Bob Casanova wrote:

On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:31:14 -0800 (PST), the following
appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by "Sir Arthur C.B.E.
Wholeflaffers A.S.A." <science@zzz.com>:

Bob Casanova wrote:

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:53:35 -0800 (PST), the following
appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by Sir Arthur CB
Wholeflaffers ASA <science@zzz.com>:

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...debunker...brain...requirement...cult...<drool>...<slobber>...

Wipe your chin before you drown, Artie/Gary. Or is it
Pavlov's Pooch?

...debunker...Borsch...PROMISED LAND...FEMA DEATH-CAMPS
...UFO...debunker...extraterrestrials...other-worldly...ATTACK
...crackpots...lunatics...assault...Ph. D....Vince Lombardi...Phil Klass
...abducted by aliens...pisses...Phil Klass...Don Ecker...BULLSHIT
...bewildered...Authority-Figure...closed mind...Messiah...Phil Klass
...Wrong...wrong...wrong...debunker...confabulation...isotope
...ice cream...razzle-dazzle...swamp gas...clouds...planets...hallucinations
...smoke and mirrors...hoaxes...<drool>...

Too late, Artie/Gary; your brain already shut down from
hypoxia. I *told* you to wipe off the drool!

Casanobrain,  I was hoping, even praying that we would get at least
some CREDIBLE debunkers, but no, we ended up with you and your kind.
Although I did predict this would happen, that when the UFO cover-up
ended, all that would be left would be the very lowest of the low
debunkers.  You prove me right - once again!!!

And now: the three Golden rules of the UFO debunker:

1) Attack the person not the evidence.  ---- As listed above, the
preponderance of evidence to establish the existence of
extraterrestrials and their other-worldly crafts is overwhelming.  So
instead of acknowledging the evidence, ATTACK the persons'
credibility.  Call them "crackpots" and "lunatics."  If they don't
have a college degree, assault them for that.  If they do have a
degree, even a Ph. D. ask them the relevance of it to the subject
matter.  To quote Vince Lombardi: "The best defense is a good offense"
so be offensive.  Perhaps use a Phil Klass technique, and declare
people who claim to have been abducted by aliens,  "little nobodies,
people seeking celebrity status."  That usually pisses a bunch of
people off.  Another Phil Klass technique which is also very clever,
(as quoted from the Don Ecker radio talk show) just yell out this nice
expletive: "BULLSHIT" and hang up the phone.  That leaves the audience
bewildered and bothered,
and makes you look like the Authority-Figure.

2) Have a closed mind or "Don't bother me with the facts my mind is
made up." --- Unfortunately, sometimes you will have to address the
evidence.  It can be quite ugly and you really don't want to hear it.
So rule #2 is keep a stiff upper lip, perhaps roll your eyes and just
drown out the other person when they are trying to make a point or
quote a statistic.   Try to dismiss the facts, here is another quote
from the Messiah, Phil Klass, "Even airline pilots can be grossly
mistaken."  Wow!  Would you really want to fly commercially if that
was true, I sure wouldn't.  But by the time the audience tries to
figure out what you meant, just move on to another one liner, such as
"Wrong, wrong, wrong!"

Now, whom is the audience going to believe someone who just
illuminated a point by using some great research, or you, the
"debunker" who only has to say "wrong, wrong, wrong."  You may try
throwing in some obscure references and words like "confabulation."
Gets them every time!

3) Come up with any kind of flimsy explanation, it makes people feel
better.  Yes students, it's still really potent, spouting a reason
that lacks substance.  Remember, American's are science-illiterates,
and they wouldn't know an isotope from ice cream, or an electron from
a election. So razzle-dazzle them with b.s.  Here are a bunch of
official-sounding  denials that lack merit, but sound plausible: swamp
gas (but only where there's swamps!), atmospheric mumbo-jumbo,
temperature inversions, funny looking clouds, planets, hallucinations,
shadows and light, smoke and mirrors,  mistaken this or that, hoaxes,
and that old standby, "Doug and Dave" which was recently used capably
in Parade magazine by you know whom!!!!! (He is deceased now but his
memory lives on!)