The best defense is to claim offense.

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14. More of the same

justifications and rationalizations. And no, I don't agree that the behavior we are discussing is supposed to happen on a discussion board, I reserve my right to disagree with such universalist claims of what is supposed to happen and what not on discussion boards. I'm just describing what I see as happening from this point of view.

IF some one really wants to discuss phenomena and experiences that fall out of the materialist presuppositions and explanatory scope, I can only say that they are often (by their very very sensitive issues and not readily shared when there is expectation of getting rude and insulting responses. Also for me to get into that discussion, I need actual proof that I'm really talking at least with an open minded skeptic instead of pseudoskeptical believer, who just gets rude and personal when his belief system is challenged.

I don't expect you to understand or respect my position and attitude in these discussions, but I explain it anyway. You never know.