----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Mindless and Heartless
> On Aug 18, 2005, at 6:14 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> I may be wrong, but -- > >> > >> I think that Dan and Zimmy know each other a lot better than you know > >> either of them, and that Dan was well aware of Zimmy's feelings on the > >> subject before he said anything, and also familiar with Zimmy's style > >> of > >> argument. > >> > >> So I don't think Dan is going to confirm what you said above. > >> > >> As I said, I may be wrong, but I might not be. > > > > Right as always, King Friday, > > > > Zimmy and I have argued tooth and nail on a few points. But I've liked > > him > > and respected him for about 5 years. I'm certainly not Jewish, but I > > try > > to listen to people with other vantage points and have a little > > empathy for > > them. So, I see his views as totally reasonable. > > Wow. "Totally reasonable"? > > Dan, my respect for you has just fallen tremendously. I haven't seen > much in the recent spate of posts that's *marginally* reasonable. > Totally so? Far, far from it. > > I've gone from disappointed in this discussion to disgusted -- so much > so that I'm bordering on willingness to do what I've done about five > times in my decade-plus history online: Employ a filter. (That > averages, FTR, to about one person every two years added to my "do not > bother to read at all" list.) This from a person who feels the right to kill anyone who expresses what he considers homophobic statements? From a person who brags about his empathy :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
