From: linan@argon.berkeley.edu (Mike Linan)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.animals
Subject: Re: Don't tell the Anti-Hunters
Date: 7 Oct 1992 16:48:12 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: argon.berkeley.edu

In article <BvpwFz.4ox@wpg.com> russ@wpg.com (Russell Lawrence) writes:

>Russell Lawrence writes:
>rl> Your statements don't make sense to me.   Please explain why it might
>rl> be acceptable for Mike to label a question about hunters hunting 
>rl> hunters as "idiotic", yet still expect the rest of us to accept his
>rl> claim that "god" told him that deer hunting is acceptable.

>Mike Hoskins  <----- That's Mike Linan, Russell
>ml> Your confused Russell.  I never asked nor do I expect you or anybody
>ml> to accept my beliefs.  I really for the life of me do not know how
>ml> you can misunderstand what so many others clearly say to you.  

>From article <1992Oct5.195527.13967@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, by motto@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (mary.rita.otto):
>mo> Mike, Russell understands.  He just refuses to accept that anyone
>mo> else may be right about anything.  He refuses to acknowledge that
>mo> other opinions might be equally valid.

>No, I really don't understand.  And by making such an admission, 
>it seems to me that I'm giving Mr. Linan the benefit of the 
>doubt.  If I were forced to make a best-guess about Mr. Linan's 
>name-calling, I'd have to say that his use of the word, "idiot", 
>to label his opponents is hypocritical since his own position is
>founded ultimately on a unreasonable, unthinking practice that he 
>calls "faith".  


You don't need to give Mike the benefit of the doubt Russell.  It is of
no benefit to me if you believe in what I say or not.  Makes absolutely
no difference whatsoever.  You think I have not given my faith some 
thought as you say but, I say you don't know squat about me and your 
ignorance is obvious.


>Be that as it may, do you consider the statement, "Thou shalt not
>suffer a witch to live", to be equally valid as the statement:
>"Government should make no laws restricting private exercise
>of religion, be it christianity or witchcraft."  Bear in mind that
>Linan's "god" made the first statement, whereas the second is
>a paraphrase of something written by Thomas Jefferson.


Wow.  Thomas Jerfferson.  Now there's someone we all should worship and
base our lives on.


>mo> Russell uses a set of tactics to wage verbal warfare over the net.
>mo> Currently, he is hunting hunters.  He sets traps.  He tosses little
>mo> bombs (loaded questions).  He impales his victims on sharp insults,
>mo> pointed remarks, and the razor edge of inuendo.  He is vicious.
>mo> He searches for a weakness, a mistake, and pounces.  He wears down
>mo> his quarry until they are driven over the cliff in exhaustion and
>mo> are forced into oblivion.
 
>mo> He's not interested in fostering discussion, only in eliminating 
>mo> opponents.
 
>mo> And there is no worse fate for him than what Todd said about nobody 
>mo> taking him seriously anymore.

>Are you trying to insult me?  Are you making pointed remarks?  Are
>you vicious?  Are you trying to wear me down?  Are you trying to
>eliminate me from the discussion?   


Exactly how old are you Russell?  Sometimes you act like an elementry school
bully.  If you want to be taken seriously I suggest you start by being honest
and stop with the snide remarks and dishonest tactics.

>Russell Lawrence, WP Group, New Orleans (504) 443-5000


Mike Linan