On 30/05/2012 21:12, Pilotiin wrote:
> Tony Dragon<
tony....@btinternet.com> wrote in
>
news:qamdnfzw1LxCy1vS...@bt.com:
>
>>> As I do not know about whom you are talking,
>>> I cannot say, can I?
>>
>> As you know he was talking in general terms,
>> in fact your answer just proves that Andy is correct.
>
> How can "Andy" be proven correct about anonymous identities?
>
I'll repost what he said, you know the bit you edited out.
"You repeatedly say that X is a mason but when asked how you know you
usually either a) ignore the request, b) respond with a question then
continually demand that the person answers your question while ignoring
the original question c)divert the discussion onto something else.
"
>>>> What language would this be, because when anybody
>>>> who questions you, you declare them to be Masons.
>>>
>>> English.
>>
>> So when somebody uses English to you,
>> they must be Masons.
>
> I am sure if you wanted you could allow me to answer questions without
> trying to attach highly unreasonable conclusions. I do not say everyone
> who questions me is a Freemason: that is your side's claim, not mine.
>
Well for a start I do not have a 'side'.
And why would a normal person say that everyone who questions you is a
Mason?
>>>> [francis<
francis...@yahoo.com>]:
>>>> [ . . . ] because when anybody who questions
>>>> you, you declare them to be Masons.
>>>
>>> Without any names one can only observe that presumably
>>> that is because they are indeed all Freemasons.
>>
>> As you well know the names are the ones
>> that you have used previously in a thread.
>
> You've made another mistake: you know to whom "francis" was referring
> when he said "them" (above), but still deny being the same person as
> "francis."
>
I have made no mistake, Francis has made it clear what he meant, just
because you have decided that you do not know what was meant, does not
make me Francis.
>>>> The requests made of you have been polite,
>>>> never changing& as far as I can see moderate.
>>>
>>> That is not correct.
>>> The allegations of mental instability are baseless
>>
>> Most of the people who have replied to
>> you have not said you were mentally unstable.
>
> So we agree that the allegations of mental instability are baseless.
>
I have made no such agreement & have inferred no such thing.
>>> and the demands for proof extreme.
>>
>> So you consider that people asking you to prove
>> your claims extreme, why is this?
>
> You may not understand this response, but it is because you are not
> asking me about Mathematics.
>
Evasion noted.
>> And yet you continually fail to
>> provide what *you* think is proof.
>
> I did not ask for proof, your side did. It is for your side to tell me
> what you mean by proof so that I may have an opportunity to meet your
> demands.
>
No, wrong, and many people have told you what to post, are you scared to
post what *you* think is proof?
>>>> If you are saying that you think they are a Mason,
>>>> then you should be able to say why you think that.
>>>
>>> Yes, and I am.
>>
>> Well no you have not.
>
> I am able, as I said.
>
But you have not done so.
>> I myself am willing to add 'please' to my requests if it will mean
>> that you give answers. I will expect that you will now do the same.
>
> You are joking right?
>
No, try me out.
>>>>>> All I have asked for is why you think they are
>>>>>> masons but you evade, divert, obfuscate and
>>>>>> ignore the question instead of debating.
>>>>>
>>>>> I try not to. We all make mistakes, but beyond getting
>>>>> me to admit more than that I am a fallible human, the
>>>>> same as everyone else, you will need to be more precise.
>>>>
>>>> He was very precise.
>>>
>>> If that is correct, you can supply me with an exhaustive
>>> list of who "they" are supposed to be, can't you?
>>
>> Well you could start with me.
>
> Is that supposed to be an exhaustive list: one identity? Perhaps you are
> correct and "they" did indeed refer to only one person, but many
> identities. I fear you may have accidentally spoken the truth.
>
Evasion noted.
>> I am sure I could compile such a list from your future posting,
>> and I would asks others, Francis, Andy, etc to do the same.
>
> I really cannot answer questions about anonymous identities.
Evasion noted.