--- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 07:39 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > > --- Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [ snips ] > > > > Our constitution provides everyone the right to state a contrary > > > opinion on that, too. > > > > Indeed it does, however you haven't all that great of track record > as of > > late in backing up that claim. > > > > I can't think when I have ever denied anyone their right to an > opinion. I > just don't have to agree with every opinion that comes along.
There's a significant difference between disagreeing and disaparaging. Thus far you've stated that opinions that differed from your own were 'nonsensical' and represented a 'socialist agenda'. > > > that many of the core constituents of the anti-war rallies are the > usual > > > socialist sympathizers who hate private ownership of property in > general > >> and any > > > what kind of utter BS is that? Surely you can do better than > calling > > peace activists socialists or commies? And i'll also question your > > claim of "most of" which has no statistical basis whatsoever. > > Unfortunately, you didn't read that statement very well. Many is > certainly > not the same as most. I can't speak for the demonstrations abroad, many, most, it really is irrelevant, because you don't have any statistical basis for your claims, or do you? > but some > of the peace rallies here are indeed verifiably backed by professional that's a fallacy. > organizations (many of whom are indeed socialist) that carefully i also fail to see what is wrong with socialism. or do you feel that branding someone as such is considered to be an insult? > coach, fund, > and organize more than just peace rallies. I've listened to > interviews of > some of these people, and heard a complete presentation on the > instructions > given to the cadre of members who circulate from town to town to > demonstrate > Some of the demonstrators, but not all, genuinely believe in peace; > others > are hard core pacifists who, for example, would have left Great > Britain to > rot rather than coming to their aid in WWII (an example, the poet > organizer > of the anti-war poetry that is currently being collected.) references please. > > > My sister-in-law is one of those people who came to internet > surfing > > > (Windows based, of course) late in life and who forwards to me > > > immeasurable amounts of drivel along with a few pearls of wisdom / > > > > good jokes like this one. > > > > So far all i've seen is immeasurable amounts of warmongaring, > > xenophobic, jingoistic drivel. due let us know when you've got > > something based in fact & reality. > > Eventually, anyone who supports our government and the choices of its > leaders > is labeled a warmonger, and anyone who gives more credance to American > > interests than international interests is a jingoist. I don't know > where > xenophobic comes in, but it's good to toss around, too. Dislike for > the > political choices of a nation has nothing to do with xenophobia. I > can like > the food, poetry, novels, language, humor, etc. of France, Russia, > Germany, > Israel, China, Korea, and I've spent a lifetime studying some of the > languages, but I certainly don't have to consider their political > opinions to > reflect fact and reality. > > Interesting how it is, Lonni, that your opinions are based in fact and > > reality, but any other opinions are just warmongaring, etc. That's > what all > of this is: just opinion. > > Are you so incredibly naive as to believe that the slogans of the > peace > activists are fact and reality instead of just opinion? You have the > right > to your opinion, they have the right to their opinion, but I don't > need to > consider their opinions as fact and reality. No, i accept that others are allowed to have opinions that differ from my own, assuming that their opinons have a basis in fact. Attempts to brand people as socialists is nothing more than a twist on Macarthyism. ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
