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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Spoken Like a True ProLifer
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.000447.10647@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1993Jan24.220813.12535@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1993Jan25.053225.28717@rotag.mi.org> <1993Jan27.053505.11068@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:04:47 GMT
- Lines: 66
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- In article <1993Jan27.053505.11068@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan25.053225.28717@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan24.220813.12535@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark A. Cochran) writes:
- >
- >[Deletions]
- >
- >>Seriously, if you can't tell the difference between choosing one's words
- >>carefully when accusing someone of a criminal act, on the one hand, and
- >>making fine linguistic distinctions between various forms of psychological
- >>personality disorders in the midst of Yet Another Abstract Net.debate, on
- >>the other, I think you have some seriously screwed-up priorities there,
- >>Mark...
- >>
- >So you consider falsely accusing someone of a criminal act in aforum
- >with no legal standing to eb a lesser offense then falsely accusing
- >someone of having a serious psychiatric problem?
-
- The question here is the seriousness of the charge. A joke about someone
- being "schizophrenic" is not even in the same league as a solemn accusation
- of forgery. Don't you agree? Cracks about mental health and/or competency are
- continually made in jest, or in net.flames -- "moron", "fool", "idiot",
- "psycho", "nutcase". Do you think every instance is meant to be a medical
- diagnosis?
-
- That's a pretty moronic assumption :-)
-
- >You accused Larry of suffering from schizophrenia (although the
- >context made it obvious that you should have used multiple personality
- >disorder or MPD) and you have accused me of being paranoid.
-
- See above. Those are quite clearly NOT attempts at diagnosis.
-
- >You are either engaging in 'wasteful ad hominem' attacks (you know,
- >the ones you complaign about others engaging in),
-
- This particular exchange is only wasteful because you refuse to admit that
- "schizophrenia" is, in a general forum, a perfectly valid way to describe
- what you call "MPD".
-
- - Kevin
-
- "kevin, you've often argued in favor of abortion restrictions."
- James G. Keegan Jr., keegan@acm.rpi.edu
- Sat, 12 Dec 1992 18:55:40 GMT
- <t9g20dp@rpi.edu>
-
- "for years, i've been arguing that you wanted to
- restrict women's right to terminate a pregnancy."
- James G Keegan Jr, keegan@pan.crd.ge.com
- 1 Jan 93 03:48:14 GMT
- <1993Jan1.034814.1823@crd.ge.com>
-
- ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
- ? ?
- ? "i haven't seen kebbie argue for legislation." ?
- ? James G Keegan Jr, keegan@pan.crd.ge.com ?
- ? 2 Jan 93 00:32:23 GMT ?
- ? <1993Jan2.003223.3588@crd.ge.com> ?
- ? ?
- ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
-
- "sure you do, kevin. you argue against women's right
- to terminate a pregnancy quite frequently."
- James G Keegan Jr, keegan@pan.crd.ge.com
- 2 Jan 93 14:54:05 GMT
- <1993Jan2.145405.947@crd.ge.com>
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