On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:54:31 +0100, August West  wrote:

>> And don't tell me Fortean Times says he's rubbish; they have a vested
>> in interest in nuttiness if anyone does.
>
>And you don't have a vested interest in denier/sceptics?

How do I?
Where's the profit for me?

The only interest I have is that I don't like to see gullible people being
ripped off.
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:37:39 +0100, August West  wrote:

>> How do I?
>> Where's the profit for me?
>
>Emotional investment.

Oh dear.
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:37:39 +0100, August West wrote:

> JAF  writes:
> 
>> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:54:31 +0100, August West  wrote:
>>
>>>> And don't tell me Fortean Times says he's rubbish; they have a vested
>>>> in interest in nuttiness if anyone does.
>>>
>>>And you don't have a vested interest in denier/sceptics?
>>
>> How do I?
>> Where's the profit for me?
> 
> Emotional investment.

Well put.

>> The only interest I have is that I don't like to see gullible people
>> being ripped off.
> 
> Likewise; but I still think Randi is a self-promoting tit.
> Who has as much of a vester interest in nuttiness as the FT.

More so, I'd say. Compare the stories in FT with Victor Lewis Smith's
column in Private Eye - It's been pointed out that he "sexes up" stories to
make them more fun, whereas FT report the actual truth.


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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:27:24 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
 wrote:

> whereas FT report the actual truth.

???
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:22:49 +0100, JAF wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:27:24 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
>  wrote:
> 
>> whereas FT report the actual truth.
> 
> ???

Nice bit of editing to avoid addressing the point (again).


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On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:29:38 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
 wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:22:49 +0100, JAF wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:27:24 +0100, Hot Badger Deluxe
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>> whereas FT report the actual truth.
>> 
>> ???
>
>Nice bit of editing to avoid addressing the point (again).

what point?

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In article , 
anarchSPAMKILLER@ntlworld.com says...
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:54:31 +0100, August West  wrote:
> 
> >> And don't tell me Fortean Times says he's rubbish; they have a vested
> >> in interest in nuttiness if anyone does.
> >
> >And you don't have a vested interest in denier/sceptics?
> 
> How do I?
> Where's the profit for me?

As introductory texts I might suggest
Berne's "Games People Play" and Laing's "Knots"
> 
> The only interest I have is that I don't like to see gullible people being
> ripped off.
> 

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And bof  was like:

> In message , Dave Budd
>  writes
>
>>Laing's "Knots"
>
> Is that the one that goes along the lines of:
>
> I thought she knew, because I knew she though that I thought she knew
> I knew so . . . . .
>
> etc.?

Yes - a whole book of them IIRC. But see also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huZ8qB05tAE .

> If it is, I read once for a few minutes over 30 yrs ago and it's stuck
> in my brain, and I still recall where I was standing

Never really 'got' it mesel.
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:15:33 -0400, bof wrote:

> In message , Patrick 
> Hardlentil  writes
>>
>>And bof  was like:
>>
>>> In message , Dave Budd
>>>  writes
>>>
>>>>Laing's "Knots"
>>>
>>> Is that the one that goes along the lines of:
>>>
>>> I thought she knew, because I knew she though that I thought she knew
>>> I knew so . . . . .
>>>
>>> etc.?
>>
>>Yes - a whole book of them IIRC. But see also
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huZ8qB05tAE .
> 
> They don't make 'em like that anymore, thanks, must get my GG vinyl 
> transcribed.

Not a big fan of the band, but Two Weeks In Spain is superb.

And here's where I first heard it (and them):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfBCvW7Rdeo

Warning - bad clothing alert. And the vocalist appears to be a tosser.
Great song, tho'.


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