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Article #1232Re: Call Me A Liberal
From: Joseph Michael Bay
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:34
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 17:34
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Russell Senior <seniorr@aracnet.com> writes: >>>>>> "Tim" == Tim <tim@stonerise.com> writes: >Russell> Great! Let's reinstitute slavery then and be done with it. >Russell> I mean, why all the duplicity? It is inefficient and >Russell> interferes with our "self interests". >Tim> It might seem duplicitious, however many countries effecting a >Tim> "holier than thou" attitude toward US policies practice slavery >Tim> and indentured servitude. >I find interesting the psychological need to see critics as >hypocrits. Even if they are, that does not absolve the crime. Indeed. I think it's called tu quoque and is a form of the ad hominem argument. There are many reasons it's a bad idea to criticize someone else's actions in an area where you yourself are deficient, but that doesn't invalidate the criticism. -- Joseph M. Bay Lamont Sanford Junior University www.stanford.edu/~jmbay/ DO NOT PRESS
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb1cb,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gidfb1cb,public X-Google-Thread: f824f,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: 1128d6,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gid1128d6,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,45200f002c4c625f X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-31 10:40:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!epic6.Stanford.EDU!jmbay From: jmbay@Stanford.EDU (Joseph Michael Bay) Newsgroups: pdx.general,seattle.general,ba.general,la.general Subject: Re: Call Me A Liberal Date: 31 Jul 2002 17:34:29 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: <ai9735$cdo$1@usenet.Stanford.EDU> References: <964660956.572137@irys.nyx.net> <cddzcasduac66084644041805@bizaveNOSPAM.com> <86vg6zpbqg.fsf@coulee.tdb.com> <axcaczcasdladd46264041805@bizaveNOSPAM.com> <86fzy2q5c1.fsf@coulee.tdb.com> <31554a99.0207290541.298dbe7@posting.google.com> <86znwao98r.fsf@coulee.tdb.com> <31554a99.0207301057.4ad6fecb@posting.google.com> <86wurck4uk.fsf@coulee.tdb.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: epic6.stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.4 (NOV)