Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

[tabibito]

Why would you ever concede that a heathen might be right?

You seem to have forgotten the times that I have expressed agreement when you have been right. Not that I find the fact surprising.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

You seem to have forgotten the times that I have expressed agreement when you have been right. Not that I find the fact surprising.

Not on issues pertaining to ancient history or the history of your own religion!

[tabibito]

Not on issues pertaining to ancient history or the history of your own religion!

Yes - you have forgotten ... or failed to notice.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Yes - you have forgotten ... or failed to notice.

I must have missed that one!

[rogue06]

Read the paper for yourself.

More delicious unintended

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[Hypatia_Alexandria]

More delicious unintended

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You can read it, can't you?

[rogue06]

So we have a number of scholars supporting Momsen, with one calling his findings into question. What makes one scholar's assessment more compelling than another's? or several others?
Certainly, we don't have any reason to believe you, given the number of mistakes that you make (which is not significant) and refuse to correct or even acknowledge (which is).

Which is why it is so important to push the idea that the other later scholars were merely mindlessly regurgitating Momsen so that it could be framed as Speidel v. Momsen rather than Speidel v. Momsen and a bunch of others.

[rogue06]

So we have a number of scholars supporting Momsen, with one calling his findings into question. What makes one scholar's assessment more compelling than another's? or several others?
Certainly, we don't have any reason to believe you, given the number of mistakes that you make (which is not significant) and refuse to correct or even acknowledge (which is).

Personally, I think for someone passing themselves off as a historian and a Classist to boot, to be completely ignorant of how historians divide the Roman Republic into Early, Middle and Late periods and to accuse me of making them up is very significant.

[rogue06]

You can read it, can't you?

Just coming from you given your recent behavior.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Just coming from you given your recent behavior.

What is that non sequitur intended to mean? You made a statement of fact that is not a statement of fact.

It is that simple.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Personally, I think for someone passing themselves off as a historian and a Classist to boot, to be completely ignorant of how historians divide the Roman Republic into Early, Middle and Late periods and to accuse me of making them up is very significant.

You do realise that these repeated posts serve to demonstrate that you are protesting too much?

[rogue06]

What is that non sequitur intended to mean? You made a statement of fact that is not a statement of fact.

It is that simple.

And even more delicious unintended irony for dessert

[rogue06]

You do realise that these repeated posts serve to demonstrate that you are protesting too much?

What in the world could I possibly be protesting?

Unless you are still holding onto the notion that I'm the one responsible for dividing the Republic into historical periods.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

What in the world could I possibly be protesting?

Unless you are still holding onto the notion that I'm the one responsible for dividing the Republic into historical periods.

You do keep insisting on bringing up you aggrieved previous posts.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

And even more delicious unintended irony for dessert

You cannot admit your statement was wrong, can you? No surprises there though.