Quote:
Originally Posted by epsilon
You certainly haven't proved that I'm not listening but you have confirmed that you aren't listening. You are harping on about being aware of other opinions which is irrelevant. You didn't listen to my original point.
Far from suggesting that you aren't aware of other options, I'm all too aware that you know damn well that there are other options. My point was that, knowing these alternatives, you completely ignored them and went on to conclude "the future" solely based on your own view. That IS being blinkered.
I'm tolerant of any ideas as long as they are stated as ideas and opinions and not dressed up as an inevitable "future".
Deflection, obfuscation and gaslighting may work well for you over on the hard right echo chamber you moderate. As you keep demonstrating, it gets you nowhere on this forum.
Ofcom's "view" isn't relevant, they are there to regulate, to smooth the way for implementing the "views" of the DCMS and for conducting consultations with stakeholders and the with the public. They can make recommendations based on research and evidence they have gathered but they cannot legislate. If you wish, you can even refer to the consultations as Ofcom's view, even though that isn't the case.
What you "believe" to be the future is an opinion, yes, a belief, you know, like kids believe in Santa....
|
I have NOT ignored the alternatives, epsilon! Why do you keep saying that? You don’t have access to my head!
I have considered those alternatives and I don’t think the ones you espouse are more compelling, although, once again (how many times…?) I acknowledge they are possible outcomes.
Have you not ever heard arguments that conflict with your belief in something and still rejected those alternative arguments because you think yours are stronger or more likely? Of course you have, but it doesn’t mean you haven’t listened and thought about them.
And once again, given that I have acknowledged in these threads that I may be wrong, you cannot with credibility then accuse me of concluding ‘the future’ must be my future and that’s that.
I have not deflected or anything else. On the contrary, all I seem to be getting is that I must be wrong and statements I have made get turned into something else, then criticised on that new and false definition of what I have said. You are the one deflecting because this, like other posts on this subject, turn into personal attacks and add nothing to the discussion.
I am happy, very happy, to answer your points one by one, but you don’t answer mine. Funny that, and I’m supposed to be the deflecting, blinkered one.
So, why exactly do you think I am wrong? Maybe at last we can have a serious discussion about this
(lives in hope without holding breath…)