--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
> --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> <snip>
> > You're running Cultthink, release 1.0, dude.  It's old
> > software, hideously outdated, and the software didn't 
> > work for shit when it was new.  You're seeing things 
> > that aren't there.  
> 
> "The word 'cult,' when used by *anyone*, is a thought-stopper. I'm 
> fairly sensitive to it because I've had to fight such epithets....
> 
> "It's sorta like calling any American who was against the rush to 
war 
> after 9/11 a 'traitor.' The intent of hurling the epithet is to 
> demean the person being called the name, to encourage other people 
in 
> the audience to brand the person with that label, and thus to 
> undercut anything that the targeted victim says by calling his or 
her 
> credibility into question. 
> 
> "You wouldn't like it much if the epithet 'cultist' was applied to 
> you, right? If that's so, you might think about not trying to 
brand 
> others with it. Just my opinion..."
> 
> (52055)

Excellent point
off world




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