On 27/11/2007, Michael Sparks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unfortunately, some people have memes that they feel compelled to > evangelize at all costs, and they won't stop when they're told to. > Memetically, this is the equivalent of rape. Avoid memetic rapists, > and respect the boundaries that others have set, if you want them to > respect you
This is a total crock. Basically the author is saying that anyone who has strong opinions is committing the equivalent of rape. Now, ignoring the highly inappropriate analogy to forced sexual penetration, I think that you could sum this up as "having strong opinions and sticking by them is wrong." which is clearly brain-dead. I appreciate that some people prefer not to get into politics or ethics or rights or whatever, in which case ignore the discussion and move on with you life. If you have an opinion, voice it, don't be scared. Anyone who relates intellectual discussion with forced sexual abuse clearly has some serious issues. -- Noah Slater <http://www.bytesexual.org/> "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
