18-02-2011, 01:26 AM
Charles,
I kindly take exception to the aggressive tone in many of your posts. I have already stated my belief, namely, that in this speech JFK's description of "this unspeakable something" is far too broad for "the something" he is describing to be limited to political, religious, or idealogical philosophies and their proponents.
I further believe that overly aggressive refutation of logically deduced or inferred conclusions (be they ultimately accurate or not) is evidence of a defensiveness born from a lack of confidence in one's own position, rather than evidence of the weakness in another's.
Me thinks thou protests too loudly, indeed.
I kindly take exception to the aggressive tone in many of your posts. I have already stated my belief, namely, that in this speech JFK's description of "this unspeakable something" is far too broad for "the something" he is describing to be limited to political, religious, or idealogical philosophies and their proponents.
I further believe that overly aggressive refutation of logically deduced or inferred conclusions (be they ultimately accurate or not) is evidence of a defensiveness born from a lack of confidence in one's own position, rather than evidence of the weakness in another's.
Me thinks thou protests too loudly, indeed.
Charles Drago Wrote:Poppycock!
(With apologies to Barbara Bush.)
James, but I'm not buying what you're selling.
It's a process.
We conflate what we've come to know over 50-plus years of investigation with what was known even to the likes of JFK 50 years ago at our own peril.
Again, recall with Robert Kennedy later said: "I thought I knew how the world worked, and I didn't." [paraphrase]
GO_SECURE
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)
monk
"It is difficult to abolish prejudice in those bereft of ideas. The more hatred is superficial, the more it runs deep."
James Hepburn -- Farewell America (1968)