Michael Gurstein wrote: > Just to be clear... > > I have nothing against Switzerland, the Swiss, chocolate or banking
Then why did you bring up this aspect at all? After I had written something about Predators and an individual example, you wrote: >>> Perhaps it takes a predator (war profiteer) to know one... And as "evidence" for your implication that I must be a Predator because I'm Swiss, you added a link to an article about war-profiteering Swiss bankers in WW2. So this was just a primitive ad-hominem for lack of arguments against me. You can't undo this with the shallow disclaimer "I have nothing against ...", especially since you refused to apologize for the generalization. > I just have a singular revulsion against sanctimony, smugness and humourless > self-satisfaction/self-congratulation... Then bring some arguments on why and where you think I am wrong. But applying Sippenhaft for your revulsion is absolutely wrong and provides no evidence at all for your claim that I am a Predator (which is illogical in itself, because then I certainly would not bring up the Predator issue). Besides, if you can't stand sanctimony, you shouldn't defend Predators who claim to be philanthropists while personally making billions by ruining whole economies. They're not taking it from the rich, but from the masses, as we can see in the East, in Greece, in Germany and also in America. With this background, the claim of philanthropy is pure sanctimony. And it is quite common that those who defend predation dismiss those who criticize it, as "sanctimonious" (without providing any rational argument or evidence to justify that slur). What else can they say? > Which though likely universal seems > to have a specific national characterization on this list. Again, the reference to a nation is totally unnecessary, inappropriate and uncalled for. You can insult my person, if you have no arguments (which is poor enough for someone with your supposed IQ and education), but the national reference is not acceptable. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
