Re: virus: Number Games by John Derbyshire

From: David McFadzean (david@lucifer.com)
Date: Sun Jul 21 2002 - 13:28:44 MDT


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From: <joedees@bellsouth.net>

> Racist only applies to race; one can be wary of totalitarian ideologies,

That's why I said "or the cultural equivalent".

> religious or otherwise, without being a bigot. It is not PREjudice to
> reject an ideology if one has spent the time and effort to study it and
> found it wanting, absurd or malevolent.

How much time do you think the author spent studying it if he said it was
not even worth thinking about?

> I certainly would not wish to live
> under Shar'ia law.

Should you extend your preferences to the rest of the world?

David



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