From: query@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Samuel Green)
Subject: Re: Summary...
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 00:02:54 GMT

	*SIGH*  Seems DC still want's to trell me that I am wrong...
	DC, remember, what is wrong for one can be right for another. 
I could give example after example of situations in which your average
person would agree that sometimes one person has the right to do something
that others do not.  Besides that, I neverstated that anyone else than
myself would be wrong in following someone to escort them.  I did say that
people should excercise caution and good judgement in choosing to do so, if
there is any doubt that they can handle themselves.
	Anyway, the pathetic examples of:  Should I go to the beach and
tell people to wear sun block, or should I go to people getting into cars
and say "Buckle up." and also, my favorite, should I go to bookstores and
tell people not to buy a book because I did not feel that it was any good.
All those examples are irrelevant, due to one factor: Degree.
	I seriously doubt that anyone will die or be injured from reading a
book, (although, when I was recovering from a spontaneous pnuemothorax I
was advised agains reading Dave Barry, because the laughter could cause a
recollapse).  As far as the sun block goes, they are putting themselves in
danger, but the danger is *quite* long term, and I boubt that if someone
does not wear sun block that they would be turned into a quivering mass oif
cancerous cells in a matter of minutes.  Buckling up?  Some evidence shows
that you can actually increase your danger from certain types of accidents
by wearing a seat belt, and, also, it is my belief that a person who gets
into a car accident can actually learn something from the experience.  Most
rape victims do learn something also, though, that they can become a
victim, and that it is best to reduce ones chances.

	As far as the slander thing you talked about again, may I point
outthat it seems that your position on that has flipped.
	First you say (approximately) that anyone would obviously see
'ignorant slut who drips puss' as an opinion.  I disaggreed with you there,
pointing out that puss dripping and slutishness were reasonably proovable
or unprovable, but that ignorance was in the eye of the beholder.  I also
pointed out that many people are unfamilliar with, say, english as a
language, and thus take what they hear literally (the fucking house fucking
job deal)  Your response?  What does it matter?  How is that relevant?
	It shows that not everyone can be counted on to see an opinion as
an opinion, not a fact.
	Second, after I posted my response stating that your puss slut
example was off because it could be looked at as a fact, you then tell ME
that that is indeed correct, acting as though YOU had dissagreed with the
possibility that it would be taken as an opinion by everyone.  But, of
course, you are the one who stated that it was only possible to take it as
an opinion in the first place...
	DC, I become tired of this.  You go say one thing, then change your
position, attempting to be subtle, and also, you continually attempt to
tell me what my morals are.  I would suggest that you look out for your own
morals, and let others do the same.  I object to behavior that I see
frequently, as being immoral if I were to do it, but I cannot usually say
that it would be morally wrong and then take a stand.  Suffice it to say, I
am violating no ones rights by following them.  
	Finally, edit your damn posts.  You *publicly* agreed to do this,
yet you do not.  *I* don't have to read something that I wrote in order to
remember the gist of what I said.  Perhaps this is not true for you, but,
then, perhaps if you cannot remember what is going on you should just give
up news groups?
	Sam
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