shoot first, ask questions later

[John Halle]

> 
> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:41:09 EST
> From: Apsken at aol.com
> Subject: Re: Zizek = the Third Way (was Re: Zizek on Haider)
> 
> >  OK, I'm being attacked either for 1) not being sufficiently familiar with
> >  the information which CAQ has made available about the extreme and
> >  corrosive reactionary stands which opus dei has taken or 2) for engaging
> >  in "hate-filled anti-Catholicism" by failing to understand that opus dei
> >  is not so bad after all.
> >  
> >  These charges are, of course, mutually exclusive.
> >  
> >  Can we reach some consensus on what I'm being charged with and then I'll
> >  respond.
> 
> No, you are being charged with making irresponsible accusations, asserting 
> that people hold or do not hold positions you attribute to them, based on no 
> evidence whatever, in order to deflect discussion away from the subjects 
> under debate -- in short, with being unscrupulous and unprincipled.
> 

The really interesting thing about this response is the first word, "no."
In other words, no consensus is necessary on the what my crimes are before
I'm tried, convicted and, presumably, sent to the gulag.

As to what I'm being "unscrupulous and unprincipled" about, I think I will
respond to Chip's less hysterical posting which covers the same ground.

Hugs and kisses,

John

P.S.  Hey, everybody, is this guy some kind of nut who might actually come
after me with an assault rifle?  I'm actually sort of scared by the tone
of these-the tradition of cyber-flaming notwithstanding.