Re: [tied] Goths: IE Languages vs Germanic

--- In cybalist@..., "Christopher Gwinn" <sonno3@...> wrote:

>
> > Between Torsten's twisted views on Odin and Miguel's insistance
> > on an IE **kemtkWe for proper *penkWe, I find myself personally
> > frightened for the future of the human species. Hey Chris, let's

me

> > and you find a nice shelter and stay there until the bomb hits
> > and the radiation goes away...
>
> I have been noticing this type of disturbing trend towards

ignorant,

> self-indulgant theorizing quite a lot recently, on several

different

> newsgroups - I don't know if this is simply a symptom of more

people

> having access to the web (thus, you are more likely to have non-
> specialist/average joe types surfing around), or whether there is
> some type of pervasive dumbing-down of the world population, with
> some type of backlash against academia. Perhaps a bit of both. It
> certainly is scary that people would rather speculate endlessly on
> their own fantasy notions of history than actually go out and learn
> first what the professionals have to say on the matter. It's fine

to

> want to shake up the status quo - but there's an old maxim: you

gotta

> know the rules first if you want to break them.
>
> - Chris Gwinn

I am actually aware of what "the professionals" have to say in the
matter; Piotr and myself had this discussion some thousands of
postings ago. I am just not convinced that there is evidence enough
to prove this convenient notion that the whole story was made up.
That's why I'm trying run with the story to see if it runs into some
incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, the Popper way, you know.
So far it hasn't. I have also noticed a trend, a trend towards less
civility towards others in discussions, which I find dismaying. And
if you have no argument except trying to pull rank on me and
admonishing me to respect the elders, there isn't much of a
discussion, is there? Perhaps then, you would be advised to skip my
postings, for the sake of your peace of mind.

Torsten