MIGHT THE S-T-Y-L-E OF POSTING OF THE OPPOSING GROUPS HERE INDICATE SOMETHING ABOUT THE STRENGTHS OF THEIR/OUR POSITIONS?
Minor point, but not totally unimportant for illuminating the thinking of the "Yes, Apollo landed on the Moon" side of this debate.
It was asserted in no uncertain terms that I was the alter-ego / dupe account of Legit Question (seemingly on the sole basis of the two of us having agreement on ONE issue: our contention that NASA didn't put a man on the Moon).
Subsequent to that, I posted four things germaine to this point:
1) My suggestion to Legit Question that he stop using ad-hominems (something he seemed to have done a lot of and then agreed to avoid generally);
2) My statement that I disagree with Legit Question that humans can never get past the Van Allen Belts (I THINK but am far from sure, that in the future we'll ship up to low Earth orbit enough lead (and robotic assemblers) to build a space ship capable of getting humans safely thru the radiation challenges).
3) My statement of belief that the Flat Earther "Movement" is being manipulated by the 545 American billionaires for THEIR interests THRU an appeal to Bible-based religious fundamentalists, i.e., an all-out rejection of all things scientific.
4) My statement that I TEND to accept as fact MOST of NASA's claims EXCEPT about putting men on the Moon.
AFTER I had made those points; no one (including those who previously did so) has accused me of being Legit Question's alt-account; yet none have owned up to their incorrect assertions-as-fact. Hmmm
Contrarywise, I have, in EVERY CASE where I have been shown to have erred in any way ... I have owned up to my mistakes (i.e., "sloppiness on my part").
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I propose to all IMPARTIAL observers of this debate that you-all OBSERVE the S-T-Y-L-E being employed by the two sides. On our, "No, NASA didn't put men on the Moon" side, we've mostly and increasingly stayed away from ad-hominems, (endless) use of the word "troll", and use of ridicule in general. Whereas the other side has pretty much CONSTANTLY used exactly those UNPRINCIPLED terms and tactics.
I propose that resorting to unprincipled means is a CLEAR sign of weakness - and, thus, INSTRUCTIVE in and of itself.
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btw, the only possible time, that it MIGHT be alleged that I went "over-board" was the ONE time I called ONE claim as "outright lying". The author of what I criticized complained about this BUT did admit that his claim had been wrong. He/she attributed this to too-quickly-done-research of the matter (which I graciously accepted the self-criticism of) - yet, one could certainly make the case that it sure SEEMED like "outright lying" - because his/her original claim (made with 100% assurety) was that batteries were NOT used on Apollo; but instead fuel cells - which WAS dead wrong.
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My Point Here:
If / when one can not (at least temporarily) figure out who is right and who is wrong in a debate vis-a-vis the C-O-N-T-E-N-T, it CAN BE QUITE USEFUL to pay attention to the S-T-Y-L-E each side uses in that debate. My contention being that, while naturally the are exceptions, IN GENERAL, the side that "fights" the cleanest (guided most by higher moral principles) is the side closer to the truth; and vice-versa. After all, why resort to ad-hominems IF you've got truth on your side. (And, people should be aware, that in a "mud-slinging" contest, both / all sides tend to get smeared with the same brush - i.e., it TENDS to make both sides look bad - which is the exact opposite interest of the side defending the truth).