tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post8775144369778050388..comments2024-03-28T15:55:33.435-07:00Comments on The Big Study: ABSMs: Conservative vs. Liberal SpeculationsThe Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-5533721331217605192009-10-21T16:25:20.217-07:002009-10-21T16:25:20.217-07:00Oh, I was saying everything above with a smile on ...Oh, I was saying everything above with a smile on my face, and I was indeed in a friendly mood in sharing my insights.<br /><br />Of course, your "correction" of the way I should have approached you is not much different than the tone of my missive to you, old buddy. LOL.<br /><br />:-)Loren Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-58646263086378140382009-10-21T10:11:38.053-07:002009-10-21T10:11:38.053-07:00As this is your field, I'll assume you know wh...As this is your field, I'll assume you know what you're talking about. As I've said before in another comment: Drop the "personal" stuff; you can make your point without the first sentence. How about a friendly happy lead-in like this?: "Hey Mike, I know that this isn't your main area of scholarship so forgive me if I give you my own take on this...." and off we go with the better information from yourself, an acknowledged expert. The correction on spelling could then be last like a friendly afterthought. My response to this approach would be, "thanks much Loren for clearing this up, and I'm glad to hear from you again." We need to be kind to one another my friend; it's almost all that really matters.The Professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811807639219365621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2019724693487670016.post-8005316870529989132009-10-21T00:56:33.424-07:002009-10-21T00:56:33.424-07:00Don't be lazy. I know you to be a better schol...Don't be lazy. I know you to be a better scholar than this. <br /><br />It is "Hillary," not "Hilary," and he knew it was a serow skin used in the "Yeti skullcap" relic. He had the locals make him one and carried it around in his extra attache case, as he trotted around Europe and America with the borrowed Nepalese one, asking scientists to test what it was. It made for nice news conferences, but the end of the tale he wanted to tell was already scripted. Very deceptive, if you ask me.<br /><br />Also, the lamas had told the <i>Daily Mail</i> expedition of 1954 and the Tom Slick expeditions of 1958-59 that these skullcaps were made <i>in imitation of Yetis</i>. The Sherpas, Nepalese, and lamas were not hiding a thing about the ritualistic nature of these relics, but Hillary and the World Book Expedition of 1960 was hiding much, including the truth.<br /><br />Hillary's trip was a smokescreen of constructed stories, outright disinformation, and media management. Buyer and reader beware.<br /><br />Unfortunately, as I write in my Tom Slick book, it was Hillary that ended up assassinating the search for the Yeti.Loren Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.com