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Re: 3. What exactly is bigotry? More definitions. Trolling admitted.
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Date: 
Fri, 10 Mar 2000 23:33:17 GMT
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Massive snip just so I can pick on one point.

Sproaticus wrote:

Good point.  What I *should* have said is that any kind of sexuality for
pleasure is irrational, having more to do with emotion and bias than anything
else.  Not that there's anything inherently wrong with pleasure; it's just
that from a rationalist point of view, pleasure introduces some messy factors
into the equation

Sexuality only, or are you saying that ANY activity carried out purely
for pleasure is irrational.

I have an issue either way but let's be clear first.

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  Re: 3. What exactly is bigotry? More definitions. Trolling admitted.
 
(...) anything (...) factors (...) Any activity done for pleasure is irrational. Or is pleasure rational? I contend that it is not -- emotion and bias play too big of a role for pleasure to be wrapped up in a tidy package. It's part of the human (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: 3. What exactly is bigotry? More definitions. Trolling admitted.
 
(...) I would probably view homosexuals on a more even keel. I might, by way of example, compare it to my feelings towards Muslims. Having worked with a few exceptionally awesome folks who happened to be Islamic, my POV towards Muslims in general is (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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