tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post5239127451814958119..comments2024-03-28T03:54:21.932-04:00Comments on Canadian Cynic: Hey, Doc, that's what ellipses are for.CChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-63856021856903160672007-03-17T14:18:00.000-04:002007-03-17T14:18:00.000-04:00Original: Dr. Roy is a dishonest hack.Dr. Roy vers...Original: Dr. Roy is a dishonest hack.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Roy version: Dr. Roy is honest.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509182679650412982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-20837511717118658512007-03-17T13:33:00.000-04:002007-03-17T13:33:00.000-04:00P.S. By the way, Wayne, did you notice how Dr. Ro...P.S. By the way, Wayne, did you notice how Dr. Roy also quietly snipped the word "But" off of the beginning of one of those paragraphs, and dishonestly capitalized the very next word "they," in order to mislead readers into thinking that that was one continuous stream of text?<BR/><BR/>Because if he hadn't, the text wouldn't have flowed, and readers would have noticed it just didn't sound right and suspected something funny was going on.<BR/><BR/>But I guess that's what you call "highlighting," right?CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-69832849545493579372007-03-17T13:29:00.000-04:002007-03-17T13:29:00.000-04:00Once again commenting before he fully appreciates ...Once again commenting before he fully appreciates the situation, Wayne writes:<BR/><BR/>"<I>Dr. Roy just showed highlights.</I>"<BR/><BR/>Sure he did, Wayne -- if by "highlights," you mean seven consecutive paragraphs, except for the one that contradicted the point he was trying to make, at which point the good doctor carefully snipped it out, <I>without informing his readers (by way of the standard use of ellipses) that he'd done that</I>.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for clearing that up, Wayne. Whatever would we do without you?CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11406057201126015750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-15961727150911528712007-03-17T12:54:00.000-04:002007-03-17T12:54:00.000-04:00Or to quote wayne about Dr. Roy, just using the ab...Or to quote wayne about Dr. Roy, just using the above comment:<BR/>"Dr. Roy just a dishonest hack".<BR/><BR/>I'm not misrepresenting your comment, because other can see your original comment if they want. Cutting out words isn't misleading at all, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-48557453427947659552007-03-17T12:51:00.000-04:002007-03-17T12:51:00.000-04:00Q: Is it dishonest to take someone's words out of ...Q: Is it dishonest to take someone's words out of context to make it seem like they support views which, in the original context, they clearly do not?<BR/><BR/>A: Why, yes it is. In this case, Roy used scissors to carefully excise individual words that went against his views, and presented the quote as if it were complete.<BR/><BR/><I>I do not completely reject that there is global warming but its cause and extent seem to massively overstated, by the left which wants to use this to destroy capitalism. It is the last resort of the marxists who were defeated in the cold war to destroy the Western way of life and to ensure ppoverty for much of the world.</I><BR/><BR/>And this quality of writing I believe qualifies as 'hackery'...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6708375.post-87493487089421800582007-03-17T11:37:00.000-04:002007-03-17T11:37:00.000-04:00Dr. Roy just showed highlights.He linked directly ...Dr. Roy just showed highlights.<BR/><BR/>He linked directly to the BBC article.<BR/><BR/>Hardly a "dishonest hack."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03314603669176202647noreply@blogger.com