Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Is it only you then who can keep asking for Refs? If I want to ask for Refs I will . you don't need to tell me about reality checks either . the reality is its ok for you to expect people to provide evidence but not me !!!! Surely it is not unreasonable to ask those who read about food to know where they read it We need to know whether the writer was biased as you are implying with the milk adverts - " Dr Ian McDonald " <ian.mcdonald Sunday, January 06, 2002 5:34 PM Re: Dyke > Reality check: > > Generally, requests for sources come not after light-hearted comments, > but after serious allegations. For example, when you wanted a Sab turned > Huntsman to be 'named and shamed', someone else rightly suggested we > needed some substantiation first. Which Edith supplied . And when > someone else said that cooked rice, if not eaten immediately, could be a > source of food poisoning, you asked for info about studies, saying you > would assume that the story was meat industry propoganda otherwise. > > Today, you've been asking for a reference pretty much all the time . > > Angie Wright wrote: > > > > I'm with you Jane > > It is difficult making a light hearted comment these days > > On one list I/others keep being asked for references when we make a > > statement to prove what we have asserted It becomes a battle instead of a > > bit of fun chatting with friends > > -- > Ian McDonald > > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~type40/alternative.html > http://travel.to/startrekcolony - Star Trek: Colony site & .mov > http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~type40/who-rpg.html - Dr. Who RPGs > > > To send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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