Maria,
In all seriousness...did you have your funny bone removed or something? I
read Jim's post (that is who you are quoting) and I thought it was
supposed to be a somewhat of a good natured satire of your post.
Steve
P.S. I know you think there are direputable characters on this list, just
to make things easy for you check out my signature at the bottom of this
post...it'll give you an idea of where I fall on the spectrum. Bet you
didn't know this list rated so high as to get the likes of me...a minion
of Satan.
--- Maria Stella <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
> I don't know who wrote this, but i have a comment:
> > >
> > >Aha! it's one big conspiracy on the list . . . . the (again unnamed)
> > >"greenies" must be supplying the environmental "Think Tanks" with
> arguments
>
> I find that there is an ostrich-argument here. The sole fact that the
> word
> "conspiracy" , together with other words such as "feminism" and "holism"
> have (probably on purpose) acquired meanings different than their
> original
> (by careful advertisment of the most extreme and insane expressions of
> them instead of their logical mainstream meaning), does not give you the
> right to form an argument based on 'name calling'.
> Of course there are conspiracies, and even the internet and e-mail lists
> could be parts of it. Recently in Europe they are critisizing the
> Echelon,
> while trying to create a European version at the same time. The Echelon
> IS
> a conspiracy. We cannot stop the use of the word because it was
> accredited
> once with unfounded (although i am not sure) claims of an imaginary (?)
> conspiracy.
> Every time a word of the above is mentioned, many argumentors just jump
> and scream: Ah! so you believe in "conspiracy" / are "feminist" /
> "holist"
> etc etc. They label you and then you find that there are no words left
> if
> you want to express conspiracy, feminism and holism. It is time that the
> words are reinstated and their proper meaning is recognized, so that one
> can talk properly. In any case, the labeling cannot be used as a valid
> argument.
>
> Maria-Stella Aloupie
>
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"In a nutshell, he [Steve] is 100% unadulterated evil. I do not believe in a
'Satan', but this man is as close to 'the real McCoy' as they come."
--Jamey Lee West
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