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- Subject: Re: The Writings of Socrates (Re: Hate Speech Oka
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.022726.14305@husc3.harvard.edu>
- From: zeleny@husc9.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny)
- Date: 30 Jul 92 02:27:24 EDT
- References: <1992Jul28.151507.9098@Princeton.EDU> <1992Jul28.185618.14266@husc3.harvard.edu> <1992Jul29.144347.14643@Princeton.EDU>
- Organization: The Phallogocentric Cabal
- Keywords: pompous ignorance
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- In article <1992Jul29.144347.14643@Princeton.EDU>
- egnilges@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Ed Nilges) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Jul28.185618.14266@husc3.harvard.edu>
- >zeleny@husc9.harvard.edu (Michael Zeleny) writes:
-
- EN:
- >>>My experience with the Socratic method of teaching law is limited,
- >>>because I avoid bullies and toad-eaters. I am of course experienced in
- >>>teaching and have read the writings of Socrates.
-
- MZ:
- >>I interrupt this fascinating debate between my two favorite culture
- >>mavens only to announce that the above pearl is hereby entering my
- >>collection of exemplary samples of Edward G. Nilges' wit and wisdom.
-
- EN:
- >Mikhail, you are joining Henry Schaffer in my kill file. You promised
- >the net last fall, after being bested in debate with me, to refrain
- >from dialog because you cannot control your abusive temper.
-
- Which debate was that, Mr Ed: the one where you claimed that logic
- preserves falsehood as well as truth or sheer idiocy, or the one where
- you called Israel a nation of madmen?
-
- EN:
- > You also
- >have another note on this thread asking how you can carry a gun in
- >Massachusetts and this leads me to believe that you are a dangerously
- >angry person.
-
- Indeed, Mr Ed, my faithful minions are even now hard at work mining
- the section of a highway overpass you will cross tomorrow on your way
- to work. In fact, I have a secret to share with you: all your enemies
- in the newsgroups you have been inundating with your noxious refuse
- have chipped in to hire my organization to rub you out.
-
- >"The writings of Socrates" is infelicitous, especially to pedants. I am
- >of course aware that Socrates did not "write" except in Derrida's sense
- >and that Plato transcribed dialogues. Your rage also has to do with the
- >lese-majeste of having a Real Stud like Socrates being soiled with the
- >implied association with writing.
-
- Indeed, Mr Ed, I am glad you have decided to not go gently into that
- good night. By the way, I don't believe you have a kill file, as your
- character obviously thrives on every public mention of your name.
-
- >Good-by, Misha. Vaya con dios.
-
- Sorry, Mr Ed, you don't get off that easy. Only a megalomaniac like
- yourself could entertain the notion that anyone would waste his energy
- on the effort required to expose your pretensions for your own
- benefit. The promise of ceasing your "dialog" is the best sort of
- encouragement I could hope to receive. Carry on; you amuse me.
-
- cordially,
- mikhail zeleny@husc.harvard.edu
- an archive of nilgesism is available for ftp access;
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