I agree that David’s point about Lisa McPherson isn’t counterevidence to the claim you made (or rather, were implying based on not recalling). I was replying only to your statement
I used “I don’t recall” to mean “I don’t recall” … please don’t put your words and ideas in my writing
which was ridiculing the very idea that someone would read your “I don’t recall” to mean “I don’t recall and that is informative in this case”, when people have good reason to do so, as I explained.
If your objection to David’s point was that the McPherson case is not evidence of Scientology “killing off its host”, then you should have said so in your reply at that point (and I would have agreed) rather than merely flaunt your non-standard usage of “I don’t recall” and insult the people who thought you were trying to say something relevant.
rather than merely flaunt your non-standard usage of “I don’t recall” and insult the people who thought you were trying to say something relevant.
You have it backwards. I asked someone not to put words into my mouth. There were much better and less rude ways for him to make the same point. I am not going to continue arguing this at length because Jonathan Graehl just said he doesn’t like being forced to read who-said-what.
I agree that David’s point about Lisa McPherson isn’t counterevidence to the claim you made (or rather, were implying based on not recalling). I was replying only to your statement
which was ridiculing the very idea that someone would read your “I don’t recall” to mean “I don’t recall and that is informative in this case”, when people have good reason to do so, as I explained.
If your objection to David’s point was that the McPherson case is not evidence of Scientology “killing off its host”, then you should have said so in your reply at that point (and I would have agreed) rather than merely flaunt your non-standard usage of “I don’t recall” and insult the people who thought you were trying to say something relevant.
You have it backwards. I asked someone not to put words into my mouth. There were much better and less rude ways for him to make the same point. I am not going to continue arguing this at length because Jonathan Graehl just said he doesn’t like being forced to read who-said-what.