Re: Mr. Szabo's utter inability to think clearly or hold any moral standards

To whoever administers the list.  I responded off list to John Atkins. 
He
has no business sending this to the list, it is way off topic, and out
of
context from what I wrote.  I request permission to send a rebutal to
the
list, and await your reply.

ias

----- Original Message -----
From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@yahoo.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 9:29 PM
Subject: Mr. Szabo's utter inability to think clearly or hold any moral
standards

>
> --- "Imre A. Szabo" <ias@sprintmail.com> wrote:
>
> Answered directly offlist.
>
> Point of fact:
> When asked to provide factual references, Mr. Szabo
> could not.
>
> Mr. Szabo's argument is predicated on "Well, the Nazis
> allegedly liked what the US did to the Indians, so the
> US has no right to critize anyone else."
>
> If the Nazis are so evil, and the US allegedly engaged
> in simillar actions (Mr. Szabo's unsupported
> assertation) then are not simillar actions of Iraq
> also not evil?  And if we are forbidden to critize any
> evil action because our anscestors are not sinless,
> then how can any man critize any evil thing?	No man
> is perfect, and yet Mr. Szabo requires perfection not
> only of the individual but his entire ancestry?
>
> It was once said that the only thing required for evil
> to triumph is for good men to do nothing.  Mr. Szabo
> would require that good men do and say nothing about
> any evil.
>
> Are we to permit Mr. Dahmer's eating choices because
> somewhere along our ancestor's line was a murderer?
> Are we to permit Osama bin Ladin's attacks against the
> US because some of us are descended from Crusaders
> that invaded the Middle East?  Should car theft be
> permitted because the victim's great-great-grandfather
> was a horse thief?
>
> I'm not asking these rhetorically.  These are serious
> questions.  And if you can't answer them then I
> question your right to consider yourself a member of
> the human race.
>
> John
>
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