Witches, Boogers and Haints

[Mike McK]

Ransom,

It's funny that you say Aaron is putting words in your mouth, he's done it to me several times.

We've also discussed the concept of control group vs. variable groups in a scientific study.

Everytime he posts a new "scientific" study, there's always a breakdown in their adherence to scientific method.

You can point out inconsistancies and fallacies all day but as long as it supports his position, he won't listen.

There's no talking to him. I've decided to just smile politely and say, "Oh, that's nice."

Mike

http://www.keylife.org

 

[Aaron]

Smilin' back atchya!

 

[Aaron]

Bump

 

[Ransom]

Yep, even a year and a half later, it's still crank science . . .

 

[Aaron]

Ransom,

I've missed you.

 

[Mike McK]

Aaron, that wasn't a very long sabbatical.

Are you sure you don't need more time?

 

[Aaron]

I couldn't just sit back and watch HCL be mocked for her views.

 

[Headcoveredlady]

Thank you so much Aaron.

 

[Travelsong]

I don't get it. Am I supposed to conclude that aboriginal shaman rituals are evil because of drums? Am I also supposed to conclude that all drums are evil because whatever is evil about shamanistic rituals as a result of percussion also makes all other drumming evil? Could someone please state a conclusion and the corresponding evidence that supports it with regard to whatever it is Aaron is trying to say?

I'm baffled.

[ January 08, 2003, 03:13 PM: Message edited by: Travelsong ]

 

[Aaron]

This is a thread from long ago when we were hot and heavy into a debate about whether music was neutral or not.

 

[Travelsong]

So no one has a clue what this thread was trying to get across? I'm seriously willing to listen to whatever it is Aaron and those who support him are trying to say but the kind of reasoning displayed in this thread is almost like a Monty Python sketch.

CROWD:
A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! A witch! We've got a witch! A witch! A witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! We've found a witch! We've found a witch! A witch! A witch! A witch!
VILLAGER #1:
We have found a witch. May we burn her?
CROWD:
Burn her! Burn! Burn her! Burn her!
BEDEVERE:
How do you know she is a witch?
VILLAGER #2:
She looks like one.
CROWD:
Right! Yeah! Yeah!
BEDEVERE:
Bring her forward.
WITCH:
I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch.
BEDEVERE:
Uh, but you are dressed as one.
WITCH:
They dressed me up like this.
CROWD:
Augh, we didn't! We didn't...
WITCH:
And this isn't my nose. It's a false one.
BEDEVERE:
Well?
VILLAGER #1:
Well, we did do the nose.
BEDEVERE:
The nose?
VILLAGER #1:
And the hat, but she is a witch!
VILLAGER #2:
Yeah!
CROWD:
We burn her! Right! Yeaaah! Yeaah!
BEDEVERE:
Did you dress her up like this?
VILLAGER #1:
No!
VILLAGER #2 and 3:
No. No.
VILLAGER #2:
No.
VILLAGER #1:
No.
VILLAGERS #2 and #3:
No.
VILLAGER #1:
Yes.
VILLAGER #2:
Yes.
VILLAGER #1:
Yes. Yeah, a bit.
VILLAGER #3:
A bit.
VILLAGERS #1 and #2:
A bit.
VILLAGER #3:
A bit.
VILLAGER #1:
She has got a wart.
RANDOM:
[cough]
BEDEVERE:
What makes you think she is a witch?
VILLAGER #3:
Well, she turned me into a newt.
BEDEVERE:
A newt?
VILLAGER #3:
I got better.
VILLAGER #2:
Burn her anyway!
VILLAGER #1:
Burn!
CROWD:
Burn her! Burn! Burn her!...
BEDEVERE:
Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
VILLAGER #1:
Are there?
VILLAGER #2:
Ah?
VILLAGER #1:
What are they?
CROWD:
Tell us! Tell us!...
BEDEVERE:
Tell me. What do you do with witches?
VILLAGER #2:
Burn!
VILLAGER #1:
Burn!
CROWD:
Burn! Burn them up! Burn!...
BEDEVERE:
And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #1:
More witches!
VILLAGER #3:
Shh!
VILLAGER #2:
Wood!
BEDEVERE:
So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3:
B--... 'cause they're made of... wood?
BEDEVERE:
Good! Heh heh.
CROWD:
Oh, yeah. Oh.
BEDEVERE:
So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1:
Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEVERE:
Ah, but can you not also make bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #1:
Oh, yeah.
RANDOM:
Oh, yeah. True. Uhh...
BEDEVERE:
Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #1:
No. No.
VILLAGER #2:
No, it floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1:
Throw her into the pond!
CROWD:
The pond! Throw her into the pond!
BEDEVERE:
What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1:
Bread!
VILLAGER #2:
Apples!
VILLAGER #3:
Uh, very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1:
Cider!
VILLAGER #2:
Uh, gra-- gravy!
VILLAGER #1:
Cherries!
VILLAGER #2:
Mud!
VILLAGER #3:
Uh, churches! Churches!
VILLAGER #2:
Lead! Lead!
ARTHUR:
A duck!
CROWD:
Oooh.
BEDEVERE:
Exactly. So, logically...
VILLAGER #1:
If... she... weighs... the same as a duck,... she's made of wood.
BEDEVERE:
And therefore?
VILLAGER #2:
A witch!
VILLAGER #1:
A witch!
CROWD:
A witch! A witch!...
VILLAGER #4:
Here is a duck. Use this duck.
[quack quack quack]
BEDEVERE:
Very good. We shall use my largest scales.
CROWD:
Ohh! Ohh! Burn the witch! Burn the witch! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Ahh! Ahh...
BEDEVERE:
Right. Remove the supports!
[whop]
[clunk]
[creak]
CROWD:
A witch! A witch! A witch!
WITCH:
It's a fair cop.
VILLAGER #3:
Burn her!
CROWD:
Burn her! Burn her! Burn her! Burn! Burn!...
BEDEVERE:
Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?
ARTHUR:
I am Arthur, King of the Britons.

 

[Aaron]

Alright. Put 'em up! The gloves is comin' off!

Actually, Travelsong, I think the implications are very clear to you. Why go to the effort to make a mockery of it if it wasn't?

Doesn't sound very serious to me.

[ January 08, 2003, 09:17 PM: Message edited by: Aaron ]

 

[Travelsong]

Originally posted by Aaron:
This is a thread from long ago when we were hot and heavy into a debate about whether music was neutral or not.

Ah, ok

Like I said I am certainly willing to hear your theories because it is obvious you have devoted a lot of time to studying music and I do believe after reviewing a fewt of your posts that you have definately made some valid and Scriptural points. Especially regarding the modern tendency of emotionalism and false spirituality in contemporary music. it's just that when I see bits and pieces like this I think you might be slightly banannas

[ January 08, 2003, 09:19 PM: Message edited by: Travelsong ]

 

[Travelsong]

,

[ January 08, 2003, 09:20 PM: Message edited by: Travelsong ]

 

[Aaron]

Originally posted by Travelsong:
...it's just that when I see bits and pieces like this I think you might be slightly banannas

Only slightly?

[ January 08, 2003, 09:27 PM: Message edited by: Aaron ]