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Re: A question of remembrance...
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Mon, 30 Apr 2001 14:47:26 GMT
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Snippage, as usual.
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> You are mixing tone and content. In any event, I was happy to have my tone
> called "polemic":
> http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=polemic*1+0
Unsurprising that you would. (about as unsurprising to long time readers as
that I would relish being called a braggart... L0L )
I like the last definition (of a related word) in your cite (thanks for
that, by the way, always nice to have a different source than good old
dictionary.com)
"Her polemical essays are rather naïve and simplistic."
Sums up your posts nicely, although it should be noted that not all polemic
rhetoric is simplistic. Tends to be, though.
> > You've been called on this point before, you are quick to criticise some
> > sides (who deserve criticism, in this case Israel) and reluctant to
> > acknowledge that the UK had anything to do with the problem or that it has
> > faults elsewhere or that the other sides in the same conflict (in this case
> > the PLO) deserve criticism much much more.
> That is because I am talking about now. You are talking about the past.
What is the border between now and the past? Right NOW there is no terrorism
going on anywhere in the world. It happened in the past. (2 seconds ago is
the past, you know).
More germanely, isn't the UK partition of Palestine in the recent enough
past to be the subject of criticism? If not, why not?
> ...and, for the record, I am no friend of the PLO either. But I certainly
> blame them no more than I do Israel.
And that shows your bias. Their tactics are far worse. Why are you biased in
favor of a gang of armed terrorists and against a state your government created?
> The problem with the PLO is that they
> have too little lobbying power ;-)
No, that they have too many weapons and defective morals.
++Lar
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| (...) I am tempted to say the same about you, but I won't. (...) Hmm. Rather a simplistic argument. (...) You are free to criticise what ever you wish. I am not going to put you in jail for your political views. (...) Nope, that shows my general (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You are mixing tone and content. In any event, I was happy to have my tone called "polemic": (URL) (...) That is because I am talking about now. You are talking about the past. The UK's colonial past does not make it ok for Israelto torture (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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