Blog Standard Ill Manners of Small-minded Nerds


	Blog Standard Ill Manners of Small-minded Nerds

abailart

4-11-2008 4:50 AM

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abailart says:

A.C.Grayling here discussing religious bloggers but maybe has a wider point.

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4-11-2008 2:44 PM

masbury

when the ideas they subscribe to are attacked, they attack the person who attacked their ideas; to small minds, a fair exchange

Ah, the essence of trollism.

4-11-2008 4:44 PM

carrerinyes

The mind boggles..

4-11-2008 4:57 PM

n2sooners

when the ideas they subscribe to are attacked, they attack the person who attacked their ideas; to small minds, a fair exchange

The global warming alarmists call that science.

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