martinvickers said:You may think that. But you'd be wrong.
Just so you know.
You may think that. But you'd be wrong.
Just so you know.
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martinvickers said:You may think that. But you'd be wrong.
Just so you know.
therhodeo said:You may think that. But you'd be wrong.
Just so you know.
Justinr said:Touché! MV - he got you there.
Hawkwood said:You ruined it, the response and same counter response could have gone on forever!
martinvickers said:Perhaps, but mere opinions are meaningless without evidence or argument. They're not worth the keystrokes they are written with.
Moreover, many of these 'opinions' are stated and defended as if proven fact, and the declaration by others that is ia mere opinion is greated, frankly, with rage and sweariness, and bold declarations that these 'opinions' are not opinions, but facts. As you well know.
You can have an opinion, certainly. And have it treated as a mere opinion is properly treated, dismissively.
Or you can claim it's really knowledge or fact, and defend it with evidence, proofs and logic.
But you can't have both.
martinvickers said:Yes. absolutely.
Except - NOBODY really claims Sky are clean, or anyone else. What IS claimed is that there as yet no conclusive proof they are dirty. Which is not the same thing at all.
JimmyFingers said:. The Hitch recently posted an over-long and typically bombastic post outlining why he knew Sky was doping and how he felt people that didn't agree were idiots..
red_flanders said:"Without evidence or argument". Precious little of that going around. But I guess it's fun to say if you seek to diminish opinions contrary to your own.
Opinion drives discussion on forums. That you feel the need to dismiss opinion is no surprise, but it does beg the question "why are you here?" We are here to discuss opinion and of course people state opinion forcefully, that's how people talk.
Denial of evidence doesn't change the fact that there is an abundance of evidence. Continually pounding the drumbeat of "there is no evidence" is willfully obtuse and IMO pointless.
It has been addressed by the mods repeatedly that (obviously) this kind if discussion is not only in bounds but the point of the forum. Continually attacking people for their opinion is IMO. Thread clogging and trolling.
martinvickers said:And we all know what we think of your opinion.
Now, if you want to set out and discuss the evidence using reason and logic, all ears - but you are one of the worst offenders for trying to ram your opinion down the throats of others as fact, and belittling others for having the gall to disagree with you, or think you are talking sh!te.
So, frankly, don't come crying when I take you to task on it.
As to why I am here? Because I like challenging bullsh!t. And people like you make sure that it's steady work with good prospects.
red_flanders said:What you seem not to get is that vehemently and aggressively attacking people who are if the opinion that Sky or some members of Sky are dirty is defending Sky whether you claim to be on the fence or not.
That you are trying to uphold some standard of discussion is not really convincing because you only seek to uphold it on Sky threads. Since your defense of standards of proof only applies to one team, rational people conclude that your interest is not so much in standards of discussion but rather in defending Sky.
That you repeatedly say you're in the fence is fine, but it doesn't overcome the obvious pattern of posting which suggests your real concern is defending Sky. Which you claim not to be doing.
Few buy this stance as a true indication of what you're doing.
Hawkwood said:So you think we shouldn't have a three way debate, Sky is, Sky isn't, don't know need some proof?
The Hitch said:What I said in that post was that everyone has their own standards of proof. Some people like you claim your standards of proof are superior and try to enforce those on everyone. That everyone has to pretend they are uncertain on the question of whether sky dope because your standards - that they have to fail what even Valverde has never in his life failed - a test, have not been met. I do not subscribe to that thank you very much as do many here.
Sky for me and others removed all doubt a long long time ago. I will not say that I don't know, because I do know. I am as certain of the fact that froome and Wiggins didn't just happen to both magically transform at the same time on the same team through a series of increasingly improbable coincidences, as I am of my own name.
Benotti69 said:Vickers is way out of order with his rants. Constant attacks on posters and abusive postings!!!
Benotti69 said:Vickers is way out of order with his rants. Constant attacks on posters and abusive postings!!!
red_flanders said:"We"?
That you think you speak for others in this matter sums things up nicely. Your agenda has gotten you frothing at the mouth at this point.
the sceptic said:he knows what he is doing, its just too bad the mods dont.
as soon as people start responding to his idiocy, the thread becomes unreadable.
You see right through him red.red_flanders said:What you seem not to get is that vehemently and aggressively attacking people who are if the opinion that Sky or some members of Sky are dirty is defending Sky whether you claim to be on the fence or not.
That you are trying to uphold some standard of discussion is not really convincing because you only seek to uphold it on Sky threads. Since your defense of standards of proof only applies to one team, rational people conclude that your interest is not so much in standards of discussion but rather in defending Sky.
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martinvickers said:You clearly missed my work on the Dan Martin thread, then, and in relation to Garmin, just for example. I've also 'defended' Quintana and others.
But lets be clear. Most of the Bullsh*t is on this thread, and a number of other Sky related ones. That's simply the reality.
As was pointed out the last 2 times you responded to a post of mine (once by digger once by eshnar). Your posts always go personal and always go insults.martinvickers said:No, you don't. Merely stating your opinion, however deeply held, as though it is fact is not only against the rules of the forum, even as 'refined' by Afrank, more to the point it's in reality about as effective as sticking your tongue out and blowing a raspberry.
And your personal certainty is the measure of absolutely nothing. Nada. Zilch.
And since you know so much about your own name, why don't you look up your nomme de guerre, specifically Hitchen's razor, for exactly how we have to treat your unevidenced expressions of certainty. There's a good lad.
red_flanders said:Your "work" has been a little more emphatic on the Sky thread.
Sky: 660 posts (and counting)
Dan Martin: 28
The Hitch said:As was pointed out the last 2 times you responded to a post of mine (once by digger once by eshnar). Your posts always go personal and always go insults.
And here you go again. Even people who are considered to be on the moderate side of our side, are starting to call you out as byop and hrotha did.
Why? Why do you always go with the insults?
Well me and you both know that if we stood here having a simple on topic discussion on whether it is likely that Wiggins defended dopers while riding clean or whether it is likely sky found out how to lose weight while gaining power clean at the exact same time that drugs emerged that serve exactly that purpose, you wouldn't have much of an argument to make, or would at least have to concede pretty quickly that both of those questions and many others can only be answered with - it is very very very unlikely
So you always divert from the discussion by going personal getting extremely patronizing and offering insults. Turning it into something totally off topic.