Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 12:50:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> To: Dave Hayes <dave@jetcafe.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <20020829124035.V63118-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan> In-Reply-To: <200208290958.g7T9wa110717@hokkshideh2.jetcafe.org>
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Dave Hayes wrote: > >> > What if it's "the psyche of the community" itself which you value? > >> > >> Then you are doomed, even without trolls. Psyches change all the > >> time. You've often heard someone bemoan change, this will be no > >> different. > > > > If I'm doomed, then let me come to that cliff naturally, instead > > of having some jerk push me. > > Now there's something you've said that I can truly respect. But isn't the jerk just a part of the dance? > > > > If the troll is a bully, I will accord his rights the same merit > > which he gives to others, which is "none". It is not "bullying" > > to act in self defense. > > It -is- bullying to suppress the expression of unpopular ideas. But then you state (below): > > In the limit, all we are talking about is closed vs. open media, > > for this particular argument. If you admit the permissability > > of closed media, then I don't see the problem with the method of > > closure. > > I would have no problem with this as long as we get some OPEN media, > somewhere...without the voice of every damn social apologist crying > "censor the morons". A rather ironic (read: self-contradictory) sentiment, don't you think? Neal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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