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- From: budd@playfair.Stanford.EDU (David Budd)
- Subject: Re: Context/Style/Spelling - Re: But it is OK to coerce certain groups...
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.201941.6593@EE.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Stanford University
- References: <1k6jhkINN2sr@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 20:19:41 GMT
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- In article <1k6jhkINN2sr@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (coram populo) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan27.072805.241@netcom.com> phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
- >>In article <1k3ubqINN1ri@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> stephen@orchid.UCSC.EDU (coram populo) writes:
- >> >There is no moral basis for anything if you wish, to play
- >> >moral relativity. My position is such that, an individual and
- >> >a group weigh what is best for all concerned. What is best
- >> >can be very fundamental- best wages to live on, health
- >> >coverage, treating all customers with respect, etc.
- >> >
- >>Well, to be kind about it, I would say only that "Coram Populo" is a typical
- >>victim of our "modern" edukational system, and hence, essentially can not
- >>reason.
- >
- >Again you cannot spell - Oh wait I see, it is a sarcasm... but then again.
- >
- >>
- >>It is rare indeed that I actually laugh out loud, but to read that "There is
- >>no basis (moral) to give anyone civil or individual rights." immediately
- >>followed by a sentence providing just such a basis is, well, hilarious.
- >>
- >
- >Well it is obvious that you cannot read and make sense of what someone
- >has written- I am glad that you had a good laugh.
- >
- >Now read carefully- I stated 'there is no moral basis for anything if you
- >wish- to play moral relatively', then I stated "MY POSITION IS SUCH THAT"
- >
- >And what is the sentence that is giving you this problem? I do not see
- >any thing where I stated one thing and said another.
- >
- >>However, these postings ARE a serious problem, and, IMO, likely THE problem
- >>with the USA today.
- >
- >Yes-your posting are a serious problem, in many ways. 1) they lack continuity
- ^^^^^^^^^^^
- >and context 2) spelling is not too great (I will assume keyboard fumbling)
- >3) postings tend to twist and turn and attempt to build (create) relationships
- >that are not completely valid.
-
- >
- Perhaps Phil Ronzone has trouble with spellings. Most likely, the
- mistakes are typos. I hope that your apparent lack of skill vis a vis
- subject-verb agreement is a similar failing of manual dexterity
- rather than a true reflection of your command of the language.
- Moral: those who lice in glass houses ought not to throw stones.
-
- >>Loosely called ACM, or anti-conceptual mentality, the ACM person is
- >>incapable of treating the world as a unified whole. Instead, his/her
- >>"rational process" consists of slogans, images, sound and video bites,
- >>and a whole horde of imagery, devoid of any connetional rational underpinning.
- >
- >This appears to be you - let me support my observation. You constantly
- >resort to naming calling (slogans), use acronyms (sound/video bites), us
- >old world thinking to support new world concepts (NAZI, commumist, socialist).
- >
- >Maybe you should stay away from the SJMN and WSJ for awhile. They seem to
- >have you confused about how to process information.
- >
- >
- >>Nice enthusiam, but, gee whiz, his posts are an embarrasment.
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