Re: [tied] GLEN AND ANATOLIA IN 7500BC

From: Michael J Smith
Message: 20353
Date: 2003-03-26

Glenny:

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 22:49:19 +0000 "Glen Gordon"
<glengordon01@...> writes:
> Michael Smith:
> >Steve, you've made a very good point, I completely agree with you.
> >I don't think anyone can refute what you are saying, because, like
> you
> >said, no one knows the linguistic situation at that early
> >date.
>
> I fear for your sanity too. This is ridiculous. Apparently you both
> don't seem to have a problem with using ignorance as an excuse to
> propose anything.

if the shoe fits.

> By the same stretch of half-assed reasoning, we may propose that
> Indo-European was Ukrainian, because in the end, how do we REALLY
> know?

if the shoe fits.
>
> That's where reasoning comes in. We must _prioritize_ the
> different ideas and some ideas just don't have the same weight
> based on the facts that we ARE aware of. By all evidence, Hattic
> is more autochthonous than IE, and this is the common scientific
> consensus -- It's not based on some cockamamey cult called
> Christianity... Oops, I meant to say "religion" :)

if the shoe fits.

> The "out-of-Anatolia pre-IE" idea is very low on that list of
> possibilities for the reasons I've provided and for the reasons
> many other authors have provided. Steve only goes contrary to what
> facts we DO know. Why??
>
> Whatever.

if the shoe fits.

-Michael
>
> - gLeN
>
>
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