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Re: Libertarian SPAM (Propaganda)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:25:41 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > Ok, what is SCLC or AIM?
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> American groups working for political or social change. What exactly they
> were advocating isn't important to my point.
I would like to be the judge of that.
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> > How do you know that we are more white - you only assume (as I do).
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> No, I count noses in fest pictures.
Hmm. So you are keeping a count? What sort of a person would do that? It is
not a thing I worry about.
> It may be an invalid inference from that
> to the makeup of lugnet as a whole but it's more than a mere assumption.
Not much more. I have been to 1 fest. I think the makeup was ~10-20%
scottish, and remainder were all English I think. I am pretty sure this is
not true for the whole of Lugnet?
> > That is not really the question (LUGNET does not attempt to represent the
> > views of society). The question is : Why is the LP so "white"?
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> No.
Yes. Why does the LP only attract white males? Why is that?
> The question is why does it matter? Demonstrate that the ethnic, racial,
> religious etc.
We shall move on to the religious make-up later. :-)
> makeup of a group has actual bearing on the validity of ideas
> the group espouses first, please.
I suppose it depends on what the LP is about. If it is a bunch of
businessmen making a living out of your subscription fee then it does not
really matter. If it is an organisation which seeks to fundamentally change
the way the whole of society lives then I think its composition does matter.
Which is it?
Scott A
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| (...) I *don't care* what the makeup of LUGNET or the hobby is. I never said I did. I just said it wasn't the same as the overall population. When you challenged me I went off and counted noses at that point in order to see if my hunch was right. It (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) American groups working for political or social change. What exactly they were advocating isn't important to my point. (...) No, I count noses in fest pictures. It may be an invalid inference from that to the makeup of lugnet as a whole but (...) (25 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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