Subj : Extent of the Torah
To   : Joseph Voigt
From : Curtis Johnson
Date : Fri Oct 27 2000 05:55 pm

 CJ>     Just as there's many different types of opponent sports,
 CJ> ranging from chess to fencing and boxing, so there's many types
 CJ> of posting styles and echoes.  What's appropriate for one is not
 CJ> appropriate for the other, and vice versa.  If you saw someone
 CJ> doing kick boxing, would that "forever taint" him in your mind
 CJ> as a chess player?  Would you immediately dismiss the possibility
 CJ> of that person also being a loving parent and spouse?

 JV> You have it exactly right.  I suspect Constance secretly enjoys
 JV> reading my posts in that echo, though.  Why else would she READ them,
 JV> otherwise? Reminds me of the people who download porn from the web for
 JV> -educational- purposes.  Sure. 

	There certainly is a type of personality that finds being 
"shocked" strangely exciting.  8-)

 CJ>     3) IMHO, there is an intelligible reason for the type of
 CJ> Joseph's posts in MAD DOG MATZDOBRE.  "Charles Hunter" has been
 CJ> claiming for a long time that no one has any legal right to post
 CJ> anything which he, Charles Hunter, considers blasphemous, and
 CJ> indeed has a long history of attempting to intimidate people
 CJ> with the threat of legal suits over this.  Joseph has even told
 CJ> CH that the entire reason for the series of the posts that you
 CJ> find so offensive is to, in effect, call his bluff.

 JV> Precisely right.  I see the need to expose Charles for what he is. 
 JV> His ongoing threats, lies, and claims about rights must be 
 JV> challenged :) His threat that his gods cannot be blasphemed in a 
 JV> FLAME echo (with Chuck as subject), of all places, is particularly 
 JV> amusing and just CALLS OUT to be challenged to show his utter 
 JV> dunderheaded folly. 

	Yep.  Although his threats of legal harassment have been shown 
to be toothless, he has gone through some of the motions.  He really
has been trying to use the state (or the bluff of it) to silence the
expression of religious opinions he disagrees with.  
 
 CJ>     4) Joseph has been temperate in this echo (so far, anyway),
 CJ> and that really is what matters most in this echo.

 JV> Yes, it does.  I remain temperate here in keeping with the spirit
 JV> and atmosphere of the echo. 

	Unlike the Matz Man, who's been evicted from many echoes.

 CJ>     5) To my knowledge, Joseph hasn't wished that CH castrate
 CJ> himself.  I suppose we still have to go to the saints for that
 CJ> type of language.

 JV> Nope, I certainly could never use stronger language than the holy 
 JV> book does.  Afterall, I would never be happy to seize and smash 
 JV> little children against the rocks!  (Psalm 137:9)  How heinous! 

	"But--but that didn't use any four-letter words!"

	I wonder if we'll hear from Constance on this.  A bit off-topic,
perhaps, except as a reminder to look for motivations and circumstances
before passing judgment.




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