Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sarcasm is the lingua franca of the internet, John. It is the signature of
> your
> suppressed hostility, and allows you to be critical without actually exposing
> or
> defending your own reactionary opinions (or actually refuting your
> opponents).
Who is this Mr. Franca? And why are you suppressing hostility to him? That
cannot be good for your blood pressure. And you should not feel bad about
your reactionary tendencies, we all have them. No need to refute opponents,
they have a right to their opinions.
> It provides deniability for insults and subtle personal attacks by giving the
> appearance of depersonalizing the topic. Your favorite tactic is to distort
> what others are saying, by deliberately misrepresenting the context.
I'm sorry that I cannot understand your subtle personal attacks on me, or that
I find it hard to understand your positions. Perhaps if you tried explaining
them
to me in simple terms? Or actually answering questions instead of insulting me?
> We are all consumers, caught up in the marketplace, but some of us are
> unaware,
> and others don't care. Some of us bury our heads, and others are completely
> buried under the sands of denial.
But you have helped to break my connection to the marketplace! I gave up all
my evil ways. Now if I only had 40 acres of land to live on, I could go bury
myself in it and stop consuming altogether!
> I purchased my first brand new laptop over four years ago, my car was new in
> 1979, and I've owned the same television for over eight years.
My god! The evil plutocrats have forced you to own a gas-guzzling 1979 car and
a 4-year old laptop without the latest energy saving features! What unspeakable
evil. Down with plutocrats!
> automobile will be energy efficient.
No!!! But efficiency is BAD. Down with efficiency!
> It is not a crime to have money, John, what matters is how you earn it and
> how
> you spend it...
Right, now I understand. It is not a crime to have more than Jon, just if you
want
to live differently than Jon. I will endeavor to change my ways to be more like
the
great Jon.
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