Ernie: Entirely fair. But what I was trying to say is that, by way of metaphor,
I imagine myself as someone along the lines of an intellectual Indiana Jones where the adventures are not death defying scrapes with Nazis or angry Arabs, but moistly cognitive jousting among brainy people; only rarely are there nasty Nazis per se, or bloodthirsty Arabs. My impression of you is along the lines of a very peaceful pastor who makes it a point of honor to be a mediator whenever possible, a peace maker, an all around good guy. Which is hardly a bad thing to be. It is a very good thing to be. Another way to say the same thing, I like to think of myself as following in Mark Twain's footsteps in his autobiographical book, Roughing It, about his years as a newsman on the actual Western frontier, forever in trouble with someone or another, sometimes deserved, and forever finding at least a modest adventure to take comfort in. Not in the least genteel even if, in later years, Twain was far more genteel than not. The self image is semi-rural and what may be called "rough and ready." Now and then I would fit in with a honkey-tonk crowd Christian, yes, but my Bible carried in my back pocket, the pages worn and scuffed up. You, as I conceive things anyway, are far more urban and urbane. My self image is, of course, flattering to my ego and is partly wishful thinking. But there is truth to it. My image of you is surely likewise partly off base, but to tell you what it consists of -for your edification. You could walk into the LA Hilton and look and feel the part. They would kick me out as soon as I walked in the front door. Billy ________________________________ From: Centroids <drer...@radicalcentrism.org> Sent: Monday, February 5, 2018 12:25 PM To: Billy Rojas Cc: RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RC] Defining Evil Re: Reflections on Reality Hi Billy, Sent from my iPhone On Feb 4, 2018, at 23:12, Billy Rojas <1billyro...@buglephilosophy.com<mailto:1billyro...@buglephilosophy.com>> wrote: For me its all about launching a new crusade, about fighting spirit, backbone, and willingness to endure the inevitable reaction, even if this cannot be easy in any sense of the term Not your style at all. But that's OK, what is crucial is standing up against evil whatever forms it takes. Speaking of “mischaracterizations....” That actually is my style. Please don’t denigrate my battles or my tactics until you’ve actually asked me about them. Rather than implicitly assuming you know everything there is to know about me. Just because I don’t fight your preferred battles with your preferred tactics doesn’t mean we’re not fighting the same war. Fair enough? Ernie -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radicalcentrism+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
