ones - you only ever stoke the flames of the paranoia. Am loathe to stand back and see them inflict their mentality on others though. Sins of Commission v Sins of Omission? Dillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076285513258827492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-47557999333875938062013-08-10T12:53:04.098+01:002013-08-10T12:53:04.098+01:00Sublime.Sublime.FrereRabithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11164077376680047600noreply@blogger.com