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[Ron Nossaman]

>One party says, "Here is what you have published, and I see a problem," and
>the other says "You are misinterpreting my facts because I put up the wrong
>ones, so you are an incompetent lying weasel." I know I am not the only
>person more persuaded by one style of debate than the other, and I have a
>STRONG belief that the List has the good sense not to take one as seriously
>as the other.
>
>Defamation may be unethical and immoral, but it is also a very weak form of
>argument.
>
>Bob D

In a more perfect world, style should be a distant second to content. 
Anyone interested in the subject should be able to get past the stink to 
the meat. Those not finding any meat should delete and not play.

Ron N