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Date Posted: 22:49:21 10/19/04 Tue
Author: why does my identity matter?
Author Host/IP: 172.193.226.224
Subject: still fencesitting
In reply to: knip 's message, "hmmm" on 22:30:48 10/19/04 Tue

Intime, you might be able to guess who I am, but I am surprised that you are still focusing on PERSONALITIES and not on words and ideas. Why is my identity important to you? So that you can pigeonhole my words in some context agreeable to yourself??? Don't you see how that is the same prejudice that I accused L. of? It is.

I feel absolutely certain that you understand all the contexts. Don't pretend stupidity, Knip, that is very unbecoming of you.

Erase personalities and try to think in terms of ideas. You are military. How would you like your ideas to be censored and condemned because this group is generally pacificist? Don't you have the right to express your opinions, regardless of context? Isn't that freedom of speech? I might think you're a melodramatic little bitch, but does that mean I should be able to just cut you off in mid-sentence -- consign you to silence in my particular realm -- because I don't like the place you are coming from?

I refuse identities. I will tell you who I'm NOT, but if you insist on telling me who I AM before you utter an opinion, then YOU are a prejudiced coward. Answer my arguments, please. Words speak for themselves.

>not enough clues yet to KNOW who you are...but some
>references and knowledge of time zones certainly leads
>me to some clues
>
>but really, anonymous discussion is just words, near
>as i can tell...without context, without knowing who
>is saying it, there is no reference against which to
>frame those words
>
>
>as far as the likes/dislikes argument goes, i work by
>the assumption that i am not aware of the whole
>story....so all i have to go by is the little bit i
>know of the personalities involved
>
>
>and i happen to be aware that lrod and dp have
>volatile personalities, in fact i think they will
>admit they feed off that for their art
>
>so what is left for me? i decide based on what i
>know, what i perceive, based on statements from
>people...people who identify themselves so i can tell
>where they are coming from and judge
>accordingly...which is why i place relatively little
>importance on the opinions of anonymous posters
>
>in this case, however, i choose to not make a
>decision....i like the participants too much to go out
>on that line...
>
>
>but i do appreciate the fact that someone understood
>my pain last week
>
>:)

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