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Thoughts from the mind of Jeremy Martin, 21-10-2002:

>  > Could you show me the line in there where I called Jeremy
>>  disgusting?
>
>"I miss Joeri.  I am outta here." equates to the same thing.

Jeremy, you're treading on dangerous ground here imo.  Whether 
something equates to something else is a value-judgement, and thus by 
definition subjective.  In general this is no good ground for a 
discussion, and even worse for behaviour that affects individuals 
(Dennis in this case, and in the long run the entire list).

It's like those saying that, whenever someone criticizes Israel's 
behaviour, you're being anti-semitic.  There's a world of difference 
between critique and hatred.  Yet somehow it often seems to be 
convenient to believe the two "equate to the same thing".  It's a 
rather efficient (though irrational and invalid) way to discard of 
the opposition.

-- 
Hendrik Jan Veenstra  <h@...>
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