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From: SkippyPB on 23 Jun 2010 13:58 On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:44:32 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: >In article <c13d227e-2b1f-4079-add2-abc0b667bff4(a)z8g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>, >Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>On Jun 23, 3:47?am, "Pete Dashwood" >><dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >>> >>> > And now I have found out that the coward behind the offensive email is >>> > hiding behind a freely available anonymizer. >>> >>> Imagine for a moment what it must be like to be him/her... All that hatred >>> just burning you up. I have to believe this is not a happy person. Perhaps >>> we all get what we deserve... :-) >>> >> >>I know what it is like to be like that person. A friend of mine is a >>certified paranoid schizophrenic with a burning hatred for foreigners >>with a skin colour suggestive of even the most lightest of tans. > >[snip] > >>His views are hypocritical as he has black friends whom he classes as >>whites because they don't behave like the stereotypical blacks he sees >>in the worst of American TV. > >Mr Maclean, if he is a certified paranoid schizophrenic then his views >might be seen less as subject to 'hyporcisy' and more as subject to >'irrationality'. You might want to websearch the punchline 'dead men do >bleed' for an example. > >DD Isn't all racism "irrational"? Regards, -- //// (o o) -oOO--(_)--OOo- "You have to learn to crawl before you can grovel." -- Art Grinath ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove nospam to email me. Steve
From: Anonymous on 23 Jun 2010 14:22 In article <mpi4265ie87cupsc2j5p15gi7v5448fucm(a)4ax.com>, SkippyPB <swiegand(a)Nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote: >On Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:44:32 +0000 (UTC), docdwarf(a)panix.com () wrote: > >>In article <c13d227e-2b1f-4079-add2-abc0b667bff4(a)z8g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>, >>Alistair <alistair(a)ld50macca.demon.co.uk> wrote: >>>On Jun 23, 3:47?am, "Pete Dashwood" >>><dashw...(a)removethis.enternet.co.nz> wrote: >>>> >>>> > And now I have found out that the coward behind the offensive email is >>>> > hiding behind a freely available anonymizer. >>>> >>>> Imagine for a moment what it must be like to be him/her... All that hatred >>>> just burning you up. I have to believe this is not a happy person. Perhaps >>>> we all get what we deserve... :-) >>>> >>> >>>I know what it is like to be like that person. A friend of mine is a >>>certified paranoid schizophrenic with a burning hatred for foreigners >>>with a skin colour suggestive of even the most lightest of tans. >> >>[snip] >> >>>His views are hypocritical as he has black friends whom he classes as >>>whites because they don't behave like the stereotypical blacks he sees >>>in the worst of American TV. >> >>Mr Maclean, if he is a certified paranoid schizophrenic then his views >>might be seen less as subject to 'hyporcisy' and more as subject to >>'irrationality'. You might want to websearch the punchline 'dead men do >>bleed' for an example. >> >>DD > >Isn't all racism "irrational"? Whether it is or it isn't, attempting rational discourse with a certified paranoid schizophrenic might not be considered the most fruitful of passtimes. DD
From: Michael Wojcik on 23 Jun 2010 17:04 SkippyPB wrote: > > Isn't all racism "irrational"? No; that's partly what makes it so dangerous. Much of so-called "scientific racism", for example, is quite rational: it consists of a set of premises, and conclusions formulated by the application of logic to those premises. The premises are ill-founded, and the conclusions abhorrent, but that doesn't make it irrational, however dangerous and wrong. "Rational" is not a synonym for "good" or even for "well thought out". -- Michael Wojcik Micro Focus Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
From: Michael Wojcik on 23 Jun 2010 17:06 Pete Dashwood wrote: > > Imagine for a moment what it must be like to be him/her... All that hatred > just burning you up. I have to believe this is not a happy person. It could just as easily be a troll looking to get a rise out of someone. Best to ignore posts like this. -- Michael Wojcik Micro Focus Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University
From: Michael Wojcik on 23 Jun 2010 17:07
Alistair wrote: > > There are limits to free speech. And whom can we trust to set them, and assign penalties for trespass? -- Michael Wojcik Micro Focus Rhetoric & Writing, Michigan State University |