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In ca.politics dlow@ppg01.sc.hp.com (Danny Low) said: 
 
 
>Jim Barrett (jimbar@worm.hooked.net) wrote: : All 
>: publically owned land should not be use for oil exploration unless fair 
>: market value is charged for the use.  
> 
>Your ignorance is showing here. Oil exploration on public land is gotten
by  
>bidding in an auction. That is the definition of fair market value. In
fact the  
>bidding is one of the very few Real World cases where the market is a very
good  
>approximation of the theoretical perfect free market.  
> 
 
 
OK. If this is the way it is done than it is fair market value.  
 
I am beginning to wonder why you insist on calling me ignorent or refer to
my ideas as stupid. I understand that you disagree with me on almost
everything, that you know some things that I do not know, that you base
much of your arguements on totally different assumption than I do, but I
don't understand why you can't let your arguements speak for themselves. If
I don't know something I am willing to learn it. If I am wrong I am willing
to be shown the truth. I have continually tried to suggest that my intent
is to form some type of agreement on just about anything so that we can
build solutions based on mutual understanding rather than continuous
battering of each other. 
 
I have nothing against you personally and see no value in trying to degrade
you. I am undoubtedly as passionate and determined as you are. I have
strong beliefs and am confident of my own intellegence and knowledge. This
allows me to dismiss attempts to degrade my character as more a reflection
on the character of those who degrade me than it is a reflection of my own
character. 
 
I think that if we stick to the issue at hand we will perhaps get
somewhere.  
 
Most of my educational training has been in math and science. As a
consequence it is rare for me to hear responces to my arguements to include
references to my intellegence. If I were to conclude that 2+2=5  I would
expect that one would simply show that this were false and not need to
editorilize about whether or not I am ignorent.