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- From: ai888@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Flesher)
- Newsgroups: soc.motss
- Subject: Re: What Gay Sex (was Re: How Many Homosexuals?)
- Date: 15 Nov 1992 16:01:53 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: ai888@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Flesher)
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- Tom>> Jess's approach and mine differ in whether a distinction is made
- Tom>> on the basis of action or desire.
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- Jess> This, as I've noted elsewhere, is a mischaracterization of what I said.
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- So far, Jess, you haven't really said anything. You set out one position
- rhetorically, then backed away from it, then came up with a tapestry of
- autochthonous impulses and mental and/or emotional constructs, which,
- pending specifics, is mumbo-jumbo.
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- Tom>> Bigotry is merely cowardice in the face of complexity.
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- Jess> More than that (not merely that), I would say.
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- Awww, Jess, you fell into your own trap. Outrageous oversimplification
- is a rhetorical device, "a more or less standard (and transparent) way to
- draw people out, to elicit what others think". But once more you've
- suggested that your own position has broader dimensions, without stating
- any specifics at all.
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- Isn't rhetoric wonderful?
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- Tom Flesher (internet: ai888@cleveland.freenet.edu)
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- >>> Bigotry is merely cowardice in the face of complexity. <<<
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