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Old 18-May-2006, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by turbo-1
No, one does not have to belong to any 'camp' in order to engage in dialogue on this board. My point is that you have called me out in this thread, yet you have only lurked on the 'More from Arp et al' thread for more than a month, despite your assertions that you wanted to undertake an organized, structured, discussion of Arpian ideas. You have been noticeably absent for all that time, depite personal and public requests to rejoin the discussion. It is your perogative to engage in any discussions that you feel worthy of your efforts, of course, but it is disengenuous to encourage such engagement, then to avoid the engagement entirely, and then to issue a challenge on an entirely different topic that is more to your liking. Can we expect to engage you on 'More from Arp et al' or will you continue to hide?
Can we expect to engage you - Nereid - on the bridges topic specifically? We're talking about other concepts too, but given all the pre-bridges discussion, preparation, and hoopla I'd like to get your reactions to that discussion.

Let's recall that on March 9 I agreed to defend the position that bridges are evidence for interaction in Arp systems. On March 10 in an attempt to set a goal of a focused discussion antoniseb asked me to select a paper on the bridges topic and I agreed on the same day, but noted that it would take me some time. Only 5 days later you said this: "and along the way a powerful, cogent Arpian case about bridges seems to have not materialised."

The case materialized on April 1 because I said it would take time and you've not been heard from in that discussion since ~April 6th despite vigorous activity on other threads. So I'm very much interested in hearing your thoughts on the bridges discussion when you find time to return to the Arp et al thread.

Edited to fix March 10 link.
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