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To: Psycho_Bunny; sirgawain
I am writing on behalf of myself and a few of my friends to state that Proper Flaming Crowd is a bad role model for children. Let me start by stressing that I am not attempting to suppress anyone's opinions, nor do I intend to demean Proper Flaming Crowd personally for its beliefs or worldviews. But I do think that I must drive off and disperse the simple-minded prevaricators who prevent the real problems from being solved.

Most of us who have been around for a while realize that it's irrelevant that my allegations are 100% true. Proper Flaming Crowd distrusts my information and arguments and will forever maintain its current opinions. Other than that, we need to look beyond the most immediate and visible problems with Proper Flaming Crowd. We need to look at what is behind these problems and understand that if Proper Flaming Crowd is going to make an emotional appeal, then it should also include a rational argument. Viewed from all angles, Proper Flaming Crowd has been deluding people into believing that the laws of nature don't apply to it. Don't let it delude you, too.

You are, I'm sure, well aware that it's about time Proper Flaming Crowd stopped claiming its rabid, detestable ultimata were influenced by outside sources and just admitted it was wrong. But did you know that most people are loath to admit that whenever Proper Flaming Crowd finds itself confronted by the law, it insists it needs reforming? I'll let you in on a little secret: it is easy to see from the foregoing that I am merely pointing out what I have observed. Am I being too harsh for writing that? Maybe I am, but that's really the only way you can push a point through to Proper Flaming Crowd. After being called "wrongheaded, perfidious wisenheimers" a hundred times or so by Proper Flaming Crowd and its helots, my friends and I have reached the conclusion that I overheard one of Proper Flaming Crowd's bedfellows say, "Proper Flaming Crowd acts in the public interest." This quotation demonstrates the power of language, as it epitomizes the "us/them" dichotomy within hegemonic discourse. As for me, I prefer to use language to build a true community of spirit and purpose based on mutual respect and caring. While I don't question Proper Flaming Crowd's motives, and I certainly understand the frustrations of its shills, it recently stated that it can pamper heartless politicos and get away with it. It said that with a straight face, without even cracking a smile or suppressing a giggle. It said it as if it meant it. That's scary, because it appears to have found a new tool to use to help it shout obscenities at passers-by. That tool is nepotism, and if you watch it wield it, you'll indeed see why it says that it has a "special" perspective on unilateralism which carries with it a "special" right to operate on a criminal -- as opposed to a civil disobedience -- basis. That's a stupid thing to say. It's like saying that it is omnipotent. I would like to close by saying that the need Proper Flaming Crowd's cat's-paws have for its intrusive platitudes is especially strong as a means of transferring blame -- an outlet for the despair they face when normal channels of protest and change are closed.

34 posted on 10/20/2001 3:13:35 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
I am writing on behalf of myself and a few of my friends to state that Proper Flaming Crowd is a bad role model for children. Let me start by stressing that I am not attempting to suppress anyone's opinions, nor do I intend to demean Proper Flaming Crowd personally for its beliefs or worldviews. But I do think that I must drive off and disperse the simple-minded prevaricators who prevent the real problems from being solved. Most of us who have been around for a while realize that it's irrelevant that my allegations are 100% true. Proper Flaming Crowd distrusts my information and arguments and will forever maintain its current opinions. Other than that, we need to look beyond the most immediate and visible problems with Proper Flaming Crowd. We need to look at what is behind these problems and understand that if Proper Flaming Crowd is going to make an emotional appeal, then it should also include a rational argument. Viewed from all angles, Proper Flaming Crowd has been deluding people into believing that the laws of nature don't apply to it. Don't let it delude you, too. You are, I'm sure, well aware that it's about time Proper Flaming Crowd stopped claiming its rabid, detestable ultimata were influenced by outside sources and just admitted it was wrong. But did you know that most people are loath to admit that whenever Proper Flaming Crowd finds itself confronted by the law, it insists it needs reforming? I'll let you in on a little secret: it is easy to see from the foregoing that I am merely pointing out what I have observed. Am I being too harsh for writing that? Maybe I am, but that's really the only way you can push a point through to Proper Flaming Crowd. After being called "wrongheaded, perfidious wisenheimers" a hundred times or so by Proper Flaming Crowd and its helots, my friends and I have reached the conclusion that I overheard one of Proper Flaming Crowd's bedfellows say, "Proper Flaming Crowd acts in the public interest." This quotation demonstrates the power of language, as it epitomizes the "us/them" dichotomy within hegemonic discourse. As for me, I prefer to use language to build a true community of spirit and purpose based on mutual respect and caring. While I don't question Proper Flaming Crowd's motives, and I certainly understand the frustrations of its shills, it recently stated that it can pamper heartless politicos and get away with it. It said that with a straight face, without even cracking a smile or suppressing a giggle. It said it as if it meant it. That's scary, because it appears to have found a new tool to use to help it shout obscenities at passers-by. That tool is nepotism, and if you watch it wield it, you'll indeed see why it says that it has a "special" perspective on unilateralism which carries with it a "special" right to operate on a criminal -- as opposed to a civil disobedience -- basis. That's a stupid thing to say. It's like saying that it is omnipotent. I would like to close by saying that the need Proper Flaming Crowd's cat's-paws have for its intrusive platitudes is especially strong as a means of transferring blame -- an outlet for the despair they face when normal channels of protest and change are closed.

So what you're saying is...you don't know how to format?

36 posted on 10/20/2001 3:32:36 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum
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To: Rebelbase
Eschew obfuscation.
38 posted on 10/20/2001 4:01:11 PM PDT by headsonpikes
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