Re: Permission Slips Re: RhetoricalQuestionsRE:RemovingDictatorsRe:PeacefulchangeL3

2005-05-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 29, 2005, at 5:07 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: True, indeed. It *was* nonsensical to use that metaphor in that context, since it was about an issue that called for serious consideration. I don't know wny you can't seem to see that. Well, religion-addled

Re: Permission Slips Re: RhetoricalQuestionsRE:RemovingDictatorsRe:PeacefulchangeL3

2005-05-01 Thread Dave Land
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 08:31:38 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote On Apr 29, 2005, at 5:07 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: True, indeed. It *was* nonsensical to use that metaphor in that context, since it was about an issue that called for serious

Re: Permission Slips Re: RhetoricalQuestionsRE:RemovingDictatorsRe:PeacefulchangeL3

2005-04-29 Thread Erik Reuter
* Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: True, indeed. It *was* nonsensical to use that metaphor in that context, since it was about an issue that called for serious consideration. I don't know wny you can't seem to see that. Well, religion-addled brains are good for one thing, anyway. This

Re: Permission Slips Re: RhetoricalQuestionsRE:RemovingDictatorsRe:PeacefulchangeL3

2005-04-29 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:51:38 -0400, JDG wrote On the other hand, seriously considering the opinion of another is typically an adult-to-adult relationship.It would be rather nonsensical to use a child/permission slip metaphor to argue against an adult-to- adult dynamic of seriously

Re: Permission Slips Re: RhetoricalQuestionsRE:RemovingDictatorsRe:PeacefulchangeL3

2005-04-28 Thread JDG
At 07:27 AM 4/28/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 22:25:51 -0400, JDG wrote On the other hand, seriously considering the opinion of another is typically an adult-to-adult relationship.It would be rather nonsensical to use a child/permission slip metaphor to argue against

Re: Permission Slips Re: RhetoricalQuestionsRE:RemovingDictatorsRe:PeacefulchangeL3

2005-04-28 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:51:38 -0400, JDG wrote On the other hand, it would be nonsensical to use that metaphor for seriously considering the opinion of other nations. True, indeed. It *was* nonsensical to use that metaphor in that context, since it was about an issue that called for serious