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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dstockhoff@verizon.net
href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">David Stockhoff</A> </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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On 11/29/2011 1:04 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:<BR>> > *From:* David Stockhoff
<mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net><BR>> > > On 11/29/2011 12:14 PM,
Gerry Quinn wrote:<BR>> > > > *From:* David Stockhoff
<mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net><BR>> > > > > On 11/29/2011
11:30 AM, Gerry Quinn wrote:<BR>><BR>> > > > > > I guess
that Silk’s head would replace Piaton’s, then. But I still<BR>> > >
> > > think that his intended position will not be the equivalent
of<BR>> > > > > > Piaton’s. The two-headed aspect of the god
Pas has become real.<BR>> ><BR>> > > > > And ... drum roll
... WHY do you think that? WHY do you guess <BR>> > > >> >
that? WHY?<BR>> > > > Lots of reasons. Presumably Kypris doesn’t
show Silk his own head<BR>> > > > gasping. And I don;t think she’s
trying to trick him either. Also, in<BR>> > > > RttW he seems to
play a role in Pas/Silk that is greater than <BR>> > > >
Piaton’s<BR>> > > > role in Typhon/Piaton. And it fits with the
concept of the evolution<BR>> > > > of our idea of god which Wolfe
seems to imply in the text.<BR>><BR>> > > Thanks for reminding me
why I decided to stop talking to you.<BR>> > Your response puzzles me.
Perhaps the “drum roll” interjection is <BR>> > intended to represent some
sort of victory screech, but I cannot see <BR>> > in what argument you are
victorious or even guess in what argument you <BR>> > think you
are.<BR><BR>> And I cannot guess where you get the idea that I think I'm
victorious, <BR>> or why you think "victory" is the central
point.<BR></DIV></DIV>
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what was the point you were making, then? Do you disagree with my
reasoning regarding the role of Silk in Pas/Silk?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>> Much of the difficulty in talking to you is on full display here.
You <BR>> come up with half-processed semi-random stuff out of nowhere and
relate <BR>> it to nothing, with no stated assumptions and no attempt at
conclusions. <BR>> You don't bother to follow a logical flow of /if/ and
/then/. You don't <BR>> define your terms. And then you get personal.</DIV>
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<DIV>This is so weird. An aspect of the storyline was mentioned (the
relationship of Silk to Pas/Silk) and I said what I think about it. You
asked me why and I told you the reasons. I didn’t think too hard about
them, but they hardly qualify as “half-processed semi-random stuff” – they are
pretty specific points that support the conclusion that Silk in Pas/Silk is not
a new Piaton. Or do you disagree?</DIV>
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<DIV>I don’t think I produce semi-random stuff, either half-processed or
over-processed. <BR><BR>> Your answers are worse than meaningless because it
takes a week to <BR>> extract from you what you meant in the first place, if
you meant <BR>> anything.</DIV>
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<DIV>I answered within minutes, and the thing we are discussing is pretty
specific, even if we don’t learn too much in the text. (I have still to
re-read RttW, in which the Pas/silk relationship is probably best defined, and
perhaps I will have more detailed thoughts on the subject then.) But, as I
said, the reasons I gave seem to imply that Silk-in-Pas does not become
Piaton.</DIV>
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<DIV>> It is wearying. You never just answer a question about your <BR>>
own thoughts with a straight answer. Are you trying to be the Wizard of <BR>>
Oz or the little man behind the curtain?</DIV>
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<DIV>You think I have *secret* reasons for believing what I do about
Silk-in-Pas? I don’t. Those things I mentioned are the things that
seem relevant to me at this time. I’m willing to be convinced otherwise,
if someone brings up more evidence. I had completely forgotten one of the
heads of the reconstituted Pas was gasping, which could indicate a Pas closer to
his origins than I had thought. But that alone is not enough for me to
change my mind on the subject.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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