Keebler@cmu-cs-edu1.ARPA (Keebler) (04/12/85)
______________________________________________________________________ > { from: Don Black black@nisysg.DEC } > > I want to thank those of you who have made comments to me > on an individual basis. I think most of us have common ground for > agreement on various issues. > > On the issues of freedom of speech, religion, and expression, I > can make no compromise. You can say anything you like, no matter how irresponsibly ignorant you are. People like Rich Rosen and I are not trying to silence you. We simply want you to be a bit more responsible in your writings if you want to speak out on the topics which you have touched upon in your previous articles. > On the issues of the "Vanishing Holocaust," > I retain the right to question and investigate. One of the individuals > who contacted me said that to doubt is more virtuous than to take on > faith. So I have doubts. Do you doubt God? It hardly seems so. How do you explain your hypocrisy? > I offer my deepest apologies to those of you who lost relatives > in the tragedy of World War II. 'Twas not my intention to insult you. Four of my friends accept your apologies. They are not too thrilled with your ignorance of the Holocaust, however. (They couldn't believe your words, especially since one of them has seen the actual gas chamber in which two of his aunts died. To them, you are like one who claims that the earth is flat.) > I make no apology to anyone who keeps connecting my name with > the term "Nazi" in your subject headers. I understand that the net > frowns on Ad Hominems. Well, so be it. A rose by any other name is > still a rose. An Ad Hominem is still an Ad Hominem even used in a > header. > > As far as the publishing of individual mail, I personally have > nothing to hide. Any comments I make to any of you individually, feel > free to use as you wish. But please have the courtesy to use the > full context. Then I won't have any excuse to point and say,"See? > What did I tell you? A typical <whichever>." > > I extend my best wishes to everyone on the net for this > holiday season, for whichever holiday you celebrate. > > I'll be around every so often to keep you honest. I will always be around to straight out your misconceptions. (By the way, what happened to your promise that you are no longer subscribing to net.religion?) > Illegitimati non carborundum. > > --Don Black ______________________________________________________________________ Live long and prosper. Keebler { hua@cmu-cs-gandalf.arpa }