(22-11-2024, 09:51 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I never delete any comments, Rich, do not falsely accuse me. Did it contain a link? Rene had one of his comments swallowed by YouTube because he linked to his website. I had to solve this by replying with the link myself.
The reason why I don't debate you directly is that I'm not prepared for that. To do your arguments justice, I would have to research and write a paper for every one, and the result would be a monograph that nobody would read. I made the video documenting my own insights:
- Any argument based on the moral compass of the medieval author is fiction
- Any argument based on the (lack of) meaning of the text is currently speculative.
- Everything points towards an early 15th century origin. We disagree on this, and you are welcome to post any arguments you like. I saw a number of large comments of yours pass by, did those disappear?
I'll just add that I have a very strong opinion about the relevance of botanists in assessing medieval manuscripts. I don't go to a florist to have my car fixed just because it has a flower drawn on the hood.
Hi Koen: Well then if you didn't delete my comment, I of course apologize. Yes it had a link or two in it, but so did my three part response... many links... and the bot didn't remove those. So I assumed the other comment had been manually removed, by you.
But I should not have made that assumption before writing, publicly, here in this thread, that you did. So yes, I apologize. And I'll edit and add a disclaimer to my vicious slander (kidding... my... mistake), above.
I don't think it would take a paper to address each and every of the points of my hypothesis, before writing or making a video about them. With respect, you did more than make a video about "your own insights", my hypothesis was a focus of your video, and you did name me, after all. So I would think it would be important to get it right.
But I do also understand that some of my complaints about inaccuracies are because they are not areas you are yet familiar with, whether part of my theories or outside of them... and essentially you second that, in your post which I quoted, above.
If you or anyone has any questions about my own ideas, they can search my blog, or even, ask me directly. That would avoid misconceptions about what I actually do and do not believe, and on what evidence I base those beliefs on.
I really appreciate your reasoned response. All the best, Rich.
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(22-11-2024, 11:15 PM)tavie wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Your other comments are showing up for me, Rich.
Thanks, Tavie. The giant three part response is there, I see it, too. I was confused because it has many links in it, yet survived the YT bot, where for some reason, my shorter comment did not. But apparently, Koen didn't remove it, so it is a mystery. I'll post a short response again, and without links, and see what happens.
All the best, Rich.