"This is the sort of thing I mean when I say that Doug is unable to respond to an argument but almost always prefers rather to attack the other person. And of course it also exhibits his frequent inability to be honest in his presentation of a position he attacks."
B.:--
Wow. First Carrol posts a response -- about why he's not responding. Now Carrol makes an ad hominem argument to challenge ad hominem.
And about Yoshie, who's never met an opposing point she could concede to; who's never met a subject she's not an instant expert on; who's never been without an article dredged from the most esoteric corners of Google/cyberspace to buttress a case; and who's never been in an online debate she couldn't out-last you on and win by default, through sheer war of attrition:
The 'net has revealed how much fan-fiction exists for TV shows, Japanese cartoons (good lord there's tons of that), and movies. Volumes of the stuff even for the most obscure, cult TV programs and movies. Fox Mulder and Scully finally hooking up and having crazy sex in UFOs; cartoon characters getting it on in alternate anime universes. Folks who are this enthusiastic about their favorite shows go beyond fandom; the love of the show is simply eroticized. Cue the swooning, gushing flights of fancy.
Enter Yoshie, and her relation to Iran. It's political fan fiction. But it's fan fiction.
-B.