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Re: Innocence & harmless weapons (fwd)




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> Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 21:35:57 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sandy Sandfort <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Innocence & harmless weapons
>
> > Whose side of the truth?
> 
> That was a capital "T", bub.  Truth doesn't have sides.  (Think
> of it as an archetype.)

Sorry but the very fact that I don't agree with you is proof enough that
there is no absolute 'Truth' as you use it. That is  unless you are
attempting to claim absolute omnipotence on the point of determination.

> > To be honest I was surprised by your simplistic responce.
> 
> That was a question mark, bub.  It wasn't an answer, it was
> a question.  Hey, the devil is in the details, gang.  Too bad
> modern schools teach "self-esteem" instead of reading, writing
> and rhetoric.  (Spelling wouldn't hurt either.)

Nice tactical ploy, an ad hominem buried in a straw man argument.


                                            Jim Choate