Re: All people deserve respect. Ideas are not people.

2017-04-02 Thread Michael Torrie
On 04/02/2017 06:00 PM, Alex Kaye wrote: > Michael, Thanks for your comment. > > However, If one derails from the core subject > > they need to be in another stream. Alex I think you'll find that the subject line was changed by Ben Finney to reflect the new direction he was taking it, which is

Re: All people deserve respect. Ideas are not people.

2017-04-02 Thread Michael Torrie
On 04/02/2017 05:10 PM, Ben Finney wrote: > > Ideas are not people, and are not innate to the person who holds them. > An idea is not deserving of respect; that respect must not be assumed, > it must be earned. > > More importantly, ideas inform behaviour. That is what makes robust > criticism of

All people deserve respect. Ideas are not people. (was: Text-mode apps)

2017-04-02 Thread Ben Finney
Terry Reedy writes: > On 4/2/2017 12:26 PM, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > > Not all Americans, perhaps not even a majority or a plurality, are Ugly > > Americans, but there are enough of them to screw it up for everyone else. > > Shall we discuss Ugly Australians, or whatever the appropriate epithet >