Yes, but only in the classical sense, not in the
contemporary.
----- Original Message ---- From: Patrick King <
abrasax93@yahoo.com> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 20,
2007 2:08:48 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Two buck
books
Well,
we have one thing in common; we're both
athietsts.
Patrick
--- Robert Elkin <rictusaporia@ yahoo.com> wrote:
> Oh, please.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Patrick King <abrasax93@yahoo.
com>
> To: rara-avis-l@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:14:43 PM
> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Two buck
books
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I realize that all of us here love to
> read about
>
> murder. It's pretty much all I read and write
about.
>
> On the other hand, murder actually does happen
and
>
> when it touches lives words like "emotions"
and
>
> "intelligence" and "fairest" ring pretty smug
and
>
> hollow. Imagine a family like Sharon Tate's who
for
>
> the last 40 years have made it their main purpose
to
>
> go the parole hearings of all 5 of the
people
>
> convicted of killing their daughter and sister
just
> so
>
> the American Government doesn't FORGET what they
put
>
> those people in prison for and let them out with
the
>
> rest of us. Should an American family have to
live
>
> like this? A pregnant girl was brutally
murdered,
> the
>
> people who drove the knives into her body are up
for
>
> PAROLE and you're lecturing me about "fairness."
I'm
>
> not looking for emotional satisfaction. I'm
not
>
> looking for revenge. I'm looking for a
total
> solution
>
> to a very specific problem once and for
all.
>
>
>
> Patrick King
>
> --- Robert Elkin <rictusaporia@ yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
>
>
> > Probably not, but that's a big DNF in terms
of
>
> > argumentative discourse. Being civilized/social
is
>
> > all about controlling the impulses with
the
>
> > intelligence, finding the best & fairest
(not
>
> > necessarily the most emotionally satisfying)
ways
> of
>
> > dealing with problems.
>
> > Or it's all about teacake & jam. I don't
really
>
> > remember with certainty.
>
> > Rob
>
> >
>
> > ----- Original Message ----
>
> > From: Patrick King <abrasax93@yahoo.
com>
>
> > To: rara-avis-l@ yahoogroups. com
>
> > Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 6:58:24
AM
>
> > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Re: Two buck
books
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
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> > I wonder if you'd be as objective if
> the
>
> > victim was
>
> >
>
> > your mother or daughter?
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > Patrick King
>
> >
>
> > --- rictusaporia <rictusaporia@
yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >
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> >
>
> >
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> > > Personally, I prefer the tigers & dogs
to those
>
> > who
>
> >
>
> > > are presumptuous
>
> >
>
> > > enough to think that the simplistic
machinic
>
> >
>
> > > application of brutal
>
> >
>
> > > force to any symptomatic human expression
of
>
> > social
>
> >
>
> > > ills is a thing
>
> >
>
> > > that can be morally justified (or
called
> "human").
>
> >
>
> >
>
> > > Rob
>
> >
>
> > >
>
> >
>
> > > --- In rara-avis-l@ yahoogroups. com,
Patrick
> King
>
>
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