Friday, March 13, 2009

Comedy Gold: Chris Crawford at the CFI discussion forum

The Center for Inquiry discussion board is primarily populated by humanists and skeptics.

Chris Crawford decided months ago to put my posts on ignore. But he can view the response of others to my posts.

And that's where the hilarity emerges. CFI has a policy against engaging in gratuitous personal attacks.

Take it away, Chris!

I realize that I am usurping the responsibilities of our moderators, but I desire to register my objection to the personal nature of your post, Vyazma. While I refuse to interact with Bryan for reasons parallel to your own, I nevertheless feel that this kind of talk lowers the standards of discourse in our little community. I realize that it is frustrating to deal with intellectual dishonesty, but the only civilized option available to you is to ignore Bryan. When I first came here, I engaged Bryan honestly and fairly, and after much wasted effort I realized that honest discussion with Bryan is impossible. I therefore terminated all interaction with him. I recommend that same course of action to you.
(CFI discussion board)

While it's funny enough that Crawford engages in his own personal attack against me (the liar with whom honest discussion is not possible!), the reaction thus far at the forum compounds the comedy. Crawford apparently managed to successfully get his personal attack under the noses of the moderators, but they dutifully removed the post about which he complained.