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smooth · 08-27-2003, 08:36 AM

archer2371, if you think I stated that he was beginning to sound like Osama (I didn't equate him to Osama) because he used religious verse then you didn't understand my post.

I'm not going to engage your discussion regarding what is or is not revisionism--I stated clearly in my first sentence that I didn't make any claims about that subject.

I know you've read most of my posts so you likely already know that:

1) I don't believe Osama bin Laden is a nut. He is a political dissident fighting against the perceived secularization of his culture and the onslaught of global capitalism.

2) I don't know about Webster but I've already made analogies between our founding framers, revolutionaries, and terrorists--so yeah, I do include them in a similar category.

3) I don't believe that people are nuts, in general--regardless if it's you, Mojo, Osama, or anyone else you want to invoke from a few hundred years ago. Despite actions and claims that seem irrational to others, each of you believe them to be rational. We label people nuts when we can't understand their motives but that doesn't mean they don't understand themselves.

08-27-2003, 08:36 AM	#76 (permalink)
smooth Junkie Location: Right here	archer2371, if you think I stated that he was beginning to sound like Osama (I didn't equate him to Osama) because he used religious verse then you didn't understand my post. I'm not going to engage your discussion regarding what is or is not revisionism--I stated clearly in my first sentence that I didn't make any claims about that subject. I know you've read most of my posts so you likely already know that: 1) I don't believe Osama bin Laden is a nut. He is a political dissident fighting against the perceived secularization of his culture and the onslaught of global capitalism. 2) I don't know about Webster but I've already made analogies between our founding framers, revolutionaries, and terrorists--so yeah, I do include them in a similar category. 3) I don't believe that people are nuts, in general--regardless if it's you, Mojo, Osama, or anyone else you want to invoke from a few hundred years ago. Despite actions and claims that seem irrational to others, each of you believe them to be rational. We label people nuts when we can't understand their motives but that doesn't mean they don't understand themselves. __________________ "The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman Last edited by smooth; 08-27-2003 at 08:55 AM..