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just seems while people argue over this scientific evidence, as this is the new religion, mostly as they believe that it will back up their own opinion, logic & common sense flies out the window.
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Soothy,
First of all, the term is "Cartesian." If you are going to attempt some lame little joke about Descartes, you should at least get the terms right -- otherwise you just sound like you are trying too hard.
Secondly, as was pointed out to you in some detail on another thread by someone else, the diary does not mention any FM anywhere nor does it mention any initials in Mary's room. In fact, the passages one actually finds in the text make it clear that it cannot be talking about the imaginary letters you mention. And, of course, there are none on her wall in any case.
Finally, there is no question that this book is a cheap hoax. The jury of fully qualified Ripper experts, and even the jury of simple common sense, settled that question long before you arrived here. Perhaps that's because every single bit of real evidence we have points exclusively towards that conclusion, thereby allowing for a perfectly valid inductive argument. And one doesn't even need to make the glaring logical howlers you had to make when you were arguing otherwise here recently.
In any serious discussion, Joel's "logic and common sense" trump your irrational desire and utter lack of evidence every single time.
And that's as it should be.
--JohnLast edited by Omlor; 09-20-2008, 02:57 PM.Comment
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So, does anyone know who bought the watch in the end?Truth is female, since truth is beauty rather than handsomeness; this [...] would certainly explain the saying that a lie could run around the world before Truth has got its, correction, her boots on, since she would have to chose which pair - the idea that any woman in a position to choose would have just one pair of boots being beyond rational belief.
Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett.Comment
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I would also like to know who ended up with the watch. Surely someone knows where it went?Comment
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There was a Texan guy called (I think) Davis, a collector of murder memorabilia, who pestered Albert Johnson for years to sell him the watch - I think he offered as much as $40000 at one time. Whether he got it or not, I don't know. Johnson humg onto it, as far as I'm aware, so maybe it's with his heirs.Originally posted by John Hacker View Post
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GrahamWe are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture and hypothesis. - Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure Of Silver BlazeComment
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