Why is Mr. Lundahl Debating Me If He Can’t or Won’t Access My Recommended References?
Kevin R. Henke
October 29, 2022
In Lundahl (2022k), Mr. Lundahl complains about not being able to locate one of my references, Senter (2019), and that I did not cite any of the arguments from it against Kent Hovind and others’ claims about fire-breathing dragons. I responded to him in Henke (2022bc) and Henke (2022bd), and told him that if he wants to debate me, he has the responsibility of finding some way of obtaining copies of my recommended references. Lundahl (2022u) then responds to Henke (2022bc) and Henke (2022bd), and again complains about not being able to readily access Senter (2019) and that I won’t summarize any of the arguments from that book.
As I said before, I’m not going to extensively discuss any of my references until I see evidence that Mr. Lundahl has a copy of it. How can Mr. Lundahl effectively review any of my references in context if he won’t or can’t read them? How can Mr. Lundahl successfully debate anyone if his sources are almost entirely limited to Wikipedia and easily clickable links on the Internet? I also know what Mr. Lundahl wants to do. He wants me to summarize the documents for him so that he can attack my summaries and then convince himself and our readers that the documents are worthless without him having to take the time to get copies and read them. No thanks, Mr. Lundahl, I’m not going to do your leg work for you. I’m also not going to possibly violate copyrights by extensively quoting my references. As I stated before, this is one of the rules that’s a non-negotiable requirement for anyone debating me:
7. I will provide information or links so that individuals can look up my references. I will not provide copies or summaries of my references. My opponents will need to show some effort and look up the references for themselves and read them. I don't expect my opponents to be lazy.
Mr. Lundahl should have read rule #7 and my other rules and considered the consequences before he agreed to debate me in February 2022. If he can’t access my recommended references, he should not be debating me.
Reference:
Senter, P.J. 2019. Fire-Breathing Dinosaurs? The Hilarious History of Creationist Pseudoscience at Its Silliest: Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 211pp.