On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> I don't recall stating that I thought they did. I as merely pointing out > that the extremes on both sides are hypocritical - neither holds the > monoploy on that, neither is innocent of it.
This is a false equivocation though. Just because neither is entirely innocent does not mean that both are equally guilty. When, in 2001, the government issued a report entitled "Left-wing Extremism: the current threat" people from the left by and large agreed. The ALF and ELF were doing dangerous shit and they need to be watched. Now, in 2009, the government issues a report entitled "Right-win Extremism: the current threat" and people on the right are howling. These things are not equal and no amount of cherry picking incidents from the fringes will make it so ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295115 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
