Posted by Cam W. on June 16, 2000, at 15:04:10
In reply to Re: DR Bob Please read » Cam W., posted by claire 7 on June 15, 2000, at 22:16:43
Claire - It does seem that lines are being drawn in the sand on this issue (which should actually should be kept a neutral discussion). I do "think" that not all of boBB's "backers" (for lack of a better word - I do not necessarily mean that they side with his views, just his right to say what he feels) are boBB, but it seems impossible to separate the two. When I see characteristic writing styles, third person scenarios sounding like first person, posting times of different "backers" all being posted near similar times, etc.) it makes me pause and be skeptical of the poster's true identity.These "boBB backing" posts, coming from a couple of different names, never are accompanied by a return e-mail address. I am not saying that the posting of an e-mail address would make any difference. There are a lot of e-mail websites that could be used by the same person wanting to be someone else. Perhaps, since Dr.Bob knows if the posts come from the same machine (computer) perhaps an identifying number could accompany posts with different names from the same computer. Or a disclaimer saying that this post came from a computer where another another person has posted from. This is not fool-proof either. My wife and I have both posted from the same computer and I am pretty sure that we are separate entities. Also, someone with more than one computer could get around this.
Case in point, Claire: You mention that anyone who is familiar with reading literature knows what "close reading" means. Is this a mutual exclusive thing, that us science people cannot closely read something because we do not have English degrees? This actually sounds like something boBB would say. So, you see, I cannot separate you from boBB
More than once boBB (or perhaps one of his alter egos) has flamed a person on this board. Some of the flaming posts seemed irrelevant to the gist of the thread and seemed to be written just to hurt someone's emotions. boBB (or other posters) seems to get great joy out of hurting someone with a twisting of words. They seem to know which buttons to push to elicit a reaction. If you do "read closely" some of the replies to some of his posts, you do get the feeling that he is reveling in the attention and that he feels that hurting feelings is the only way to get his point across (as opposed to posting logical arguements backed by research).
Also, we have been told that boBB has done this on other websites, as well. Whether this is true or not, I really cannot comment, outside of it makes me more resistant to believing boBB is not replying to his own posts (we have basically been told that boBB "is" replying to his own posts by Dr.Bob). Posting styles are fairly individualized.
All of the above make me hesitant to say that these are different writers. Sometimes I feel that they are different people, other times I am sure they are not (and I could be wrong on both accounts). This is why I hesitate to believe anything that is written in favor of boBB.
Sorry to all for adding another irrevelant post. Sincerely - Cam
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