Re: [tied] Torsten is a crackpot

From: george knysh
Message: 29577
Date: 2004-01-14

--- Marco Moretti <marcomoretti69@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski
> <piotr.gasiorowski@...> wrote:
> > 14-01-04 14:06, Marco Moretti wrote:
> > > Hello all
> > >
> > > I think Torsten is a crackpot.
> > > Why discuss about his raving?
> >
> > Marco,
> >
> > If any Cybalist member thinks another member is a
> crackpot and his
> or
> > her postings should be moderated, please notify me
> or one of the
> other
> > moderators off-list and don't post anything that
> might be regarded
> as
> > insults. There is also a special auxiliary forum
> (cybalist_admin)
> for
> > discussing such things.
> >
> > Piotr
>
> I'm sorry!
>
> I simply have a rage burst.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Marco

*****GK: "Crackpot" is too strong a word. Torsten is
closer to what mediaeval discussants might have called
a "proterviens". Someone with an utterly immovable
idee fixe who is ready to continue "debating" it 'till
kingdom come, no matter how thoroughly or how many
times it has been refuted. Which actually brings me to
my question. I was away from Cybalist for a few
months, involved in pressing matters. I do remember
that Torsten's basic idea (which is that Snorri
Sturluson's imagined 13th c. stories about the Aesir
and Vanir, Odin etc.) are an accurate depiction of
real events occurring at the turn of the Common Era,
was discussed at least twice (at least while I was
around= it may also have been discussed before) with
the greatest thoroughness, and rejected by everyone
involved in the debate (except him). When he persisted
in continuing to annoy people by restarting the debate
(with the very same arguments or arguments very
similar to those which had been refuted) he was told
in no uncertain terms by our moderator Piotr
Gonsiorowski to stop it, until he could come up with a
fresher perspective and some evidence for his idee
fixe. I guess I must have missed something. Has
Torsten actually come up with something new? If so
what is it? And I would like someone other than
Torsten to state what this is (:=)) If he has not, why
are we being deluged with the same inanities?******
>
>



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