Re: IDF officer discharged for insulting Conservative and Reform Judaism( soc.culture.jewish)

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From: Simcha Streltsov
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 00:00

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meirman@QQQerols.com wrote:

: >well, if I were a black student in this audience, I would point out -
: >right there - that IQ is not a full measure, and IQ of a group does 

: I think this is asking a lot of the student in the audience or the
: privates in the class. Especially when speaking extemporaneously to a

they could simply ask whether IQ is the relevant measure, etc.

anyway, if you assume that the listeners are not able to discern
the quality of the argument, then your rules will not differentiate
between factual and bigoted speech, i.e. you can not say any 
true (or reasonable enough) information if someone  will be 
offended by it.

then the question is - what gives someone a right to be offended.
If I hold an unreasonable belief - does it mean no officer can
contradict it?

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Simcha Streltsov		disclaimer, as requested by Mo-he S-rr
simchastr@juno.com		all punctuation marks in this article
http://cad.bu.edu/go/simon	are equivalent to (-:

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From: simon1@bu.edu (Simcha Streltsov)
Subject: Re: IDF officer discharged for insulting Conservative and Reform Judaism( soc.culture.jewish)
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