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John Larkin
- Jan 1, 1970
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This is strictly your own (ill-founded) theory - you simply don't know
what I do or don't do to help other people. Quite apart from the
biblical advice not to boast about one's own charitable acts, anything
I did claim here would probably be distorted by Jim Thompson or one of
the other resident psychopaths into something that they could report
to the CIS or some such other lunatic fringe organisation.
That's not why I not going to order your book from Amazon. I'm not a
Republican or a Christian. What is my interest in reading a book
clearly designed to flatter members of these two groups? Why should I
pay good money to buy such a book?
It was written by a statistician and is heavily referenced as regards
sources, including the ever-popular "peer reviewed" papers. It was
not, as the author says, intended to show the results he found, but he
(unlike you) is willing to face up to reality.
You criticized Republicans for reading only what appeals to their
prejudices. How is this situation any different?
What people do is a lot more telling than what they say.
You haven't told me anything about
it that suggests that it is going to tell me anything that will change
my view of the world ...
Obviously, nothing ever will.
John