[lbo-talk] dalai lama in nyc

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Sun Sep 21 08:08:21 PDT 2003


At 8:01 AM -0700 9/21/03, Dwayne Monroe wrote:
>In the name of Hermes Trismegistus, who on this list has 'linked
>arms' with "pro-Ba'athist groups"?
>
>This is the most primitive type of flamebaiting - making an entirely
>outrageous assertion as the basis for a debate ("...well sir, how do
>you defend your support for stabbing babies?")
>
>Surely you can form a less blog-esque argument; one that takes your
>opponents' actual arguments into account without bloody caricature?

Some shoot the messenger when they don't like the message; a few shoot the messenger when they like the message (or at least can't argue with it) -- Bring the Troops Home Now, End the Occupation, Free Iraq, Reparations to Iraqis! -- but don't like the messenger regardless. In the latter case, flames tend to be more incendiary.
:->
-- Yoshie

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