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At 03:04 PM 6/27/04 -0700, s wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>On a discussion list it is quite
appropriate to discuss what the discussion space is and is not for
including what is and is not reasonable discourse and topics.
It is also appropriate to react to what is discussed
honestly. If these things are not important then it is not a
"discussion list" at all. The "attack"
was on a topic under discussion that was designed and delivered to be
inflammatory to start with. That it got some flame is honestly to
be expected. And no, I do not agree that we should only discuss
dispassionately the murder of hundreds of thousand, the razing of sacred
sites of no less than three western religion or declaring ourselves at
war with a world religion. <br>
We are not dispassionate computers weighing the hypothetical
results of unleashing such violence. Nor should we
be.</blockquote><br><br>
S, you show some sound judgment with you post, above. Yet, it is
unacceptable on this list to accept posts with subject headers such as
the one used by Hubert. It is inexcusable and not a mindful way to
deal with the distaste he, you, or anyone felt about the Robert's thread.
Two wrongs do not make a right. <br><br>
Natasha<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>- samantha<br><br>
On Jun 27, 2004, at 10:54 AM, Adrian Tymes wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>--- Samantha Atkins
<samantha@objectent.com> wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>So being a critic is unreasonable
behavior calling<br>
for severe reprimand<br>
and even being labeled as a "fascist" but proposing<br>
blowing up many<br>
thousands of people and centers of one or more<br>
religions is merely<br>
being a "devil's advocate". How does that
work?</blockquote><br>
This is a discussion list. This list is here for the<br>
purpose of discussion. Attacking the discussion<br>
itself is therefore worse than any particular thing<br>
being discussed.<br>
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