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Advice on replacing 94-97 Accord muffler? Dealing with rubberhangers?
Tegger wrote:
> jim beam > wrote in > t: > >> On 12/27/2009 01:29 PM, Grumpy AuContraire wrote: > >>> In the 1970's, I was involved in a research/documentary project where >>> one of the issues was the destruction of the tropical corral reefs by >>> the Acanthaster planci. There are still some who are alarmed by its >>> continued existence. A lot of resources were devoted to remedial action >>> but in the end, it just turned out to be a cyclical event. After that >>> experience, I vowed then never to be misled by bad science. >> that story would be more believable [and thus more credible] if you >> spelled it "coral", not corral. >> > > > > If a man who smokes tells you not to smoke because it's bad for your > health, is his message invalid because he himself smokes? Ignore the > (stupidly trivial) spelling mistake and pay attention to Grumpy's point. As I just explained in a just posted reply, the "corral" instead of coral is probably due to my habit of stuffing myself at the Golden Corral on a weekly basis. Irony would have it that an individual who criticizes spelling while himself cannot find a "shift" key is... well, ironic.. > And in these days of Google, failure to do your own believability tests is > inexcusably argumentative. > > I find it faintly distasteful how many Usenet/Web-board denizens demand > cites and proofs on points that they dislike. That demand can be translated > essentially as, "I hate what you're saying but I can't refute it (or don't > feel like doing so), so I'll put the onus on you by making a ridiculous > demand". > And then there are the attempts at deflection from the core issue, like > pointing out spelling mistakes, or ad hominem attacks. > > I did some digging for you. Here, > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown-of-Thorns_Starfish> > Grumpy just might be correct. I should be. I was there in person. > He is certainly correct to beware of bad science. "Climate change" > activists absolutely depend upon execrably bad science; their contentions > do not hold up under /any/ sort of scrutiny. Prior to the recent revelations of numbers cooking, they almost had the masses convinced. Thankfully, it's all unraveling hopefully just like the ol' Watergate event. |
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