> > 
> > What's the half life of a nearly political thread, again?
> > 
> > -Adam
> 
> Oh no, Adam, it isn't a political thread.  James said so:
> 

And I stand by that. 

If I had said "God inspired the design of this switching regulator" that
would be religious because only the person who has the experience can
possibly verify it. No one else can experience that moment of inspiration. I
could say that "I would like to credit the design of this to God because I
felt he [sic] inspired it" then we are a little closer to something that is
acceptable.

If I had said "Bush lied and our kids died" then that would be political
because we can't be sure that Bush lied. He may have been innocently
misinformed. Or he could even have been right, it is difficult to know for
sure. If I said 2,885 US soldiers have died in Iraq and polls show the
American people blame Bush, then that is a statement of fact, not politics.

If I had made a batch of points about the physics of the twin towers, that
could be argued as well. They were a new design and no-one knows for sure
how they would fall. The bit about them coming straight down is surprising
to me, but I won't argue that point; I can't back it up with any facts,
because little is known about how something that big will actually act.

The physics of little 7 story steel framed buildings is pretty well known.
They get demolished all the time. They have been on fire many times.
Building 7 acted like a demolished building, not a building on fire. Why
doesn't that bother people?

---
James.
 


> >> Now, everything in this email is a verifiable, unarguable 
> fact. The 
> >> conclusions drawn are obvious (to me) based on the data presented, 
> >> and I admit that I pulled in only select data, but I will 
> be happy to 
> >> recant them in the face of some new data to the contrary. 
> Therefore, 
> >> this is not a religious or a political post.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> James.
> >>
> 

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