Re: Divergence vs. convergence (was: Witzel and Sautsutras)

At 3:15:34 PM on Thursday, October 25, 2012, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> Tavi: To me it's not so much what you say as how you say
> it. You often come across as a polemicist who wants to
> score points.

Though true, that problem pales beside his refusal (or, more
likely, inability) to offer more than grandiose
pronouncements and unsupported declarations of opinion. (I
also find the ridiculously false humility of 'IMHO'
offensive -- he's the most arrogant Cybalist regular after
Sean -- but I grant that others may find it less annoying.)

> Many times you make a mountain out of a molehill. You
> often belabor the point. Yes, I know that none of us are
> innocent, but it helps if we stop seeing one another as
> antagonists and more as collaborators.

Shivraj and Tavi aren't collaborators: they're cranks with
axes to grind.

Brian