blatham wrote:It's the sophistication of your moral philosophy which I find so entrancing, tico.
On the one hand, the anecdote described by ebrown wherein he was abrupt and unfriendly to a stranger on a train demands your stern public protest. Rudeness simply cannot go unmentioned. Your moral sense of how humans ought to behave towards others has been offended and you will not remain silent on the matter. Proper citizenship entails your moral remonstration. A man on a train expressing his honest opinion was unfriendly and abrupt to a stranger. Clearly, a moral outrage.
(Incredibly shallow analysis, blatham ... especially for you. I does carry one of your central themes though.)
What caused its mention was the celebratory tone with which the news of his rudeness was received. It stuck me to hear the responses to his rudeness on this thread, cheering him on, encouraging his boorish behavior. You have joined this thread not to take a position vis ebrown's conduct, you just think I'm a hypocrite for being critical of ebrown's lack of proper social behavior, while not being critical of Ann Coulter, and you also blather on about torture and war. What's torture is trying to follow your thought process here.
Whether ebrown's conduct was rude, or not, is an easy enough question, and it's already been agreed upon. He was rude .... it's who he is. You are exercised at the thought that I have social manners, and dare to be critical of a boor, while at the same time appreciate Ann Coulter's writing.
Quote:On the other hand, when Ann Coulter says to millions of citizens, that "Obviously, Gore is a total fag" not only does this falsehood and maliciously intended slander (with attached sexual bigotry) not perk up your acute moral sensibilities, it strikes you as the sort of thing jolly enough that it ought to be forwarded more broadly.
I do not believe I forwarded Coulter's article re "Gore is a total fag," nor do I believe I ever read same. Unless you have a link to where I did, what you have said above about me forwarding that article on, is a complete lie on your part. But if I
had forwarded on that article (or any of the many other articles of Coulter's I've quoted that have offended anyone on A2K), my doing so is not rude. If I grabbed you on the street and forced you to read an Ann Coulter article against your will, THAT would be rude. Here on A2K you have to capacity to
not read a particular post. And if you are going to waltz onto the political forum, you better be prepared to read content you don't agree with. The fact that you don't appreciate Coulter's humor does not mean I'm rude.
Was Coulter rude in calling Gore "a total fag"? Yes, she was. Am I outraged that she did? No. She's a pundit and Al Gore's a public figure. Get over it.
Quote:And then there is that torture thing, tico. That's ok with you. It's justified.
No, torture is not "ok" with me, and that's another lie put forth by you. You're on a roll.
Quote:And war? What the hell, they happen.
Are you coming unhinged, blatham. Try to pull yourself together. There's foam coming out of your mouth, for goodness sakes.
Quote:Probably there aren't any two year old Iraqi kid's eyeballs splashed on ceilings.
What the hell is that supposed to mean? Please run down the street and get a Mint Frappuccino and try to wake up (and pour a pint of whiskey in it while you're at it).
Quote:But no rudeness on a train is going to pass you by without you speaking up loud and proud about right and wrong in human affairs.
Again, please try to engage your brain today. You are demonstrating the sort of mental prowess I've come to expect from Parados.
