Re: offtopic: christmas holidays[Euman]
I sure wish [Euman] were no longer associated with this
lecture on xtianity or Religion in General.
Kat I fell similarly as you, that is my opinion.
Thanks and am very sorry to have continued this
with my pennies worth.
euman at bellsouth.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: offtopic: christmas holidays[Euman]
> It's ridiculous to assert that the term "political correctness" has
anything
> to do with any "international communism". In fact, the term was invented
by
> conservatives who wanted a better catchphrase to bash liberals with for
> having a sense of decency and compassion; the conservatives old liberal
> bashing catchphrase, "bleeding hearts", wasn't working well enough, and
they
> may have also dimly understood that the term "bleeding heart", because of
> its original use with respect to jesus' own compassion, was not well
> received by the religious right-wing zealots, whom the conservatives
wished
> to court.
>
> The use of the term "politically correct" is a complete and duplicitous
> misnomer, having the naked intent of sweeping aside genuine human
compassion
> by mislabeling it. It's akin to the "strawman" fallacy, where a thing is
> falsely shown to be "wrong" by making reference to something *different*
> than the thing (the straw man), shooting *that* down, and pretending that
> the original thing is the same thing as the one shot down.
>
> Dan Moyer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry" <futures8 at EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 8:42 PM
> Subject: Re: offtopic: christmas holidays[Euman]
>
> <snip>
> <bunch of religious stuff>
>
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