[PLUG] The virtue of posting while calm

[Karol Kulaga]

*ahem* I believe that is Mussolini
/history nazi who just needed to respond to something on
this goddamn long thread.

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[mailto:plug-admin at lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Jeme A
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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [PLUG] The virtue of posting while calm


On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Cliff Wells wrote:
> Then I suppose you disagree with the axiom "if a = b and b
= c then a =
> c".  At this point what you agree with or disagree with
becomes moot
> since your ability to reason becomes highly suspect.
Sheesh.  And
> people here wonder why I question their intelligence.  Two
words for
> you: remedial algebra.  Let me make it clear:
>
> Claim 1:  PDXLUG is run by Matt King (a = b)
> Claim 2:  PDXLUG is run by fascists (b = c)
> Therefore,  Matt King is a fascist. (a = c)

You're the only one to call anybody a fascist, just so's you
know.
Mousilini was fascist, certainly, but my comparison was to
his
totalitarianism, not his fascism.  (While it is basically
true that all
fascists are totalitarian, not all totalitarians are
fascists.)  That's a
bit like saying that, since I compared him to Mousilini, I'm
implying that
Matt is bald.

That aside, let's just substitute "totalitarian" for
"fascist" in your
above syllogism and we have a fairly accurate statement.

The question remains, is that an insult?  I don't think so.
It's a
description of his (apparently) prefered organization style.
That's just
the english word for that style of management.  It's not an
insult.

J.
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