RE: BBC doing online/phone debate on Lomborg

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

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> Onderwerp: RE: BBC doing online/phone debate on Lomborg

> You miss the point entirely Jeroen, look at what he wrote as a whole.
> Darryl responded to what amounted to a rant with a well reasoned and
> correct assessment.  He identified a problem and presented a solution.
> It's obvious that he's going out of his way to offer what is obliquely
> constructive criticism- he's not angry and he's not doing it out of
> mean spiritedness, he's honestly trying to help.  He has a healthy
> approach where some of us* on the list occasionally come up lacking.

Excuse me? I'll accept the first part of his message as well-reasoned, but
look at what he also said:

> > > If you continue with this belief you are eventually going to
> > > support and condone evil actions yourself...all in the name of the
> > > greater good, of course.  You will end up like the extremists from
> > > David Brin's Earth who decide to exterminate humanity, or Ted
> > > Kascinzsky sending bombs in the mail to scientists.  All in the 
> > > name of the greater good.

He flat out told her she will become a terrorist! Not even "you might end up
a terrorist", but "you will end up a terrorist". How is this "a well
reasoned and correct assessment", "constructive criticism" and "a healthy
approach"?


Jeroen

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