RE: Notes from the university bottom

There you go again, attacking a persons class based on their politics.
Personally, I find political muckraking very classy. It follows a long
American tradition in the lines of Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Mother
Jones, and, although he had severe character flaws, Abby Hoffman.
tina

>So, generalizing a group of people for a dogmatic attack is classy?
>Attributing nasty motives without any factual reference, "They really
>don't
>giva a fuck what happens." is classy? Attributing those who disagree with
>him as psychopathic personalities? I could go on. Come on John I thought
>you fancied yourself a careful reader. That's just it, much of what is
>said
>can be dismissed with "That's just me." and if that is true than what is
>the point in asking questions like "like what". Of course I am not
>classy,
>never claimed to be. I am not a fan of ruffling feathers for the sole sake
>of fun but like Kurt I have my motives but lets not kid ourselves. You
>think you have dodged the no class label with references to qualifications,
>and moanings, and "I know what I like to do to you", come John you play the
>civilized role but who is deceiving who? I agree that he has some love but
>he also has some hate not that that is categorically bad but he can be just
>as full of shit like his overused POW latrine, maybe its his diet but hey
>so
>it goes.
>Daniel
>
>
>
>Daniel,
>
>I see nothing in anything you've sent us to that indicates any lack of
>class
>whatsoever, by any of the offered definitions I've read here so far.
>
>In fact, he seems to be quite in the spirit of an old man with class (and,
>I
>might add, honesty, clarity of thought and expression, wisdom, and even a
>little, genuine love for his fellow human beings -- or perhaps that's to be
>without class these days).
>
>And indeed, the only writing I see that might indicate the sort of thing
>you
>are describing has had your own name attached to it.
>
>But I'm sure that's just me.
>
>All the best,
>
>--John
>

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Received on Wed Jul 9 23:07:39 2003