John, You bring up an interesting point, are we in fact promoting legislating the words or the act of threates and intimidation which may include words.
What do you do with people locked in thought traps, burning in hatred and fear? I still catch myself obsessing about things. I'll invent scenerios in my mind getting me emotionally charged which sets the tone for how I approach expereince. People have the power to infuence expereince and most are not aware of it. An ability undisciplined, unrecognized and misunderstood in our culture. ________________________________ From: John Carl <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:03:00 PM Subject: Re: [MD] Free speech Interesting right now with a holocaust denier so much in the news... What it has led me to wonder is the proper role of ostracism. If we deny the hater his speech, isn't that just more likely to force him into action? Since this thread began with Nick, it's relevant to wonder if we don't scapegoat others as a way of making ourselves look better, building group unity in the name of ostracising whereas the higher quality way would be to refine our intellectual tools of persuasion in the hopes that the lost might be saved. John the saintly sounding On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron, > So I would not shout > down and otherwise prevent a Holocaust denier from speaking on > campus, > 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/ > -- ------------ Self is simply Choice, so choose good ------------ 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/ 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/
