From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 13:03:04 -0800 (PST)
To: Huge Cajones Remailer <nobody@huge.cajones.com>
Subject: Re: Sabotaging Big Brother...
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On Wed, Apr 02, 1997 at 05:43:33AM -0800, Huge Cajones Remailer wrote:
> At 11:22 PM 4/1/97 -0800, Kent wrote thoughtfully:
> 
> |Oh, we're to the death camps, are we?  I guess that counts as 
> |invoking Hitler.
> 
> Hitler can serve as an excellent example of the outcomes
> of the steps you advocate.

Hitler again.  Must be a rookie.

> >Actually, you don't have a clue what I think,
> >what my motives are, or what I favor.
> >Awareness of reality is the first requirement for sanity.
> 
> What banal nonsense is this?
> "Awareness of reality is the first requirement 
> for sanity."
> 
> The awareness of the Gulag, the Deathcamps,
> Japanese internment, Joe McCarthy? 

No, I had in mind the reality of cold water, the wind, the ground you
walk on.  You know -- real reality.  You lose touch with that, you are
in bad shape, wouldn't you agree?  Likewise, making wild assumptions 
about what people think or believe frequently leads to inappropriate 
behavior. 

> These things are real! Not part of the
> political science theory-jargon you spew!

????  Political science ????  As far as I know, I haven't said a single 
thing about political science.

> These realities _happened_ and were all justified
> by their particular sponsors.

Granted.  And your point is?

> Let's try this theory:
> 
> "Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice. And...
> moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."

The one I worry about is stupidity in pursuit of extremism.

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