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All these exchanges are taken from the public Anthroposphy Tomorrow list archives. Return to the Peter Staudenmaier page.
A classic illustration of how slippery Peter Staudenmaier can be is evident in this exchage. Being accused of failing to acknowledge the key points of others when they would place his own argument in a bad light, Peter Staudenmaier snips the allegation to one phrase, and then responds that he frequently acknowledges the key points of others (when it suits him) and then tries to turn the accusation, questioning what might be wrong with this approach.

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Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] agreement and disagreement
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:38:40 -0500

Patrick:
"If you do not acknowledge the key points of others"
Peter Staudenmaier:
Since I've been on this list I have frequently acknowledged the key points of others and explained which I agree with and which I disagree with. Is there something about this approach that you find unsatisfactory?

Daniel:
I think it would be helpful if you always acknowledged the key points of others.

Daniel Hindes


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