What to do with an errant James Boswell II
Could you PLEASE stop playing the schoolmaster setting assignments for his errant students? This is some of what I mean:
Another:
The clear implication is: "You all go ahead and make fools of yourselves, and then when you're done, I will give the correct answer."
Could you just discuss this with us as an equal, rather than as our smug superior?
[edited thread title because I can - Eutychus]
James Boswell II wrote: »I think enough has been said about the death of the Baptist. Any responses to FIRST ARGUMENT? I will allow time before I post again.
Another:
James Boswell II wrote: »Well, first let's look at why there would be a strong tendency to think the words are authentic. Then a counter argument to that. Then a counter argument to the counter argument. Then.... then... well, anyway, I will ultimately tell you what I firmly think and why. Have patience. But meanwhile, feel free to throw in any opinions you wish to express.
The clear implication is: "You all go ahead and make fools of yourselves, and then when you're done, I will give the correct answer."
Could you just discuss this with us as an equal, rather than as our smug superior?
[edited thread title because I can - Eutychus]
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Coincidence?
Ah, well, hope springs eternal and all that.
Dude: Please stop stopping me participating in Bible-based threads by the sheer heart-stoppingly-annoyingness of your schoolmastering. If it's actually your intent to drive people away, you are succeeding. Brilliantly.
If so, prepare (eventually) for a long list of scholarly works (no links, of course), detailing why Hell calls are errant. Prepare, too, for promise after promise of further lists, ARGUMENTs, propositions, long explanations etc..., but only in The Professor's time.
Be prepared, too, of course, for anything you may say to refute the above to be greeted with snide personal remarks, scorn, disdain, and dismissal.
Frankly, although I've tried at times to engage with The Professor, I can't get the ink-stains off my Third-Form fingers...
Yeah, I know nothing about his scholarship, that not being my bailiwick. It's just the condescending, schoolmastery tone that sets me off. "Now if you can't engage with what I posted above, why should I share my thoughts with you?"
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
If you don't eat your dinner NOW, you'll have it cold for BREAKFAST!
And LIKE it!
True. Scholarship alone wouldn’t warrant a Hell call. But that combined with his arrogant snideness certainly does.
The Ship is a vehicle for discussion, not for lectures, but he seems unwilling, or unable, to grasp this.
Couple that with the arrogant snideness that @ECraigR mentions, and it's easy to understand why some of us are fed up with The Professor...
Yes, of course the Scroll Down facility is always available, but then it's easy to miss the better, and often more succinct, contributions of others.
Wow. What a missed opportunity!
Sorry, I should have made it clear that I was referring to the threads in Purgatory.
Replying to mousethief's point, above.
I favour the traditional methods advocated in the sea shanty, particularly the one involving scuppers and a hosepipe.
If there is bidding available for the various methods, this could be a great fundraiser for the Ship.
BTW, I see @James Boswell II has replied to @mousethief, but (confusingly) on the 'Condemn' thread in Purgatory...
Risking accusations of Junior Hosting, I have gently suggested to him that his reply to mousethief would be better posted here, to avoid further confusion, if nothing else.
@James Boswell II
You could stop making him do all this posting!
Rarely have I seen such a deserving opportunity to abuse my admin powers.
Hardly an abuse if it’s simply correcting an oversight. It’s more like a shiply act of kindness.
Then perhaps he would benefit from this quote from Mencius:
Instruction makes use of many techniques. When I do not deign to instruct someone, that too is a form of instruction.
And I have doubts about this, given that he has already very smoothly passed off a FREAKING FICTIONAL CHARACTER from his blasted novel, complete with academic pedigree, as himself--quoted a bloody long quote from the character--and misled me into thinking it was himself.
It couldn't have been anything but intentional.
And I no longer care enough to try to Google all the alleged scholars he mentions to see if they even actually exist outside of Cloud Cuckoo Land--or if they are, perhaps, more characters in his novel.
(or, for that matter, whether they hold the positions he attributes to them, if they actually exist at all)
Life is too short.
What a waste of time, and effort. Very sad.
Which?
Please discuss your reasons for whatever answer you give.
Richard Scarry character - thanks Wiki.
The real question is whether we will ever behold your Johnson.
(Sorry, keyboard)
Ha! Brilliant.
Not to me, no,
Not to me,
But to Doublethink be the glory...
:killingme:
I'm just a simple, old-fashioned soul.
Put him in jail until he's sober.
What do you do with an errant Jesus?
Put him in the tomb and see if he rises.
early in the morning!"
:notworthy:
Richard Scarry’s Little Richard books. Lowly worm was on every page, hidden in an illustration. My sons, as little boys, delighted in finding him as we turned the pages. He was much more entertaining than the subject of this hell call and taught by stealth, not by drumming his opinions down the throats of his readers.
Meanwhile, over on other threads, The Professor is busily chasing (or stalking) Shipmates, to try to get opinions about the bullshit he is intent on peddling (ad nauseam, it seems).
His pathetic little attempts at humour on this thread at least have the merit of brevity, unlike the rest of his 'work'...
ETA
And can he stop posting his shitty “fiction?” That must be in violation of copyright, or at least good taste.
Still, simply ignoring his everlasting questions, threats of yet more chunks of 'argument' (aka lists of 'scholars'), and instructions, and discussing another aspect of the subject with someone else, might eventually get a message through...or not, as the case may be.