Ah yes a quote from "His Words", that should do it. The very reason I defend your right to speak Platt, but reserve the right to point out you are an evil moron. Ironically I've defended your own use of ad hominem attacks previously as a valid rhetorical move, used in moderation.
Believing you are an evil moron is my intellectual opinion. I am not using the fact that you are an evil moron as any kind of argument against you. You do that fine well enough yourself, I'm just drawing it to others' attention. I think you are evil because your morals are based on ignorance. I think you are a moron because you are ignorant. If you think I'm referring to you as an evil moron as some kind of social slur, that might undermine your intellectual credibility, then you are sadly deluded that you had any. BTW I don't enjoy this, it takes two to tango. Feel free not to argue. It's a freedom I'll gladly uphold. Ian PS just say when Horse, I've better things to do. On 4/8/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Platt, you confuse and debase "intellectual freedom". > > > > Firstly in the idea that anything you said may have been intellectual, > > rather than purely biological, not even social. > > > > Secondly in your selective ignorance - freedom comes with responsibilities > > too. > > > > I too defend your rights to speak, you evil moron. > > Ian > > As for Ian, Pirsig says it all: > > "That the ad hominem argument is irrelevant is usually all the logic texts say > about it, but the MOQ allows one to go deeper and make what may be an original > contribution. It says the ad hominem argument is a form of evil. The MOQ > divides > the hominem, or "individual" into four parts: inorganic, biological, and > intellectual. Once this analysis is made, the ad hominem argument can be > defined > more clearly: It is an attempt destroy the intellectual patterns of an > individual > by attacking his social status. In other words, a lower form of evolution is > being > used to destroy a higher form." That is evil. (Lila's Child) > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > 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/
