I don't think I'm a baby boomer, I'm 40. I've always considered my mum,
who was born during WW2 to be a baby boomer. I could be wrong, I'm not
up on age generalizations.
I find it telling that my comment generated only rhetoric and not a
single answer of "Yes I support the right of any free person to join the
Taliban", or "No, joining an evil government like that is akin to
joining the German government in 1939". Just rhetoric. Not a single
response to my point that Mr Hicks fought for the opression of women.
No adressing the fact that he fought for the style of government that
imprisons people with dissenting opinions.
Darren
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2007 8:12 AM
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Subject: Re: David Hicks
I withdraw the statement.
On 28/03/2007, at 0:00, Joseph Duemer wrote:
> "Darren must be another Baby Boomer."
>
> This is insulting and makes a broad generalization about a very large
> group of people. It also does not reply to Darren's post, but makes a
> snide allusion to a stereotype. Pray you avoid such things in the
> future.
> Your
> remark is as unfounded in reality & as unsupported by evidence as
> Darren King's defense of the indefensible.
>
> [And lest anyone be confused, I am posting here as a member of this
> community, not as a list manager.]
>
> --
> Joseph Duemer
> Professor of Humanities
> Clarkson University
> [sharpsand.net]
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