> --- "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
Answered directly offlist.
Point of fact: When asked to provide factual references, Mr.Szabo could not.
Mr.Szabo's argument is predicated on "Well, the Nazis allegedly liked what the
US did to the Indians, so the US has no right to critize anyone else."
If the Nazis are so evil, and the US allegedly engaged in simillar actions
(Mr. Szabo's unsupported assertation) then are not simillar actions of Iraq
also not evil? And if we are forbidden to critize any evil action because our
anscestors are not sinless, then how can any man critize any evil thing? No
man is perfect, and yet Mr.Szabo requires perfection not only of the
individual but his entire ancestry?
It was once said that the only thing required for evil to triumph is for good
men to do nothing. Mr.Szabo would require that good men do and say nothing
about any evil.
Are we to permit Mr.Dahmer's eating choices because somewhere along our
ancestor's line was a murderer? Are we to permit Osama bin Ladin's attacks
against the US because some of us are descended from Crusaders that invaded
the Middle East? Should car theft be
permitted because the victim's great-great-grandfather
was a horse thief?
I'm not asking these rhetorically. These are serious questions. And if you
can't answer them then I question your right to consider yourself a member of
the human race.
That's over the line John. This should NOT have gone to the whole list.
> John Atkinson wrote:
> --- "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
To whoever administers the list. I responded off list to John Atkins. He has
no business sending this to the list, it is way off topic, and out of context
from what I wrote. I request permission to send a rebutal to the list, and
await your reply.
ias
[quoted original message omitted]
I'm not the administrator, but I do have a valid opinion.
All I want to see on this topic on the list an apology from John. One should
cover both messages to the list.
I have a less valid opinion as well, but John is a good resource and can
contrbute when he isn't having a bad day and taking it out on the list, so
I'll keep it to myself.
> Imre A. Szabo wrote:
> To whoever administers the list. I responded off list to John Atkins.
He
> has no business sending this to the list, it is way off topic, and out
Boys! Outside and settle it there!
(What my brother and I heard, once we were relatively equal in mass, if it
turned physical.)
Seems appropriate here.
Gracias,
Glenn/Triphibious@juno.com
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On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:55:54 -0400 "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com>
writes:
> To whoever administers the list. I responded off list to John Atkins.
That's funny. In my family, that was never said. Once I was big enough to give
as good as I got, my older brother and I didn't get in a single fight after
that.
Kinda makes you wonder who was starting all the fights, eh? (Hint: It was my
brother.)
--Flak
> On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 16:45, Glenn M Wilson wrote:
<ias@sprintmail.com>
> writes:
> >the
I was the older brother (he was bigger) and while he started most of the
fights (well in *my* memory banks) they stopped when it was no longer
relatively easy for either of us to win to win.
In fact he got real civil after he won the first one (He has a lot of class)
and realized he had nothing to prove. Both of us realized we might get hurt if
it turned truly serious.
But this is going maudlin which is worse then OT.
> On 29 Apr 2002 11:54:06 -0400 Flak Magnet <flakmagnet@tlsdc.com> writes: