From: Horse (horse@darkstar.uk.net)
Date: Sat Jun 26 2004 - 23:17:17 BST
Hi David
On 26 Jun 2004 at 13:03, David Buchanan wrote:
> dmb says:
> I can only speak for myself, of course. Its not that I've missed your point,
> but would like to assert my right to use the word "fascist". Most of the
> time people use it as an insult without really knowing the actual meaning of
> the word or a thing about its various historical appearances. I'd like to
> assure you and everyone else that I do not use the word as an insult. It may
> not be very flattering to be described as a fascist, and my particular views
> about who and what constitutes a fascists is certainly open for discussion,
> (My understanding of the word comes from conventional places like the
> dictionary and from history books, but also from Pirsig's MOQ) but I do not
> use the word as a term of abuse. So, I would insist the right of anyone to
> use the word whenever it is practical in making a case or a point.
There are ways and there are ways of using the term Fascist. Sometimes your use of
this term may be reasonable (as is Platt's use of the term Socialist) and at other times it
is used in a derogatory and abusive way. It is the latter form that is not acceptable on
the MD list and I hope you will take this into consideration in any future posts.
This goes for other members too. If you are using terms which can be both descriptive or
abusive, dependent upon context, then consider what you are trying to say or achieve.
Are you trying to piss someone off because you're in a bad mood or you have no other
comback or response or are you making a valid point?
Horse
MOQ.ORG - http://www.moq.org
Mail Archives:
Aug '98 - Oct '02 - http://alt.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/
Nov '02 Onward - http://www.venus.co.uk/hypermail/moq_discuss/summary.html
MD Queries - horse@darkstar.uk.net
To unsubscribe from moq_discuss follow the instructions at:
http://www.moq.org/md/subscribe.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Jun 26 2004 - 23:31:06 BST