A "grand moral vision"

This is another post that was deleted by Yahoo. In it, we shared our thoughts about the history poseurs proclamation of a new and “grand moral vision” for themselves in their mad quest against Odyssey. Enjoy.

It’s interesting Doc and Solomon suggest they only had a passing interest in Odyssey and would have simply moved on if they hadn’t been “attacked” first. Of course, no explanation or evidence is provided about how they were attacked, or by whom.

This goes against the actual *history* of their dealings with Odyssey on their website, and on the Yahoo board. (And, as many have shown here before, it’s ironically the history of their own words that have shown the history poseurs to be distorters, liars and hypocrites.) They’ve been openly hostile to the company since day one – so hostile, in fact, that co-founder Doc finds himself in a courtroom battling libel charges, despite his suggestions that the case would be quickly dismissed with the assistance of the FBI and Attorney General's office. Right.

Let's go to the tape:

Solomon: "If you know anything about History Hunters, we look to reasoned argument based on evidential reasoning. That is, reason and evidence. Provide an argument without supporting evidence, or worse yet, tell lies, and you will at least pique my curiosity. Attack us for this and suffer the consequences."

This arrogant, sniffling, self-important statement perfectly captures the delusional, True Believer nature of the HH folks. Reasoned argument? HH doesn’t allow argument! Post an alternative opinion about Odyssey, no matter how mild its dissent, and watch how fast it disappears from the HH website. But that’s not all, the person's login will be deleted and their IP address banned. How’s that that for “reasoned argument” and "grand moral vision"?

We're also left incredulous by Solomon's claims that the “sheer hatred” directed at Spain by Yahoo posters will practically bring the civilized world to an end. Have there been some nasty comments about Spain on the Yahoo board, and has some of it been over the line? No question, but so what? To suggest that the comments of a bunch of anonymous people posting on an obscure Yahoo financial board is equivalent to Randolph William Hearst and his newspaper's efforts to stir up hatred for a country long ago, is not only incredibly ignorant about history, but also completely lacking in historical perspective. Actually, we’d rank it up there with histrionic, drama queenery at its finest.

To suggest these faceless Yahoo posts “threatens foreign policy,” relations with NATO (a “forced clash”?), and hostility between the Spanish and American people is nothing more than pure, unadulterated stupidity.

Finally, we think the fact that “Solomon” and Doc define their viewpoints as a “grand moral vision,” whereas they label critics of HH and Odyssey supporters as “evil,” says it all. It perfectly demonstrates the simplistic world view of people completely incapable of nuance, perspective, historical knowledge and understanding.

UPDATE: Doc has a date in his libel case in a Tampa courtroom tomorrow, April 24, 2008. Will he show? Will the FBI be present? Stay tuned.