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- From: cmk@athena.mit.edu (Charles M Kozierok)
- Newsgroups: alt.philosophy.objectivism
- Subject: Re: Certainly, Statism, and Toilet-Training
- Date: 29 Jan 1993 04:58:49 GMT
- Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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- those who disapprove of low-content disputes hit "n" now.
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- In article <108330@bu.edu> ccmlh@buitc.bu.edu (Mark Hayes) writes:
- >>And, given the fact you've been polluting the newgroup with trite, selfless
- >>statist philosopy for so many weeks ...
- >
- >Whatever have *you* been reading, oh, Objective one? I realize it's
- >hard for you to break out of the habit of dribbling Randroid cliches
- >in response to any challenge, but I have never advocated anything
- >that might reasonably be called "statist".
-
- actually, what most of it might reasonably be called is
- "inflammatory and idiotic".
-
- >As for "selfless",
- >I assume that's just your way of saying that I've advocated an
- >ethical code that includes obligations to others, so I'll let
- >you have it, silly though it may be.
-
- i assume by "silly" that you are refering to your ethical code.
- of course you haven't made your ethical
- code very clear anyway, just sniped at others'.
-
- >>3) You simply refuse to accept anything that is contrary to your arbitrary
- >>beliefs because it threatens some irrational teddy bear you've got hidden
- >>in your subconscious.
- >
- >Sure, and you were toilet-trained prematurely. Give us all a break,
- >OK, from this kind of cheap shot?
-
- i don't agree with Leon's posts on this issue, but the fact is that
- *you*, Mr. Hayes, have been responsible for the vast majority of the
- potty activity on this newsgroup. frankly, i hoped you had gone away
- when your tripe ceased for about a week, but i guess no such luck.
- why don't you give *us* all a break, include the legitimate critics
- of objectivism, and go away?
-
- >Anyway, I revise my views
- >quite readily, when presented with persuasive arguments to the
- >contrary.
-
- bull. you repeat them over and over again, and when disproven you
- slink back under your rock and then re-emerge a week later spewing
- the same garbage. you haven't made a single point in your
- quixotic attempt to prove objectivism "wrong". if Randians are so contemptible
- to you, why don't you at least try to learn something from those
- who *reasonably* argue against them, such as the few who do on this
- newsgroup?
-
- >Anyway, again, I'll let you slide with the "arbitrary",
- >since I assume it's just another code word for "non-Randian".
- >You'd certainly be hard-pressed to justify the charge otherwise.
-
- Mark, we all know how you feel. you know how we feel.
- do you think we're going to change our minds just because you
- express endless anger? what are you trying to accomplish?
- why don't you just go away? please? need we take up a collection?
-
- _______________________________________________________________________________
-
- ``An ideal cannot wait for its realization to prove its validity.''
- - George Santayana
- _______________________________________________________________________________
- charles m kozierok cmk@athena.mit.edu
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