Reply #66: You're not above

[Why Syzygy]

using some of the same tactics, i.e. attempting to *shame* others into submission.
I'd have thought was beneath you ... Is a well worn implement of the skeptic's tool box.

The survival goal comment was addressed to your assertion that I was LYING and that somehow I should be ASHAMED of it on some moral basis. This is something I want to address in a different venue, preferring to keep on topic here. Even though I admit I initially veered off.


In a discussion of this kind, you can't offer up a story in support of your claim while saying "don't discuss my story." By bringing it into the discussion, you are declaring it eligible for discussion.

Agreed. That's why I regret it. The original reason was because you were using broad statements to indicate that in so doing I was DISRESPECTING my grandmother. I begged to differ on that point. Otherwise, you have pinpointed the reason for my stated regret at sharing my stories in certain company.