> [ron] > you start this inflammatory bullshit Platt, then cry when you > get responses in opposition. > > every god damn time > > give it a break > > [Krimel] > Exactly. Rather than look at how systems work and the relationships within > and between systems, it is easier to slap a label on something and call it > evil. > > Platt's point is, as usual, too dull to bother with but here is something I > read recently that you might appreciate. It comes from the book "1491" which > I think you especially owe it to yourself to read. The author was talking > about the Aztecs and their practice of human sacrifice. While Europeans took > the moral high ground against these admittedly barbaric practices; they were > no less engaged in similarly barbaric public executions. Thousand were > dispatched to the great by and by in front of crowds of people who jockeyed > for position and often paid for the really good seats. Corpses were left > hanging and the dismembered heads of the departed where often placed on > spikes and left of display. Particularly at the time of European contact the > departed were often convicted of things like witchcraft or heresy or they > were Jews. But the Jews don't really count because nearly every culture in > the world has had a hunting season on them at one time or another. > Devilishly hard to extinguish, those Jews... > > If you really think about Platt's frequent crying of wolf about millions > killed, you will see him using a kind of twisted pragmatic theory of truth > that is measured in body counts. It is as though the true measure of Quality > is the number left dead. The fact that we are morally superior to him is the > result of his refusal to count dead coal miners, slaves, Chinese railroad > workers or cancer victims who died just from living too close to polluting > temples of capitalism. Me, I think we should call evil, evil and try to end > it regardless of what name it calls itself.
[Platt] So capitalism has killed as many as communism and fascism? Is that your claim? Let's see some proof. Otherwise, you're just popping off, trying to defend the indefensible. [Krimel] Is this some attempt as self parody? Are you trying to make a joke of genocide? Because if you are. it's working. You are a really funny guy. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
