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The Gish Gallop is named after Duane Gish, the debating style of whom is characterised as this by the Holy Wikipedia:
Gish has been characterized as using a rapid-fire approach during a debate, presenting arguments and changing topics very quickly. Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, has dubbed this approach the “Gish Gallop,” describing it as “where the creationist is allowed to run on for 45 minutes or an hour, spewing forth torrents of error that the evolutionist hasn't a prayer of refuting in the format of a debate” and criticized Gish for failing to answer objections raised by his opponents.
Since the coining of the phrase “Gish Gallop” several other religious apologists have been attributed with the use of this debating technique, notable examples being Dinesh D'Souza and William Lane Craig. The phrase has also come to be used as a pejorative to describe similar debate styles employed by proponents of other, usually fringe beliefs, such as homeopathy or the moon landing hoax.
AWHN's use of the Gish Gallop in an adjacent thread is evidence that he is running scared of actually discussing anything critically. If he wanted to make one point at a time I'd be very happy to take him on.
Presumably he doesn't mind being thought of as extremely rude for his abuse of the forum in this way.
Stuart
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