On 6/1/05, Tony Sidaway minorityreport@bluebottle.com wrote:
The smart person, being a smart person, will realise that he has failed to persuade, and will henceforth exercise his persuasive skills to the extent that, being smart and (one is presuming here) demonstrably correct, he will prevail. Or else, being a smart person, he could realise he was wrong.
or being a smart person he will realize that he is arguing with Tony Sidaway, conclude that attempting to empty the oceans with a dixie cup would be more productive, and just give up.