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Re: Here's a fun little excercise for you all to try.

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From: Al
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:38
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In article <s37td31hoi1scb3tn88hpje28ju8n1uqpl@4ax.com>,
 felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:45:42 -0500, Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> wrote:
> 
> >In article <nnkrd3561hljeu1prfulc2qucm4hbvehun@4ax.com>,
> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:39:59 -0500, Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >In article <bb9rd39i7g7vubmqgl7eimnk4bnj72vh68@4ax.com>,
> >> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:14:41 -0500, Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> >In article <c71rd35c1fnkp0c9gf5fokevdk3k0fvs07@4ax.com>,
> >> >> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:22:22 -0500, Al 
> >> >> >> <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> >In article <snsqd3lf5ahsggb5809r44u93tg34ruuuc@4ax.com>,
> >> >> >> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:59:06 -0500, Al 
> >> >> >> >> <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> >> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> >> >In article <hugpd35lio3f4s4de3c3qp384v7h7nogsd@4ax.com>,
> >> >> >> >> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:30:30 -0500, "Chris" 
> >> >> >> >> >> <vscooternospam@copper.net>
> >> >> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> >> >> >http://www.politicalcompass.org/
> >> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> >No cheating Steve..... 
> >> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >> -3.62, -3.64
> >> >> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> >> >> I seem to be in the Gandhi, Nelson Madela neighborhood.  
> >> >> >> >> >> Pretty 
> >> >> >> >> >> good
> >> >> >> >> >> company, I would say:)
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >An unwashed pacifist who reccomended the jews commit mass 
> >> >> >> >> >suicide 
> >> >> >> >> >and 
> >> >> >> >> >a 
> >> >> >> >> >failed "statesman" and racialist who praised communism and 
> >> >> >> >> >dictatorships 
> >> >> >> >> >while his country became the most dangerous place on the planet.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >Yikes.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >I guess it's all in the perspective.
> >> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> >> It would seem so.  Both of them are considered great men
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >By some - primarily ardent leftists.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> thoughout the
> >> >> >> >> world
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >The world of leftism.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> and you are still cheerleading for GWB.  I guess it is all in
> >> >> >> >> the perspective.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >You can simply leave GWB out of this, your endorsement of leftist 
> >> >> >> >heroes. Leftist heroes also include, in no particular order, Fidel, 
> >> >> >> >Hugo, Saddam, Lenin, Marx....
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Only Steve could find a way to link Nelson Mandela and Gandhi to
> >> >> >> Saddam.  Deep thinking at work.  I am sure he was in the lower left
> >> >> >> hand quadrant of that graph.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Your reaction is amusing.
> >> >> >
> >> >> <snip...bullshit overload>
> >> >> 
> >> >> >> >Great company you keep, Felton, old boy.
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> Your straw man production is working overtime, it seems.  I don't
> >> >> >> recall seeing your results.   Is there a reason for that?:) 
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I didn't take the silly test, I already know what I am and where I 
> >> >> >stand, 
> >> >> 
> >> >> Yes, so do we all.  The only thing you don't wish to face is who else
> >> >> shares your views.  Hint: it won't be pretty, Adolf:)
> >> >
> >> >No-one in this NG, which is a real heartbreaker.
> >> >
> >> >> 
> >> >> >and in this case concerning Mandela and Ghandi - the people *you* 
> >> >> >referenced which you now claim are *my* strawmen - my positon is based 
> >> >> >on *knowledge of the subject*, and in my experience, admirers of these 
> >> >> >two are either committed leftists or ignorant of facts (not mutually 
> >> >> >exclusive, I assure you).
> >> >> 
> >> >> Actually I was referring to the Saddam, Marx, et al that you seem to
> >> >> equate with Mandela and Gandhi.  I am sure it makes perfect sense to
> >> >> you as you have labeled them "facts" and we all know that you are
> >> >> master of your own reality.
> >> >
> >> >Mandela was a marxist, Gahndi was a quasi-marxist and a cultist, Mandela 
> >> >opposed the confrontations with Iraq on racialist grounds, and was an 
> >> >admirer of communism and communist dictatorships.
> >> >
> >> >How many other ardent communists do you enjoy the "company" of? Or, do 
> >> >you just instinctively admire anyone who holds anti-capitalist and 
> >> >anti-western views?
> >> 
> >> I suspect if I were in a country being oppressed by "capitalists" then
> >> I would damn sure admire the "anti-capitalists."
> >
> >Then logically, your expressed admiration for the cited anti-capitalists 
> >means you feel you are being repressed by capitalists, does it not?
> >
> >> I have to wonder how
> >> you would have viewed the American Revolution had you been present in
> >> those days.  Well, actually I don't care, but you get my point, or,
> >> more likely, you don't.
> >
> >More likely is amusement with arguments which cannot stand even the most 
> >basic rules of logic, which you consistently present, but don't take it 
> >personally, dude.
> 
> The fact that my thinking doesn't conform to your "logic" doesn't
> bother me in the least, Steve.

I would hope so.

> No need to worry about me taking
> anything you say personally.

Me worry?
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From: Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
Newsgroups: dfw.singles
Subject: Re: Here's a fun little excercise for you all to try.
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