Subj : Rush to Judgement?
To   : CURTIS JOHNSON
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Wed Nov 08 2000 01:23 am

>  >  TH> In a blatantly obvious attempt to shift the focus on philosophy, 
>  >  TH> what do you think Plato would have to say about the above 
>  >  TH> behaviors?
>  > 
>  >JV> LOL.  Are you going to rewrite history for us now, Todd?  Plato 
>  >JV> never married.  On the internal evidence of his writing, his sexual 
>  >JV> feelings seem to have been directed solely to other men.  That sounds
>  >JV> homosexual to me. I have a pretty good idea what he'd have to say
>  >JV> about the above behaviors. 
>  > 
>  >  Not overly familiar with ancient Greek society, are you, Todd?
> 
>  TH> You assume far too much of my question. I didn't make any claims as 
>  TH> to Plato's beliefs, but merely mentioned his name to shift the focus 
>  TH> of the conversation. And it has. That's all.
> 
>  I think I know you well enough by now that you wouldn't have
> asked that question if you really knew what the answer was going to
> be, since the answer tends to undercut your position.
>  It took me about an hour or more to look up and type up the
> quotations for you.  I note a distinct lack of thanks on your part,


Right, and I'm amused that I caused you to obsessively waste so much time
quoting information 
which you thought would debunk an assumption that I didn't even make in the
first place.

LOL!


> and am left wondering if you even bothered to read through my message.
>  BTW, you might wish to reflect on the facts that Plato portrayed
> Socrates as having constant tempatations to indulge in sex with boys,


I'm aware.

> and yet Justin Martyr specifically named Socrates as one of the very
> few pagans who would make it into Heaven.
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