You have an interesting idea of reasonable. If Lawrence is reasonable, then so is Ahmadinejad. They both want war. One likes to think A. is only talking a line, while Lawrence is sincere. He really wants to see maimed burned bodies. > [Original Message] > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 5/8/2006 2:49:35 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Punitive Expeditions > > >>This is getting ugly. > > > It sure is. Starting threads with titles like > "Helm's World" and singling people out always > leads to nasty chat. > > Nobody has a right to get that nasty. Me first in > shutting up on the nasty front. > > On the other hand, I won't let hypocrites badmouth > reasonable posters. Lawrence is much more > reasonable than I am. He seldom if ever "barks" at > people, and threads like "Helm's World" constitute > a sort of online lynching. > > We have different points of view. People should > get over it. The challenge is to enlighten each > other by that difference rather than to > exterminate and humiliate the other. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html