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At 02:19 PM 6/27/04 -0400, Eli wrote: <br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Adrian Tymes wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>--- Samantha Atkins
<samantha@objectent.com> wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>So being a critic is unreasonable
behavior calling for severe<br>
reprimand and even being labeled as a "fascist" but proposing
blowing<br>
up many thousands of people and centers of one or more religions is<br>
merely being a "devil's advocate". How does that
work?</blockquote>This is a discussion list. This list is here for
the purpose of<br>
discussion. Attacking the discussion itself is therefore worse than
any<br>
particular thing being discussed.</blockquote><br>
A complete non-sequitur. It simply doesn't follow.<br><br>
As long as I'm sticking my nose into this: Hubert Mania is wrong to
blame ExI for Bradbury, and blatantly obviously factually wrong to allege
a giant ExI conspiracy to wipe out Sudan. But he's also obviously
not a fascist himself, just a hostile person on a mailing list.
Let's all try and keep our insults within the realm of plausible
possibility.</blockquote><br>
Thank you Eli, I agree with your views. Isn't it interesting that
someone (Hubert) can name call and everyone just sits and listens but
when the person doing the attacking is responded to in kind, he is given
the benefit of the doubt. I think this behavior reflects a level of
"humanity" in people that is both meaningful and potentially
harmful. I think you could have advised that Hubert be less
"reactionary" and more logical in his comments and exceedingly
over broad claims, which are, in fact, entirely ludicrous.<br><br>
Natasha<br><br><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
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