Carroll wrote:
>>But notice, your inaccuracy evoked a useful informational and analytical
post; i.t., your affirmtation of inaccurate information was far more
useful than any vague question city and country in the 19th century
would have been.
I'm using your post to make a point in a debate that has been going on
between Doug and me for a number of years. My claim is that my strong
affirmations in effect pose questions which others then respond to in
various ways, while his questions are in effect conversation stoppers. >>
I agree with this.... Trotsky said (paraphrasing) that sometimes the stick has too be bent too far one way if it has already been bent too far the other.
Best, David