David McFadzean wrote:
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> At 10:54 AM 3/15/99 -0800, KMO wrote:
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> >> Actions based on these emotions tend to look bad/evil from
> >> the observers point of view.
> >
> >Talk to many white supremecists? Many of them see their hatred as a
> >lifeline and speak in revernt tones of "my hate." Jimmy Swaggert said
> >that hatred of perversion is the highest human virtue.
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> That's why I said they look bad from the observer's point of view,
> not the one experiencing the negative emotion.
Well, I did misread your post. When I re-read it, it seems to be a much weaker claim (i.e. not all that controversial). I just erased a paragraph that builds on my previous sentence. I finished off my stash of pot over the weekend, and I've decided not to replace it for a while. This is the first time I've tried to compose a Virus post at night while not high in many months, and my thinking isn't very clear.
Let me know if you see a change in my style of presentation over the next few weeks.
> What position do "Brethetarians" advance? Are you sure I am one?
That was a reference to one of Prof. Tim's recent posts in which he likened reason to air to express how essential it is to good living. It's essential, but, like air, it doesn't provide for all of one's needs. A Breathetarian would claim otherwise. As far as being "sure" that you're a Breathatarian; I don't think you fall into that camp. My remark was a cheap shot at an unspecified target, and I regret having fired it.
-KMO