(urth) Pike's ghost

[David Stockhoff]

On 11/29/2011 1:04 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> > On 11/29/2011 12:14 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
> > > *From:* David Stockhoff <mailto:dstockhoff at verizon.net>
> > > > On 11/29/2011 11:30 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
> > > > > I guess that Silk’s head would replace Piaton’s, then. But I still
> > > > > think that his intended position will not be the equivalent of
> > > > > Piaton’s. The two-headed aspect of the god Pas has become real.
> >
> > > > And ... drum roll ... WHY do you think that? WHY do you guess 
> that? WHY?
> > > Lots of reasons. Presumably Kypris doesn’t show Silk his own head
> > > gasping. And I don;t think she’s trying to trick him either. Also, in
> > > RttW he seems to play a role in Pas/Silk that is greater than 
> Piaton’s
> > > role in Typhon/Piaton. And it fits with the concept of the evolution
> > > of our idea of god which Wolfe seems to imply in the text.
>
> > Thanks for reminding me why I decided to stop talking to you.
> Your response puzzles me. Perhaps the “drum roll” interjection is 
> intended to represent some sort of victory screech, but I cannot see 
> in what argument you are victorious or even guess in what argument you 
> think you are.

And I cannot guess where you get the idea that I think I'm victorious, 
or why you think "victory" is the central point.

Much of the difficulty in talking to you is on full display here. You 
come up with half-processed semi-random stuff out of nowhere and relate 
it to nothing, with no stated assumptions and no attempt at conclusions. 
You don't bother to follow a logical flow of /if/ and /then/. You don't 
define your terms. And then you get personal.

Your answers are worse than meaningless because it takes a week to 
extract from you what you meant in the first place, if you meant 
anything. It is wearying. You never just answer a question about your 
own thoughts with a straight answer. Are you trying to be the Wizard of 
Oz or the little man behind the curtain?