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Fun?guy....If you're not happy in this thread, why don't you take your feelings and your information over onto a thread of your own. Post a blog...don't allow any comments. There's more to life than "getting back" at people who do not agree with you!.
I have no opinion as to your thoughts because I am not familiar with this matter to such a depth. But, I can tell you that I am sure there would have been a better, more polite and respectful way of making your statements and reply to people. I doubt that they resent your knowledge, but perhaps you should examine how they are reacting to your language and your attitude?
Those who are truly knowledgeable do not fear challenge and they are usually quite capable of replying with confidence and respect.
Personally, you have taken away much of the enjoyment I was experiencing in this thread, just commenting, speculating, asking questions. It's o.k. to be smart...to be knowledgeable....but please try not to cram it down our throats. We may not be all that hungry for all your knowledge.
Now, to get back to UFO.s....my interest started with reading about Barney and Betty. And reading about the man who actually went out into the field where an UFO supposedly landed, taking his son along with him...and, confiscating a piece of the material without the knowledge of the "powers that be".
It will all come out...I really feel that it will.
Now, let's get back in the sandbox and all play nicely...
SINCERELY,
JUDY
With all due respect. I'm not getting back at anyone, I'm not cramming anything down someone's throat, nor have I used any insulting language. The problem is, if I don't speak up on the same level, you can't be heard in a crowd like this.
This is not just about making someone believe in the same thing. This is about removing charlatanry and hoaxes from the public belief because it is hurting society as a whole. It's not just about UFO's or aliens or angels, or whatever. It's about a principle. People making unqualified statements and claims that have no scientific reasoning, yet are selling them as rational and scientific. All of this is just pseudoscience and hurts the public understanding of real science and progress in important fields as well as the education of future generations.
This may sound like an exaggeration but there are many pieces to a puzzle. This is just one of them but it needs attention nonetheless. Nobody with respectable knowledge of science should stand by and just accept crazy ideas, whether they are posted in "Nature", your local newspaper or on a dating web site.
If you feel that I was too harsh, then I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. There was nothing rude about it. Sometimes a debate gets heated and the intensities go up, but there has not been any name calling on either side.