Re: THe OverRelational Manifesto (ORM)

From: Marshall Spight <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com>
Date: 20 Apr 2006 19:09:05 -0700
Message-ID: <1145585345.077887.21020_at_j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>


paul c wrote:
> Marshall Spight wrote:
> > ...
> > I still don't like name-calling, though. I still think it's
> > intellectually
> > unnecessary, and I still think ad-hominem reasoning is
> > logically invalid.
>
> A grand comparison compared to narrow db interests I'll admit, but WWII,
> at least part of it, might not have happened if Neville Chamberlain had
> been into ad-hominem logic instead of religious politeness.

Many historians have searched for the true origins of the second world war. Anti-semitism, rising nationalism, and resentment over the treaty of Versailles have all been cited, but now we know that the true culprits were "please" and "thank-you."

Marshall Received on Fri Apr 21 2006 - 04:09:05 CEST

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