On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 11:23:26AM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > Whatever conduct you want to criticize, you should describe it with a > specific term that avoids moral vagueness about the nature of the > criticism. > > I can not see how, unless you suck at reading English, you can > interpret this any way other than that he takes issue with the term > "sexual assault" PRECISELY because it is NOT "clearly defined."
So I lied, I do see a way: If you choose to read in the worst possible unstated intentions of the person making the statements. This is unfortunately a tactic that has become commonplace in recent years. Then you get the interpretation that you have taken. > > Now substitute Epstein for Minsky in RMS' rhetoric and see what you get. Actully what rms expressly called for--being explicit about that which you are accusing someone--would work just fine if you substituted Epstein for Minsky. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
