dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) (09/19/86)
The following excerpts come from net.music and net.politics. Read them carefully, and consider the questions at the end. Excerpt #1: [From an exchange in net.music about Sigue Sigue Sputnik] Anyone that likes Sick Sick Spoofnik deserves to get flamed. Its musical content is nil. Most folk are more musical at one year old. Rather than buy the album why not get the Sigue Sigue Sputnik DIY musical kit - a rubber band; produces one long continuous monotonous note. If Mr Spock attempted to mind meld with a Sputnik fan it would fail dismally. Excerpt #2: [From net.politics, titled "Nuclear aftermath: killing or healing"] > Of *course* survival equipment includes one or more guns. Do you > suppose the people stopping by your shelter will be looking for a > fourth for bridge? (Would be nice, though.) > ... > Michael C. Berch No, Michael, if God forbid, there *is* a nuclear war and somehow I survive the 60 bombs targetted on New York city alone, I will be joining my wife (hoping that she too is still alive) in doing whatever I can to heal the sick and dying, of which I will undoubtedly like the rest of us, eventually be one. Perhaps I will be dodging the bullets of psychopaths with guns who believe in violence to their last breath and last murder. ... All I know is if you intend to go out and commit murder that I think you are sick and perhaps helplessly poisoned by an obsession with violent solutions to even the most clear signs that violence is foolish and futile. tim sevener whuxn!orb Q1. In terms of the methods used to prove their point, how are the arguments used by both authors similar? Q2. How are their arguments different? Q3. *Are* their arguments different? -- David Canzi