beastie wrote:and, of course, this all diverts from the fact that pahoran accused Dr W of exploiting a tragedy caused by mental illness in order to score a polemic point... and Pahoran was "pleased" by Dr W's actions...and Pahoran exploited a tragedy caused by mental illness to score a polemic point in the past, as well...
No, none of this "diverts" from any of that set of factoids; I was, as I am sure you can read well enough to understand, responding to what others have said in this thread.
To the above:
Yes, DrW did indeed exploit a tragedy caused by mental illness in order to craft a completely illegitimate demagogical argument against the Church of Jesus Christ.
No, I was not "pleased." Not everything I say is necessarily to take a position; the above remark was a tactical riposte intended to stop you derailing the discussion into my "moral outrage."
By your own declared standards of behaviour, you must now refrain from repeating that statement, because you will be knowingly making a false assertion. However, since the notion that I am "pleased" to find that my opponents are conscienceless rotters appeals to your personal prejudices and polemical agenda, you will no doubt
choose to "sincerely believe" that that's how I really feel about things. Your ability to justify your hypocrisy is equal to any exigency.
And no, my two-sentence hand-wave at the Manna case was not, to any reasonable person, even remotely comparable to what DrW did. Please recall that the only reason the five-and-a-half year old discussion over which you are now obsessing went any longer than those two sentences was because you got hold of it like a dog with a bone and refused to let it go.
Unlike DrW, I did not attempt to parlay it into a commentary on the true nature of apostates and/or anti-Mormons. Merely pointing it out was as far as my interest went.
As, I am sure, you have the intelligence to realise.
Regards,
Pahoran
