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To be honest, I really did not know this fellow from Adam. I read his web page back around late 2001. He had some interesting stuff on it. Musings about hollow Earth theories and how ancient (and not so ancient) literature. He belives that that old, decedent civilizations deep within the Earth influence humanity. It’s that old Richard Shaver line, one that seems to jiggle a nerve in some people. The Odd Emperor did a short review of his web page, suggesting that he should go back to school and take some Anthropology classes. I really kind of forgot about him until..

This.

http://home.earthlink.net/~mottimorph/SubterraneanIntro2.html

First, Thanks for the attention.

> The thesis sentence here seems to be something like. "Since many cultures have
> recorded myths of strange underground cultures, we must assume that they are
> all correct and there really ARE strange underground civilizations.
> Interesting idea. I would suggest the author of the site take a couple of
> cultural anthropology classes and REALLY blow his mind!

I recommend that you clarify the thesis of your Empire site to reflect your
own apparent ignorance in regard to folklore, mythology, anthropology,
or any number of the topics that you disdain on your site with an
arrogance which seems somehow over-compensatory for -- ?.

Here, learn something:

http://www.rense.com/general37/waves.htm
http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=648

If ignorance is bliss, then you must truly be in Nirvana....

>Underground
> civilization is only the tiniest portion of a huge body of recorded mythology.
> Let me tell you about the Native American myth about how the jackass got his
> tale (tail?)
>

It's certainly evident that you may have some degree of authority on
jackasses' tales--but paradoxically, your own thoughts, personal history,
philosophy, or even meaningful thoughts leave your story woefully flaccid
and thus the world unenlightened as to the fullness of your asininity.
>
> Aw bummer, Subterranean Myths has caved in! The page author has a new page up
> that advertises his crappy self published book, here is the original site.
>

Website URLs change--but ignoramuses never do, as you are so willing to
demonstrate.

Your ignorance is surpassed only by your gall. The nonfiction book is not
"self-published," and is available in several editions, one of which is a
slick tight paperback with both black-and-white and color plates, from
http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/caverns . This is the book that was called
"a fascinating, informative, groundbreaking work" in a review in FATE
magazine (June 2001 issue, if you'd care to look it up).

If you're referring to the fiction work, it's published by Softbook
Press/Gemstar:

http://www.gemstar-ebook.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/eBookstore.woa/wa/find?asset
ID=5459

....and has been, for some time. The edition at my personal site is more
expansive and is a personal project, as it features additional graphics and
extra written material.

Tell me, how many glowing reviews have you seen in regard to your own work,
research, website, or even your personality? Little to none, I'd wager.

For that matter, where are your _original_ works, ideas, concepts, or
writings to be found in the marketplace of ideas? Again, I would guess a
resounding NOWHERE will answer this.

If you wish to publish this message, at least have the guts to publish it in
its entirety. Of course, I fully expect you not to do so. Self-styled
"cynics" (not skeptic mind you--cynic) such as yourself tend to spend their
time attacking those things which they either lack the mental capacity to
comprehend or of which they are woefully uniformed, as well as in tearing
down others in envious fits of pique which only mask their own self-loathing
and (deservedly) low self-esteem.

Rest assured: Should you decide to go the route or message reproduction,
I'll be glad to reciprocate in multiple forums. With full message thread
content, of course.

Oh--and you may want to try actually reading a book once in a while. You
might even learn something.

p.s., "non sunt multiplicanda entia praeter necessitatem" is part of the
primary thesis of the nonfiction work
(http://www.hiddenmysteries.com/caverns). Read it, and you might have a
better understanding of the depth of meaning behind Ockham's words.

When one starts out a conversation with something like “you’re an ignoramus” I guess it’s perfectly natural to expect the other party to respond “Ohh yes sir. I AM and ignoramus, thanks for enlightening me regarding my overwhelming personal flaws. (what a great guy!(sniff) ) ”

Foolishly, when the Odd Emperor's had dispute with someone he has usually started out a little more politely, most of the time it’s worked. But since Mr. Mott was spoiling for a fight, there was no reason to disappoint him.

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