On 1/18/08, gordon brown <gbrown@colorado.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Trying to intimidate someone by claiming the support of most scholars
> should not be an effective tactic when confronting someone who has long
> been convinced of a particular viewpoint, especially since there are many
> instances in which most scholars have been shown to be wrong. Someone with
> an opposing view would be justified in asking why most scholars have a
> certain view and why the minority scholars have a different view.
>
> Gordon Brown (ASA member)
Yeah. I was not trying to "intimidate" Vernon, though I see where my
comments might be taken that way.
jb
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