1994-10-06 - Re: Ideological Attacks
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From: Lewis McCarthy <lmccarth@ducie.cs.umass.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
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UTC Datetime: 1994-10-06 18:56:18 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:56:18 PDT
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From: Lewis McCarthy <lmccarth@ducie.cs.umass.edu>
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:56:18 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (Cypherpunks Mailing List)
Subject: Re: Ideological Attacks
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Jamie Lawrence writes:
> Ray Cromwell wrote:
> > I thought it was 49 cents an hour, however, no one ever accused
> >a socialist knowing the facts. [...]
> The point being that there is no place for ideological attacks like
> this in a 'rational' forum trying to discuss 'real life'.
> Questioning ideas gains much more respect than making snide comments.
> Just another socialist,
> -j
I'm nobody's socialist (and nobody's libertarian, either), but I
strongly agree with Jamie here. Reiterating the MEME point, don't
attack people, attack specific ideas.
-L. McCarthy "I'm just a sucker with no self-esteem" -Offspring
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- 1994-10-06 (Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:12:01 PDT) - Re: Government vs. Markets - jamiel@sybase.com (Jamie Lawrence)
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