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To: EnochPowellWasRight
Answer the question: Who has Kareem Abdul-Jabbar killed?

This is a classic example of attempting to an impose artificial construct on the debate by intentionally limiting it to an unrepresentative question that is designed to allow only a single desired answer, also unrepresentative.

Zimdog does this all the time, particularly when he would otherwise have to confront an uncomfortable truth. But the fact is, no matter how many times he demands you answer a question about Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, that question remains completely irrelevant to this discussion

312 posted on 01/17/2007 11:06:34 AM PST by lqclamar
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To: lqclamar; EnochPowellWasRight; Valin; nuconvert; Alter Kaker
This is a classic example of attempting to an impose artificial construct on the debate by intentionally limiting it to an unrepresentative question that is designed to allow only a single desired answer, also unrepresentative.

EPWR's evasion of the question, and lqclamar's subsequent defense, is a classic example of the triumph of emotion over reason and responsibility. Apparently the two of you see no problem with outrageous demands (such as concentration camps for all American Muslims) but cry foul when those who make those demands are held accountable for the demands' inevitable results. If the consequences of such an idea are "irrelevant" then the idea itself is flawed.

If supports concentration camps for all Muslims in America, you necessarily support the internment of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Zalmay Khalilzad, and a host of others who are less prominent but just as patriotic. If you don't want to confront these "uncomfortable" aspects of your demands for summary internment on the sole basis of religious and/or ethnic background, perhaps you should not make such demands.

334 posted on 01/21/2007 11:50:57 PM PST by zimdog
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