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To: <anthroposophy_tomorrow@yahoogroups.com>
References: <c27be0+1aa0@eGroups.com>
Subject: Re: [anthroposophy_tomorrow] Re: Morality and Racism
- Selective quotation
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 21:18:26 -0500
Diana:
> Good grief, Daniel, this is an email list. It's "netiquette,"
simple
> courtesy, to only quote the part you are replying to
and not repeat
> the entire dialogue every time.
Daniel:
It is "netiquette" to chop up post to distort the
original writer's argument and then respond to tangentially
to a side point?
A certain amount of chopping is certainly necessary (note
what I chopped for this reply). On the other hand, this can
be taken too far, especially if it is used as a technique
for avoiding discussion on substantive points by appearing
to reply but not actually addressing the question or the central
argument of the previous post. It is a technique frequently
employed by politicians (as the next election cycle approaches,
there should be plenty of opportunity to observe true masters
practice the art). From my training as a prisoner of war interrogator
(US Army) I have a certain amount of
experience detecting systematically evasive answers.
It is not a question of whether, it is a question of how
and how much.
Daniel Hindes
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