On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Sumant Srivathsan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it just me, or are people just getting off on putting words in other > people's mouths? I don't see how describing one group's qualities > immediately implies a monopoly on these qualities,
When you make general statements describing qualities of a particular group.. and say that simply being from that group ' "inclucates" morality / honesty/ integrity...etc...'...what do you expect ? heck lets put a holy thread on everyone and make the world honest... Unfortunately at that point nobody will be left to clean my shoes, or take out the garbage... > question challenging these qualities counts as a blanket indictment of all > individuals within that group. I thought this group's members were a little > more capable of parsing content than this thread has displayed. Honestly, it > reeks of intellectual laziness, or maybe just plain laziness. > sloth and stupidity is a license owned by all humanity in one way or the other (i doubt whether members of this mailing list are an exception)... I am starting from that point.