On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 04:51:39 GMT "Frank Olson"
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>"G. Morgan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
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>> Frank, you're not going to let him get away with that RU?
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>Yup... He's a cretin. Rational people ignore idiotic ravings in favour of
>informed debate. Mr. Dolan continues to spout nonsense about the Muslim
>faith based on supposition, hatred, and the actions of a small minority. He
>spouts lies and innuendo about people he's never met based on nothing more
>than "if they don't think like me, they're traitors". He continues to do
>absolutely *nothing* but make funny faces in front of his computer monitor
>while letting others fight the "war" he so strongly favours.
>
Funny thing about the Internet, it has enabled people you would
normally never hear from to express their views (however skewed they
may be). These might be the types that are shirtless on a street
corner, ringing a cowbell, proclaiming "The end is near!". Or they
may be a well respected figure in their community - they could be a
health worker, an executive, a blue collar tradesman, military
personnel, you name it.
Modern technology has allowed their opinions (or rants) to appear
right in your own home, in the form of electrons dancing across your
screen. Everybody has an opinion about religion, morality, politics,
world affairs, gay-marrage, drug legalization, etc...
The one thing I have YET to see is someone responding to a person on
the virtual soapbox and say, "You're right. My view on that issue was
wrong, thank you for setting me straight." It just does not happen.
There is an interesting sociological lesson in here somewhere. People
don't come to Usenet topics like this to "debate". They come to vent
frustration. They come to entertain themselves. Some just want
someone to listen to them. I'm fairly certain no one actually
believes they can change someone's mind about these issues.
That said, get off your ass and don't let ED call you a ****ed-up
cowardly girly-man!
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-Graham
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