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- From: mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko)
- Subject: Re: heterosexuality and feminism
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.202001.25245@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>
- Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115, USA
- References: <1992Nov21.161252.6193@nmsu.edu> <1992Nov22.010044.362@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> <1992Nov22.154833.11649@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 20:20:01 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.154833.11649@netcom.com> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov22.010044.362@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> mkagalen@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (michael kagalenko) writes:
- >>So no one is write & no one is wrong ? Say, beliefs of Hitler (in "Mein
- >>Kampf", for ex.) and Albert Shweitzer ( "Letters from the Lambarene" for ex.)
- >>should be treated as equally respectful ? (I'm simplifing, but it was you
- >>who started simplifications)
- >
- >I think it makes sense if you read that -other people's beliefs are
- >personally valid-.
-
- If I read that I get 0 bit of information. The above phrase is
- sheer tavtology:
- - What are beliefs ? - something personally valid;
- - How'd you call "personally valid" ideas - beliefs, surely ! ;-)
-
-
- >
- > What you believe is real for you. But not necessarily
- >for any other person.
-
- There're some things which are real for everyone whether he/she
- believes in them or not.
-
- >I believe the problem here is literary.
- Yes, really ? 8-)
- Nothing-nothing else ?
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