and yes, I know why she had mentioned him.

Then quit acting like it was an insult to Mr. McCourt. I’ve called you on this lie several times, and it’s really childish to repeat lies after they’ve been debunked (even moreso than telling them in the first place).

I repeat. Grow up.

She also owes me an apology for mocking a favorite teacher of mine at Pharyngula as he was dying.

Who’s off-topic now? Contact her via email if you demand she apologize to you. It has no relevance to public discourse. You’re also dishonestly ignoring that she was mocking you, not McCourt or Stuyvesant.

In short, I agree with her earlier post. Grow up, Kwok. Or at least be quiet and let the grown-ups discuss things. It pains me to say something so blunt, but you’re acting like a child.

She also owes me an apology for mocking a favorite teacher of mine at Pharyngula as he was dying.

Ophelia posting those questions here at this blog entry is a bit sanctimonious and hypocritical on her part when she has ignored valid questions from TomJoe and myself which have yet to be answered. If she wants Chris and Sheril to answer hers, then she better start thinking seriously of answering mine first.

Are you saying that book critiques are off topic for book posts? Even if you consider them off topic, that would mean the first off-topic post was by ShowsOn. You still make no sense. At least make an attempt to be coherent. Doesn’t it bother you that the vast majority of the content of your posts is based only on the person you are replying to, instead of the actual content of their posts? It’s sickening.

I did not want to keep posting here, but misrepresentation is just plain rude — and the regulars here are too accommodating to point out when Kwok is lying or misrepresenting.

No, I wasn’t the first off topic poster. The “Denyse O’Leary of Militant Atheism”, one Ophelia Benson, was.

The late Prof. Sagan was also a pot smoker, not a good role model for the younger set.