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Re: Vote - Bollen's biggest lie         

Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: John Wright
Date: Sep 7, 2008 08:43

Ed Banger wrote:
> In message pipex.net>, John Wright
> pegasus.f2s.com> writes
>> Ed Banger wrote:
>>> In message <6hl118FmfmscU1@mid.individual.net>, Mike P
>>> privacy.net> writes
>>>> BrianW wrote:
>>>>> OK, so we all know Doug Bollen is a lying old turd, but obviously some
>>>>> of his lies are bigger than others. I have selected four of Gollum's
>>>>> whoppers, and added a fifth category where you can choose your own
>>>>> favourite. Please vote to choose Doug's biggest ever lie.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. I am an anarchist
>>>>> 2. I am not Doug Bollen
>>>>> 3. I don't start car-related threads
>>>>> 4. Petrol is cheaper than bottled water
>>>>> 5. Other - please specify
>>>>
>>>> I'd go for number 1, followed by number 5 which you could have said
>>>> "there
>>>> are two types of ozone"..
>>> I'm not sure either of those two qualify as lies in the true sense
>>> of the word, as he probably believes both of these to be true. I can
>>> quite easily believe that he is genuinely an idiot who is unable to
>>> grasp the concepts of anarchy and chemistry, rather than a troll who
>>> pretends not to understand them.
>>
>> Were you around for the "two ozones" thread?
>
> Erm, yes. I was one of the participants.
>
>> This showed that he was totally perverse in failing to understand (in
>> the teeth of rational argument from people like Barry Cragg, AFAIR an
>> academic chemist), that his view of there being two kinds of ozone was
>> right and everyone else's view was wrong.
>
> That's not a "lie" if Duhg genuinely believes it, which I think he does.
> His behaviour bears all the hallmarks of a personality disorder.

I can belived Duhg is perverse enough to believe the rubbish he writes.
> BTW Dr Cragg is a geobiologist - and quite a respected one at that.
> Naturally, Duhg believed himself to be better qualified to discuss the
> subject than Bazza. We are dealing with a self-deluding fool in this
> case rather than a sane man telling deliberate lies.

Thanks for that.
> He does tell direct lies - his laughable attempt to deny his own name
> being a notable one - but "two ozones" is simply an example of how far
> gone he was even 11 years ago.

Indeed.

--
John Wright

"What would happen if you eliminated the autism genes from the gene pool?

You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and
socialising and not getting anything done!" - Professor Temple Grandin
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