Theos-Talk Archives (March 2003 Message tt00339)

I didn't delve into all the posts, but I thank you for providing a different
attitude than I felt before. Good luck. Etzion
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Stubbs" <stevestubbs@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 6:21 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Jimmy Carter Speaks Out


> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Etzion Becker <etvionbb@n...>
> wrote:
> > It is
> > true that a *goy* should be treated as an *animal* ...
> > a man devoid of
> > spirituality is no more but a talking beast; world affairs confirm
> this on a
> > daily basis.
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> What you say makes sense on one level, but it leads to the very kinds
> of abuses committed for centuries by the Catholic Church and which
> you rightly decry. Maybe the better position should be "some men are
> animals, but it's 'Be kind to anumals century.'"
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> I also think you may have missed something. Erica posted some
> quotes, Leon said they were bogus but that he did not know where they
> came from, and I said I think I may have identified their source.
> The document in question selectively quotes only extremists, and
> makes it appear everyone who belongs to that sect is an extremist.
> The facts are as stated, in other words, but the impression they give
> is purposely unbalanced and therefore may not be completely fair.
> There has been a certain amount of fact twisting on this site, and it
> goes on constantly in the political arena, so I submit that it may be
> useful to notice the techniques by which this is done. As Herb Cohen
> said in his book: "A tactic perceived ceases to be a tactic."
> Tactics are like magic tricks. They only fool us until we find out
> how the trick is done. Cohen argued - with considerable
> justification in my opinion - that we should educate outselves on how
> this is done so we recognize it when it is done to us, which it
> surely will be.
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