Nice gaslighting from someone who likes to commend people for their intellectual honestly. What quote did I fabricate? In this post, the one I originally responded to, you said:
Well, good. Glad we got there. So if it's not the atheism, then it's really scientists who have bad personalities who are scientifically suspect?
There are long lists of aggressively unpleasant, extremely arrogant, first rank scientists.. Robert Hooke, Newton, William Shockley, Richard Owen, to name but a few.
I don't do smileys often, but damn.
Two, it's not about the atheism. It's about the underlying intelligence difference between those two. Again, one could tell you were out of your depth by your original tangential reply and the inherent rudeness (and then the rabid need to 'be right' to the point where you made up that argument).You got there. Everyone else already was there. 'There' was never the issue except for you, who'd taken the ball in your own direction and run with it. If I were a mean person I'd say it was funny or pathetic how you didn't realize that and how you're trying to be condescending about it.
Yikes. This looks like you took a few days to research some more names in a desperate attempt to prove a point that you didn't realize you were only arguing with yourself? Again, no one is saying 'atheists = st00pid' except for you as you try and refute the thing that again, no one said.
https://www.ft.com/content/c7139a23-1271-43ae-975b-9b632330130b
Why not
I think you must be quite mad to deny the words I’ve not just quoted back to you but referenced via hyperlink but hey ho. You are extraordinarily vague sometimes so I suppose i shouldn’t be surprised if your memory slips. Yes there’s a difference between atheists and militant atheists but not in their basic position about the existence of gods. Making inferences about an athiest’s scientific ability based on the ferociousness of their debating style, which is a matter of taste not quality of argument, is stupid.I don't do smileys often, but damn.
I'll make it easy on you. One, there's a difference between atheist and "militant atheist who would go out of his way to aggressively disparage people of faith". You made up your own quote and argued against it.
Funny you choose Socrates who was put to death because he believed in a single god rather than the multiple ones he was required to believe in. Even someone who accepted wisdom was about how much there was to learn, held what at the time was a very certain view about the nature of deity.
On the surface it would seem that you're trying to troll, but the consistency of your quality of thought unfortunately heavily indicates the alternative, which is that you're setting up these non-sequitur straw men and batting at them, resulting in a sort of flailing about because you've vaguely realized you were completely wrong and are sort of talking for the sake of talking trying to save face.
https://www.ft.com/content/a127f6de-f7b1-459e-b7ae-c14ed6a9198c
They probably did not master and it could all be just PR?
Why do you think that, the Chinese space programme is going quite well isn't it?
PR in what way? The FT seems to be doubling down on the hypersonic missile coverage, seems rather credible to me. Even US officials have expressed their concerns about how fast China is advancing in this field.
Or is what it really is. China is more advanced in some areas than the US. with the amount of money and authoritarian drive that they have, wouldn't be so unbelievable.
Could be indeed. Interesting times for sure. I'll be watching these developments.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59556613
I guess they won't be sending anyone to any country in the Middle East too?
The US have said their athletes are fine to travel, it's just the diplomats themselves that won't be going. But yes, interesting to see if this extends to Saudi, and others in the ME (and should include Israel too but we all know how they're bedfellows).
There is the World Cup next year in Doha. I bet they would send diplomats.
https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/covid-19-information/
Id be surprised if China didn't introduce new Omicron restrictions on any country's athletes where that country does a diplomatic boycott... something like a 90 day quarantine as they await further information on omicron with the policy to be reviewed in say 90 days
Do you think the French would do as well? And the Germans?
Isn't it called Lobbying in the USA? And the NED when the US does in other countries. The funny thing that lawyer hasn't been charged for anything yet.
Is this a good or a bad thing? At this point I'm unsure what the lesser evil is with Chinese influence vs Russian influence vs Tories in general.
It is not about who does what. It is understandable they would do it. I am surprised that people are shocked. The Americans, and the British, The French they all do it along with the Russians and the Chinese. Even the Indians do it. Of course at a much smaller level and in much smaller countries.
Aye, and some are much more influencial than others.
I honestly can't wait for Zelensky to take a swipe in their direction as well. There is just no place for plausible deniability now; they knew it was happening and they did nothing to stop it.
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If anything, the time of strategy ambiguity about Taiwan is gone and deserves to stay that way for good.
What the hell is wrong with those sick bellends? They are asking to lose fighter jets in a dogfight one of those days soon.
That’s scary in a two engine plane like the P-8.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china...rcraft-carrier-fujian-state-media-2022-06-17/
What a load of bollocks. You don't build up such a massive fleet without any intent for projection. The German Empire built its fleet for the sole purpose of challenging the Royal Navy over a century ago, and we all know how that ended.
