From: PA142138@utkvm1.utk.edu (Nancy Proctor)
Subject: Re: Republicans & Propaganda
Organization: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:16:57 GMT

In article <MAD.92Sep2143650@spirit.spirit.clearpoint.com>
mad@spirit.spirit.clearpoint.com (Michael Davis) writes:

>
>On 2 Sep 92 16:17:47 GMT, PA142138@utkvm1.utk.edu (Nancy Proctor) said:
>
>Nancy> I ran across a couple of quotes the other day   that I thought might
>Nancy> interest folks here in light of the threads dealing with Fascisim
>Nancy> and Republicans.
>
>[specific Hitlerian ravings deleted]
>
>I think I see where you want our thoughts to end up after reading your
>post: Hitler say some things and was a Nazi.  Republicans say some
>similar things.  Therefore Dan Quayle is a Nazi.
>
Dear Michael,
No, dear, that was not at all what I was intending.  I deliberately placed
little smirky faces at the end of my own comments in the hope that people
reading would not make the error of thinking that I was trying to draw an
analogy of that sort.  I would only be tempted to imply such nonsense
if I was talking to extremely foolish people and wanted to confuse them.
(admitedly I have been known to do that when in my cups but only for the
entertainment value of discussing serious matters with others in a
similar state)
From reading the posts on alt.pagan, I have determined that there are very few
foolish folks on this net.
I merely found the statements interesting and thought that others might be
interested, as well.


>Now, I'm not saying he is or isn't, but I doubt it.  My point about
>this is that this is bad reasoning and either you knew that when you
>posted or you didn't.  If you didn't know it, I offer the following
>analogy for clarification:  Hitler liked strudel (he may have, anyway)
>and was a Nazi.  I like strudel, therefore, I am a Nazi?  (Please
>don't quote this out of context :^).  On the other hand, you may have
>know it was poor logic, and said it anyway.  If you, I want to
>discourage that sort of debating.  After all, there are plenty of
>logically consistent ways to torpedo the Republican Party, that we
>need not use this sort of argument.
>
>


Since you have made false assumptions regarding my intentions, I see no
point commenting further on these statements. They were obviously prompted
by a misunderstanding.
Calm down, relax,  Obviously my little smirky faces were not enough to
avoid misinterpretation. If anyone could tell of of another way to make
sarcasm more clear in my postings, I'd certainly appreciate the info.
>

>Blessings and Peace from no fan of the Republicans...
>--
>-mad
>
>Michael A. Davis		mad@spirit.clearpoint.com
>
>Clearpoint Research Corp. / 135 Parkwood Drive / Hopkinton, MA 01738
>
Blessings to you as well,

And though I am certainly no fan of Republicans in general, I am related to
several and even have gone so far as to develop friendships with a few,
(after all variety is what makes life interesting).

Have a lovely day,

Nancy Proctor
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