Will Ed Take the Challenge? (was: Re: CONFIDENTIAL -- A Personal Letter to Philip Deitiker )
David Sienkiewicz
> Now, LOOK! You're NOT Philip Deitiker.
True. But he's not going to answer you, Ed, if he hasn't answered by
now.
< snip >
You see, Ed, both you and I know what you're doing. You picked the
ONE person with a scientific background (though not necessarily one
specifically appropriate) who is not smart enough to put his hatred on
hold to take your challenge.
Philip can't stand you in Usenet, Ed. What makes you think he could
tolerate your presence in person?
After all of his whining and bitching and moaning, Philip likely
believes he will lose face if he takes your challenge.
> Okay, Phil. They're gone!
>
> Now we can get serious.
>
> Yes, Phil, I am a Shit Disturber. But that's nothing new. I've been
> one for a long time.
>
> And now I would like YOU to have a firsthand opportunity to see if
> I'm a nitwit as well, as I've been made out to be for many a moon
> in the sci. news groups.
>
> I hereby extend a personal invitation to have you visit Shenandoah,
> Pa., and see for yourself exactly what I have discovered between
> anthracite veins.
>
> You will be welcome to bring one person with you, providing it is not
> Atty. David Sienkiewicz, the King of Liars and Champion of Character
> Assassins. I'd relish if you'd bring someone from the Smithsonian
> Institution but that's entirely up to you.
< snip >
Ah, but Ed, of all the people who have challenged you, only I have
actually offered to come and meet with you and examine your specimens;
and you refused.
Now, as I said, Philip won't take your challenge; and I fully expect
you to milk that for all it's worth. But the fact remains that when I
challenged you in this manner, you decided that you were on vacation
during the time that I was going to be in your neck of the woods.
I discovered, of course, that you had no preplanned vacation that
week, Ed. You lied.
Like I said, Ed, Philip hates you. The difference between he and I is
that I don't hate you. I think you're a pathetic excuse for a human
being, a liar, a fraud and a coward, but I don't hate you. I can put
it aside and we can try this again.
I'll extend the challenge to you.
Gather together what you think are your best specimens.
Bring them to me - in person, so there can be no claims of tampering
later on.
My wife is a geological engineer with a master's degree. One of my
children is a graduate student in biology and another is an
anthropology major at a major, private, accredited university.
We will ALL meet with you.
We will ALL arrange for appropriate scientific testing of your
specimens. I'm a pretty well-to-do man, Ed, and I'm worth a couple of
million; but I can't take it with me, so I'm willing to spend a
little. However, you must bear half the cost of testing. You must
also bear half the cost of your plane fare and half the cost of your
lodging while we conduct these tests.
If you are THAT sure of your "facts," none of this should bother you.
My wife works for a major energy provider. We won't have any trouble
arranging for some of the tests; and my children who are students can
help arrange for other tests.
ALL testing will videotaped WITH YOU PRESENT, so that there can be no
later complaints of tampering; and you will be required to sign
affidavits attesting to the integrity of the examinations.
No one will demand that you agree with the results should the tests
not go your way, Ed, but we will put protections in place to prevent
your shenanigans later.
The recording of the tests will be done by a professional videographer
whom we will agree on together, so that there is no bias, and you will
pay half the costs of the videotaping.
All results will be certified and certified copies will be provided to
all concerned, as well as to the talk.origins archive site and the
Smithsonian, if they want them.
Having Philip come and look at your specimens will prove nothing - not
to you, not to him and not to anyone else.
What I'm proposing is a full-blown investigation and I'm willing to
pay half the costs. It won't be cheap, Ed, but I've already checked
on it and I can easily afford my half, so don't worry about me.
But it WILL require that you put YOUR money where your mouth is, Ed.
Your half will run about $30,000 or so. If you want, I can post an
itemized list of the tests that I think should be conducted, as well
as plane fare, lodging, rental car costs and so on.
Now, if I am unacceptable, I can arrange for someone to stand in for
me, and he can get us some experts in the couple of fields I think
should be represented - anthropology, geology and biology.
So, Ed, what do you say?
Andy Groves
<snip>
<crickets chirping>
Andy