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Old 6th June 2010, 07:06 PM   #881
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What advantage does a live debate have over a written transcript that includes documented sources.

Lenny gives several advantages of a live debate over a written debate;


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Originally Posted by MWave

The advantages to this form of venue are:

1) Responses are instantaneous, rather than hours or days apart;

2) Neither side can evade points they lose by simply ignoring them and diverting attention to a new point (at least, and not get away with it and be clearly exposed as doing so);

3) Neither side can resort to personal attacks in an effort to discredit their opponent when they cannot discredit their opponent's point (not saying you do this, Juulie, but it is what about 90% of the anti-MLM/Yoli argument here is based on);

4) Neither side can reintroduce a previously failed point simply because it has been sufficiently buried (as is a common tactic in this message board);

5) Neither side can cover for their ignorance of the subject matter by doing hours of research and study to construct a response to a point they can't counter - either we know what we're talking about when we make the accusation or rebuttal, or we do not;

6) The debate cannot be hijacked and grossly disrupted by internet trolls;

7) The audience does not have to take hours to read through literally hundreds of both relevant and extraneous posts to review and catch up on the debate;

8) The audience is significantly larger.

And we are certainly not going to have some ridiculous logomachy over what we're calling this..
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:08 PM   #882
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Welcome to the Lenny Chadwick WOW* factor. Most people cry "uncle" after about 50,000 words from Lenny. However, this board seems to be holding up nicely.

*Wall Of Words.

Huh????? Chadwick=Lenny????


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Old 6th June 2010, 07:14 PM   #883
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He is not the only one trying that approach, one way of cooping is to ignore the wall of text and repeat ones question or point.

At the moment it looks like his posting here have run out of purpose, but not words.
In his own strange way, Lenny could actually be doing some accidental good. I'm convinced his attacks in the Yoli thread helped that thread rise to the first page of Google.

I just searched on Google for Amega wand scam. This thread is now ranked in the second position. Hopefully a few people won't waste $300 because they found this thread before buying a magic stick.
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:18 PM   #884
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Huh????? Chadwick=Lenny????


If you review their posts, and the timing, I think you will see what I see.

You also will notice Lenny has avoided my question about whether he owns a magic stick.
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:22 PM   #885
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Originally Posted by Live&Learn View Post
If you review their posts, and the timing, I think you will see what I see.

You also will notice Lenny has avoided my question about whether he owns a magic stick.
I will be totally astonished if that is the case.
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:25 PM   #886
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Considering they are being sold for profit, you better send it to several laboratories to get tested and make sure they actually have the amounts claimed on the label! Also, if you happen to find a place on the internet that sells a particular item for cheaper then you can safely advertise that the other retailer is a scam artist.

Emet, I prey on gullible people and enjoy ripping them off with snake oil and laughing about it.

As for the "49" it says: "Starter Kit". I don't think I need to scan another picture of it just to prove that's what it says. I don't really have anything to hide.

I'll let you guys know when I send it back and if I get my money back.

p.m it's not a true mlm (because it doesn't have residual income), it's a 1up, but what difference does it make? If something is being purported to "work" and it doesn't as being claimed then it doesn't matter HOW it's being sold.
You sound like quite the expert on MLM comp plans. Are you ready to explain the 1up to us?

I find it to be a fascinating coincidence that we have another expert on MLM comp plans posting here. Len Clements. How did we get so lucky?
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:27 PM   #887
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I will be totally astonished if that is the case.
Why? Because Lenny is a card carrying JREF member?
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:41 PM   #888
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Why? Because Lenny is a card carrying JREF member?
No, they just have two totally different writing styles, and I'm pretty sure this is Chadwick:
http://shop.enivausa.com/chadwick/en-us/Default.aspx

But I've been wrong before.
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:48 PM   #889
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Emet, I prey on gullible people and enjoy ripping them off with snake oil and laughing about it.
Certainly at least past of that statement is true.

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Chadwick=Lenny????
Both are MLMers...but Chadwick has probably given up the cause, and is off licking his wounds.

Lennie, on the other hand...
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Old 6th June 2010, 07:54 PM   #890
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No, they just have two totally different writing styles, and I'm pretty sure this is Chadwick:
http://shop.enivausa.com/chadwick/en-us/Default.aspx

But I've been wrong before.
I've been wrong before too. However you will notice they share a desire to have posters use their full real name. That's a bad idea. There are some sick people online who will take a message board disagreement into real life.

At best I view them as the Lenny/Chadwick tag team.
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Originally Posted by Sledge View Post
*returns to internet*
Oh ho! This ought to be fun. Let's see what Lenny's got to say...


I've already expressed my regret for having used the "P" word earlier (and have asked the admin to remove the post).


Did you ask to have the infraction you received for it removed as well?

How did that go?


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But come on guys... even those of you here who are opposing me, in your heart, have to agree that in the case of this one particular poster - and only this one - the term fits!


You regret referring to the other posters as a bunch of pricks, you asked for the post where you did so to be removed, you were infracted for it, and yet now you're asking us to agree with you in re-applying that epithet to one of our number?

Srsly?


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Is anyone embarrassed by having someone like this standing on your side of the fence with you?


You're kidding, aren't you?




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In spite of what the trolls from scam.com will tell you, I do not use the term "troll" gratuitously nor derogatorily. As I'm sure most of you know, I'm not referring to smelly creatures that live under bridges. I'm referring to this:

<superfluous link redacted>


Well, duh. Do you think we all came down in the last shower, Lenny?


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Sledge is the epitome of an internet troll.

Len


Thanks for the heads-up, Mr Credibility. How did we ever manage before you came along to enlighten us all.
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Old 6th June 2010, 08:27 PM   #892
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I'm pretty sure this is Chadwick:
http://shop.enivausa.com/chadwick/en-us/Default.aspx

But I've been wrong before.
You're spot on. Which made his refusal to answer Live&Learn and my questions all the more ridiculous.

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Honestly i was trying to get the ordering process over with that I didn't pay a huge amount of attention to the wording. I was more interested in getting assured that there was a "Money back guarantee" before I risked buying the thing.

Do you want me to inquire and find out if my order was considered retail or wholesale? I really do not know!

p.s. I just looked at the order invoice and it says I'm a "BA". So what does that mean? That I got ripped off when I could have bought it for cheaper?
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I was told verbally of the policy. If there isn't, I guess I've been really had.
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Fear not, they are not a competitor -- it's not even in the same category.
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No it is sold as a 1up, not an mlm (basically after someone buys it you get the commission and it's over). But it really wouldn't matter. The structure of MLM is not bad as long as a company is selling a legitimate product and not lying about what it actually can do. There's no ethical difference between selling something in a store for commission or through a network marketing platform for the same thing..., but of course, the devil is in the details and it's always important for the person to know what they are getting into. I'm not endorsing any particular mlm but it's incorrect to take a blatant assault on all programs simply because there are a lot of bad ones.
Well, my brain is starting to melt, but Chadwick admitted to having an interest in nutritional supplementation; admitted his products don't compete with the magic stick; feigned ignorance about what exactly he paid for, yet knows the difference between compensation plans of MLMs; denied it was an MLM...

link

Of course you're right, Olowkow.

I rest my case.
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Old 6th June 2010, 08:28 PM   #893
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Lenny gives several advantages of a live debate over a written debate;
If Len Clements had his way we'd never hear the following during congressional debates:::

"Mister Speaker.. I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks..."

And Lenny sez "*****!!!"
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Old 6th June 2010, 08:51 PM   #894
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Originally Posted by Live&Learn View Post
Why? Because Lenny is a card carrying JREF member?


Ooh! A timely reminder that Mr Clements appears to have missed an earlier post of mine. I'd better help him out

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Originally Posted by MWave View Post
For the record, I’m stating here in no uncertain terms, no matter what assistance I ever get from this forum (should I ever get it), I absolutely WILL NOT mention JREF or any aspect of it, in any way, anywhere within anything related to this study.

Now just imagine how much fun you can have with this post if I do

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Hello all,

I've been a card carrying member of JREF (and CSICOP) for several years, but just wandered (slight pun indented) into this forum for the first time in search for discussions on this very topic - the Amega AMWand.

<snip>

Thanks.

Len Clements

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Anyway, that's just a side-issue.

What I'd really like to know is why Lenny is so keen to test Teh Stick™ in the first place. Of all the scams, shonky products and pieces of blue sky for sale in the world, why has this ridiculous magic stick been singled out as a focus for his awesome Powerz of Advocacy™


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Of course, that's not what I said at all. You're again playing semantic games with my actual point, which you seem to have no actual rebuttal to. In a live debate each side still has the ability to research the other's claims and expose them as erroneous after the debate is concluded.

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Old 6th June 2010, 09:11 PM   #895
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Fear not, they are not a competitor -- it's not even in the same category. There are hundreds of thousands of mlm companies and products. BTW, it's rather tragic that the mlm industry is so disproportionately saturated with crookedness compared with most other forms of business distribution.
I agree. Crookedness is tragic. Why do you think MLM has this problem?

Here's what puzzles me. Why were you were unwilling to tell us about Eniva? You can start a thread in the Economics, Business and Finance forum about that company. When I have time, I will start a thread about Yoli.
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What I'd really like to know is why Lenny is so keen to test Teh Stick™ in the first place.
Probably for the same reason as Chadwick.

My guess theory: The MLM industry is so full of super duper scammers, and it's getting harder for the merely duper scammers to find sheeple recruits. By "cleaning" up the industry and exposing the supe-dupes, the merely dupes seem to believe it gives them credibility, respectability, and the ability to still steal earn a living.
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<snip>

What I'd really like to know is why Lenny is so keen to test Teh Stick™ in the first place. Of all the scams, shonky products and pieces of blue sky for sale in the world, why has this ridiculous magic stick been singled out as a focus for his awesome Powerz of Advocacy™
I believe you were very close to the heart of the matter when you mentioned Len might be looking for a way to leverage his JREF connection. My guess, based on watching how he operates, is that he thought he could use this board to improve his battered online reputation. He probably expected to receive the Conquering Hero welcome from you guys and gals when he showed up.

Oops!


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Old 6th June 2010, 09:23 PM   #898
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If you review their posts, and the timing, I think you will see what I see.
(A brief sidebar for fans of Len Clements)

"Mwave a.k.a. Chadwick"

So first Len Clements ("Mwave") gets bent with his reception here and decides to shun us one and all. Three days later some goober named "Chadwick" magically appears with the same writing style and arguments --and drops 37+ posts (on this thread alone and nowhere else) between June 2-4. After the connection between the two is made then Len pops back up the next day --June 5th-- gives some oddball excuse about being so far out in the sticks he had no Internet access. True to form he dumps a steamin' load on one day --21 posts last time I counted. Not unexpectedly Chadwick is still AWOL.

Not that any of this matters unless there's a rule against one person having multiple identities. If Len wanted to argue his points then why all the deception? (Wait.. an MLMer involved in "deception"? Say it ain't so!)

Oh well, I'm just glad to have him back for the entertainment. But one wonders his motives (and sanity) for coming here to difinitively "prove" once and for all that a useless piece of crap is indeed just that. I rather doubt he gives a rats' about busting a scam. What he IS desperate to do (IMO) is to rehab his career and reputation. The problem is, the more he opens his condescending yap the deeper he sinks.

So I'm half expecting to see one of his "Mwave Watchdog" reports about the Amega Wand on his website soon. Not that it'll matter much. Here's a traffic report to his website (for grins I threw in a chart for Yoli).

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/yol...etwaveinc.com/

Hell, even my crappy website beats these. Such is the reality of most MLMillionaires.

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Old 6th June 2010, 09:49 PM   #899
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Probably for the same reason as Chadwick.

My guess theory: The MLM industry is so full of super duper scammers, and it's getting harder for the merely duper scammers to find sheeple recruits. By "cleaning" up the industry and exposing the supe-dupes, the merely dupes seem to believe it gives them credibility, respectability, and the ability to still steal earn a living.



It looks like my first guess about both of this fellow was pretty good, and I find that in itself rather telling. It seemed to me so transparently obvious that this was the real agenda that I thought I must have been missing something.

I think we need to consider that there may be a class of below-duper scammers operating hereabouts.


Originally Posted by Live&Learn View Post
I believe you were very close to the heart of the matter when you mentioned Len might be looking for a way to leverage his JREF connection. My guess, based on watching how he operates, is that he thought he could use this board to improve his battered online reputation. He probably expected to receive the Conquering Hero welcome from you guys and gals when he showed up.

Oops!




For scammers and woo-peddlers alike, this place is a bit like the line from the song New York, New York - "If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere."

He didn't.
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Hey, I found this forum by searching Google. I was searching for information about Amega, and found this thread. It is VERY simple to understand... I am only lending information about something YOU SELFRIGHTIOUS IDIOTS can't... or won't... try to understand.

I have had heated discussions with physicist, doctors, educators, polititians, and other "experts" of their chosen field of study. Most all times, I feel relief when I see in their eyes.... then from their words... "You know, you may be on to something."
Then there's hope! Here's someone who found this thread using Google.
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It looks like my first guess about both of this fellow was pretty good, and I find that in itself rather telling. It seemed to me so transparently obvious that this was the real agenda that I thought I must have been missing something.

I think we need to consider that there may be a class of below-duper scammers operating hereabouts.

For scammers and woo-peddlers alike, this place is a bit like the line from the song New York, New York - "If I can make it here, I'll make it anywhere."

He didn't.
Don't forget.. Len Clements recently wormed his way into the position of "Administrator" at Scam.com in order to clean house. As such he now has power over the Moderators (some whom have quit or been excommunicated) and, presumably, the ability to delete criticism of himself.

The problem for him is that, as predicted, his critics have simply moved to other forums. Most irksom by far has to be the bare butt beating he is taking here on his beloved JREF... an association he has continuously exploited --and presumably profited from-- for years via his website and press releases.

The same goes for MENSA whose name and trademark he also exploits despite not being a member since 2005 (I know cuz I wrote and asked.. no crime in that). Apparently Len hasn't felt the need to remit the $59 annual dues. And here I thought he was rolling in MLM dough...

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(Well, it will, but I don't have a good superhero quote for people who come and go as they please.)


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Is anyone embarrassed by having someone like this standing on your side of the fence with you?
I, for one, agree with this. We should've banned his sorry arse ages ago. He just clutters up threads with snide remarks and brings nothing to any thread other than his personal animosity and blind prejudices.

Who are we talking about, by the way?



So - the old "Debate Me" canard, eh Len? We've had Truthers who thought this was a good idea, (most of them can be located now in Foster's Home For Imaginary Debaters) and they all seemed to have one thing in common with each other (and apparently you); they are Slicky Boys. Fast-talking, glib, experienced public speakers, etc... It doesn't matter whether they have any actual facts. What use are facts in a debate where three out of your five points are all based on "Isn't Len Trustworthy? Isn't Len Swell. Why Don't We All Work Harder to be More Like Len?" Those are all opinion pieces, Len. What are we gonna do? Stand there and repeatedly say, "Are not!"?

And, by the way, I'm a trainer and very adequate public speaker. And I'm a fast-talking New York Jewboy, so you set up the venue. Topic: Just How Successful and Swell Is Len, Anyway?

I will, of course, require full disclosure - including Powers of Attorney so that I can contact your bank and your accountant and financial advisor plus, naturally, all your teachers, doctors, co-workers, etc... throughout your entire life. I mean.... Swelldom is a lifelong thing, right? You don't just attain swellness overnight. I should know, I took the Michael J. Fox Swelliness Awareness course to get this swell, so I'm definitely an authority on the subject. Why I've been asked to testify in several of the better known Swellitude investigations in Malaysia and Bhutan.

I mean, why clutter the discussions with all that crap about MLM? There are books written on the subject, dozens of books, pro-and-con. What are you going to settle in a six hour debate that hasn't been covered in the hundred thousand pages that have been written on the subject? But a debate on your swellness (which seems to be your main concern) should be well worth it.




The Venerable Get A Life Fallacy. Some of us are actually retired, Len. Some of us aren't. Some of us are students. Yet again, some of us are poor, but use the internet as a lifeline. Some of us are just plain frakkin' rich from never having had our bank accounts sucked dry by some slick outta town gambler or MLM profiteer. And some of us have jobs where we can use the internet at work and don't have to stop off at Ray's Internet Cafe and Frog Gigging Center on Route 11.
Oh, and I'd match my life - quantity and quality - to yours any day. Drop in next time you're in Hong Kong. Or have your girl call my girl. We'll do lunch next time I'm on the coast, babe.
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Well, thanks.

I think I've been nominated about five times (never won, sniff... and after years of sucking up to Hokulele*), and at least four of them have been for rants. I'm beginning to see a pattern, here.

*Note to self. Go check the tea shop to see if the Dragon Wall and Bird's Tongue has arrived! (I owe Gidget some green tea since well before my bypass - those are obscure types that I asked them to bring in for me because they were out - oh about three months ago. I'm nothing if not a procrastinator.)

Sorry for derail - back to Teh Stick. Where were we, now?
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Old 7th June 2010, 04:48 AM   #906
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Originally Posted by Foolmewunz View Post
Sorry for derail - back to Teh Stick. Where were we, now?


Good point, FMW. Our thread has come a long way from its humble beginnings, and it may serve us well to have a little reminder of the awesomevity that is Teh Stick™.

This is from amegawandenergy.com, which calls itself "an Amega Review Site".


The many uses of the AMEGA wand:

  • To release energy blockage into your body cells.

  • In order to clear the distortions inside our Bio energetic magnetic field.

  • To be able to help our bodies in therapeutic healing.

  • To energize the meals and also fluids therefore improving strength.

  • On domestic pets and also vegetation in order to supplement energy insufficiency.

  • To assist other people as a result of pains, aches along with other health conditions.

  • In order to energize your natural environment through which all of us reside


AMEGA Wand and Health Benefits: The Zero Point Energy Global Opportunity

Scalar Power - Scalar Energy


  • Help our own bodies to acquire homeostasis situation.

  • Assist our own body?s Bio energetic area to resource Zero Point Energy.

  • Reduces most all associated with pain, soreness and also helps restorative healing.

  • Stimulates the dangerous elements through the fluid we all consume, and also the foods we all eat.

  • Energizes lotions, essential oil for much better absorption of vitamins and minerals.

  • Helps as well as fortifies the circulation of energy in our entire body.

  • Unblocks and beefs up the circulation of energy in your entire body.

  • Encourages physical capabilities and strengthens immunity defenses.


Release energy blockage into my body cells? Clear the distortions inside my Bio energetic magnetic field? Acquire homeostasis situation?

Sign me up!!!

Srsly, how much effort should we be putting into debunking this drivel? Any?
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Old 7th June 2010, 04:51 AM   #907
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Srsly, how much effort should we be putting into debunking this drivel? Any?
If all the bunk were to be removed from Amega's claims, it would leave such a vacuum I would fear for the stability of our solar system. Or as I recently pointed out in another place, the absence of facts creates a veritable facuum.
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Old 7th June 2010, 04:56 AM   #908
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Originally Posted by Foolmewunz View Post
Sorry for derail - back to Teh Stick. Where were we, now?
I think you just stuck it to Lenny in no uncertain terms. Kudos, sir.


Akhenaten, you're right. There is nothing to debunk here, at least until the next nerk with a magic stick rocks up telling us how he can make lemons sweet.
*thinks*
Maybe they're planning to make lemonade without the sugar.
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Old 7th June 2010, 05:09 AM   #909
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Originally Posted by Akhenaten View Post
Srsly, how much effort should we be putting into debunking this drivel? Any?
None. That type of mumbo-jumbo have been debunked ad nausea elsewhere.

One point though, laughing is good for ones health, so this tread have actually added to the sticks healing power. (not really an endorsement)

ETA: Good points Foolmewunz
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Old 7th June 2010, 05:29 AM   #910
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Had I known the level of truly golden wit that was being dispersed here with such reckless abandon, I'd have made a special point to get here much sooner! I have not laughed so hard in some time. Thank you. Thank you very much. I guess those silly sticks do have some kind of magic in them after all. Who knew?

Bravo!

Ditto!

This thread has to contain some of the best humor I've found anywhere!


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Drop in next time you're in Hong Kong. Or have your girl call my girl. We'll do lunch next time I'm on the coast, babe.

Too bad you didn't make that offer sooner. Lenny was in Bangkok not long ago doing a training session. (I haven't checked, but Bangkok/Hong Kong can't be much more than a short bus ride apart?) Anyhow, as Lenny told the story...

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BTW, this “broke” guy probably won’t be posting next weekend because I just learned that I’ll be getting paid $1,500 a day to do a three day training in Bangkok. First class airfare and hotel accommodations included.


Len

Funny thing was though, the weekend of the big training session, Lenny was furiously posting away on scam.com - and not from Bangkok.

Something about the event being canceled I recall.
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Originally Posted by Doc Bunkum View Post
Ditto!

This thread has to contain some of the best humor I've found anywhere!





Too bad you didn't make that offer sooner. Lenny was in Bangkok not long ago doing a training session. (I haven't checked, but Bangkok/Hong Kong can't be much more than a short bus ride apart?) Anyhow, as Lenny told the story...




Funny thing was though, the weekend of the big training session, Lenny was furiously posting away on scam.com - and not from Bangkok.

Something about the event being canceled I recall.
Yeah, we just go to the Hay Hay Kitchen, take a left and drive about 2500 miles.

I'm actually in Bangkok quite often. See that there avatar. Half-Thai (the good looking parts, I assure you). We'd be delighted to ambush listen to one of his presentations.

But the 1500 a day is probably the stuff of fantasy. (I'm sure a heartfelt testimonial and no evidence will be here shortly, though.) My company gets that for my outside speaking engagements, but not in a semi-third world economy like Thailand. And then again, I have something they want to hear (not snake oil - Logistics, UCP600, Incoterms, International Commercial Transactions).
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Old 7th June 2010, 06:17 AM   #912
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<snip>

One point though, laughing is good for ones health , <snip>
Lennie prefers debating because when he writes he is either abusive or easy to debug.

Clements vs. Taylor
Clements vs. Webster
Clements vs. Coenen
Coenen again

I wonder if any MLMs sell anger management tapes, tranquilizers, or mood stabilizers?

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Lennie prefers debating because when he writes he is either abusive or easy to debug.
Your examples do not surprise me.
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As to this laughing thing? Be assured, some of our most deadly serious posters are funnier than hell.

When you guys make your ways around the forum, you'll find a number of them (a few are here - Akhenaten and Sledge and Hokulele, obviously,... and I'll include myself if I may be so unhumble), but Central Scutinizer, The Marquis de Carabas, Tragic Monkey, Joey Donuts, et al (gah, I know I've offended someone and I'll be shunned in the next kegger at Phil Plait's house)... frankly, I'm humbled by some of these folks.

My take, and I assumethat of many of the flingers of bon mots, one-liners, and faux tirades/rants is that absurd propositions, scams, and hucksters are fair game for ridicule. Ridicule is a very effective debating tool. But lest we appear soft, be assured, as I said, that a lot of this is deadly serious humor.
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If all the bunk were to be removed from Amega's claims, it would leave such a vacuum I would fear for the stability of our solar system. Or as I recently pointed out in another place, the absence of facts creates a veritable facuum.


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Originally Posted by Foolmewunz View Post

<well said, my friend>


My take, and I assume that of many of the flingers of bon mots, one-liners, and faux tirades/rants is that absurd propositions, scams, and hucksters are fair game for ridicule. Ridicule is a very effective debating tool. But lest we appear soft, be assured, as I said, that a lot of this is deadly serious humor.


Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them . . .

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I'd also point out that we're not making money off posting here, we're doing this at least in part for our own entertainment. Might as well have a little fun whilst doing some debunking.
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Maybe someone from Amega will send us all a free Teh Stick™, in consideration of the wonderful publicity we've provided.
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In return, we'll do an in depth review for the next edition of Squid Fishing Monthly.
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Originally Posted by Akhenaten View Post
Nicely done sir...

No doubt the sequel would be called A M E G A S

And maybe if it ran to a second sequel it could be called The Three Amegas.
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