In a message dated 11/14/2003 4:43:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> He's quite clear in the intro that it's a work of fiction. A 'wink wink nod > nod' scenario would have been a single line which said 'Of course, I don't > support this.' Instead, he wrote three quite honest-sounding paragraphs > explaining his position. IMO, you're drawing conclusions that have no > evidence to support them. And, just because someone writes something > doesn't mean they are advocating it, and to imply they are with (I repeat) > _no evidence_ is the worst kind of thought police manipulation of reality. > > Out of curiosity, do you object to Tom Clancy novels? After all, they > contain plausible scenarios by which our country and government heads could > be attacked by all sorts of terrorists, resulting in the > deaths of millions. > >You are not seriously comparing this to Clancy are you? Oh my god there really is a >conspiracy out there; I have been manuevered into liking Clancy better than something >else. Lets get real. This guy is of course a nut, but his fantasy is not a popular >fiction it is a wish (kind of like me wishing that Rebecca Romjin would walk into my >apartment right now and do unspeakable things to me. Of course I am not planning on >this but I do wish it would happen). I am also a bit suprised by the moral relativism >that I see here. Some right wing nut says something horrible and a moderate or >liberal complains. When the bad thing can't be denied the answer is that all groups >do it. This may be true but it matters very much how often all groups do something >and how members of the group respond to bad things coming from their group. The >statement that everyone strikes out does not mean that Jason Giambi and I are equal. >I think the right does it more and excuses itself when it gets caught. We forgive >Rush for his little drug problem; poor man was addicted to pain killers and had to >get drugs illegally (by the way; I am a doctor and I have serious doubts about how >often people get addicted to pain killers because of problems like chronic low back >pain. Most people get addicted because they want to get high). No conservative raises >an eyebrow about the timing of Rush's decision to enter rehab. Do you think a >democrat would get cut the same slack? So enough of this crap. Quit ganging up on the >Fool (my god more of the nasty conspiracy - now I am defending the fool).
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