> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: zaterdag 30 maart 2002 22:57 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Child Soldiers RE: This week in the Middle East
> >> You are far younger than I and probably don't remember the folks who > >> said "segragation now, segragation tomorrow, segragation forever, > >> and then "smiled and said "heck, there isn't a racist bone in my > >> body, heck some of my best friends are colored." back in the '60s. > >> Is is wrong to call those folks racist? > > > >Do you really believe Jeroen is equivalent to these people? > > Yes. Yeah, I love you too... :-( > >Second, given that Jeroen has denied that he is anti-Semitic and also > >denies hating Israelis or Jews, what do you hope to accomplish by > >callling him by that name and attributing those views to him? > > I hope to wake him up to the Truth about his person as a valued member > of this Community. Given that he reads David Brin, and apparently > puts a lot of stock in "IAAMOAC" confronting his own racism is almost > certainly very difficult for him. Ah, so now I am not only an anti-Semite, but also a racist. On what do you base *that* accusation? And what will you throw at me next? That I am terrorist? A child molester? The anti-Christ? And what do reading David Brin and believing in IAAMOAC have to do with me having problems confronting my own alleged racism? (That is not a rhetorical question, BTW.) > And while writing this, I amaware that Jeroen is also reading this, so > this whole thing has a "talking about him like he's not even here" > feel to it. > I do believe, however, that the only thing worse than saying this > publicly (unfortunately, I am in his killfile off-list) is to say > nothing at all. Given that your alternative to saying nothing at all is a personal attack, saying nothing would be a lot better. > > That seems like a worthy goal for a good Catholic, don't you think? > > Actually, I have already presented the Catholic perspective on this > situation. Conversation with Jeroen has been attempted for many > months now. Unfortunately, he merely continues to find even more > hateful things to say on this List. Thus, the time for dialogue is > over, as dialogue only serves to legitimize his bigotry. Time for a > stronger step. Like what? Jeroen -- wondering why he still bothers to respond to JDG's flame war _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
