Subj : Apple Pie
To   : JOSEPH VOIGT
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Sat Nov 04 2000 03:17 am

>  >>  JV>> Now, are you going to call me a PERVERT again?
>  >>
>  >>  CR> Why? Is there something _bad_ about calling you a pervert?
>  >>
>  >>  JV> Yes, there is.  Because I am not a pervert.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> "Bad is a relative concept."  - Joseph Voigt, pervert, hatemonger
>  >>
>  >>
> 
>  TH>> :-)
> 
>  JW> Do you really think a flame like that is appropriate in this echo?
> 
> Just after Todd apologized for calling me that horrible name, he sends the
> above to Constance smiling about it all.  One wonders about his sincerity.
> 


Well, you DID say that bad is relative, correct? So, by your own words, the
level of "badness" of 
her actions is relative, a mere matter of perspective, correct? I am
neither defending nor 
condemning her use of that word, but your characterization of "bad" as
being relative does have 
some relevant philosophical implications whenever you personally react to
something as being 
"bad".  Perhaps calling you a name is only bad relative to you, but perhaps
to others it is not.

So, who is is right? Do we simply tally how many people think it's good
versus how many think 
it's bad, and go with the higher number? 

The fact that you characterized "bad" as being relative DOES cast some fog
on your reactions 
to certain things here as if they were "bad".

Hey, perhaps some greater philosophical purpose can be learned as a result
of this recent 
hostility after all...



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