On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 10:48:48PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: Demanding change (was RE: Mmm, mesquite smoky goodness (was
> Re: (~) Please.))
> >
> > > There's that straw man again.  Who among us has said that one cannot
> > > post something that upsets the majority?
> >
> > There's that faulty memory again. Just look back to the thread where a
> > number of people advocated banning Mark; before that, there was talk
> > about kicking off JDG; before that, Alberto.
> 
> Actually, that's faulty memory and logic. :-)  First, with JDG and Alberto,
> the campaign to knock them off was _singular_.  That's the memory part.

Actually, that's faulty reading comprehension, Dan.  Or do you claim
Jeroen is not a "who among us" and he didn't talk (write) about kicking
off JDG & Alberto?

> The logical fallacy here is
> 
> If there are things that offend the majority that cannot be done,
> 
> then
> 
> one cannot offend the majority.

You have confused Nick's question with, "Who among us has said that one
can NEVER post something that upsets the majority".

> My class in symbolic logic was over 25 years ago, but I still remember
> a bit.

How about English class?


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