--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> At 08:00 24-8-01 -0700, Dean Forster wrote:
>
> > > 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"?
> >
> >He extrapolated a worst case scenario, and he had
> the courage to say
> >what he thought even though it wasn't nice and
> wouldn't be popular.
>
> And that makes it OK to tell Kristin she will become
> a terrorist? Because
> Darryl had the courage to say what he thought even
> though it wasn't nice
> and wouldn't be popular? That is enough to defend
> his waaay-out-of-line remark?
without the tiresome dramatizing, yes that makes it
ok. You're entitled to your opinon, but you're in the
minority.
>
> Jeez, by that definition, you must be believing that
> the Oklahoma bombing
> was OK, because Timothy McVeigh was expressing his
> thoughts about America,
> even though it wasn't nice and wouldn't make him
> popular. And you really
> don't believe *that* was OK, do you?
>
the super size straw man/ad infinitum combo.
available for a limited time.
>
> >And when one person makes a claim about the future,
> i think we can
> >safely assume that it is their opinion without them
> needlessly making a
> >caveat every single time. I'm about ready to have
> my Grandma teach me
> >Dutch to see just what the big deal is about
> translation.
>
> What does translation have to do with it? Do you
> really believe that
> telling someone she will become a terrorist will
> sound any less ugly in any
> other language?
>
Your sorcerous ways won't work on me, Lord Vader.
dean
btw-
i'd like to add that I hope Kristin can come out of
whatever she's going through for the better. anything
else would be a waste of a good heart.
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