Posted by 5 on March 2, 2006, at 23:16:21
In reply to Re: Ok, let's move this to Admin., posted by gardenergirl on March 2, 2006, at 23:05:01
> In looking again at what Bob flagged in his post about the block, I wonder if it was because "people with nukes" were characterized, versus characterizing a policy or a behavior as hypocrisy.
I think in context it was clear I was talking about the policy.
> So, in this case, being a US citizen, I might view myself as a person with nukes, through my citizenship of a country that has nukes. If I did view myself that way, I might feel put down by the term hypocritical.
You might...
Is it rational for you to do so?
Should people be blocked because you (could) view things this way?Hypocritical... Maybe that wasn't the best choice of phrases...
What I was getting at was the notion of logical inconsistency. Strictly speaking... I guess it isn't a logical inconsistency that was the issue either (there is nothing logically inconsistent about saying okay for me not okay for you). Didn't the context disambiguate things rather?
> I'm learning that some folks place a lot more personal meaning in identifying with a specific group than I once thought.No sh*t.
In this case... It seems Bob does.
I don't think that is rational...
I wouldn't have thought that was something that should be generalised back to real life...
But then it isn't about that...Nice try at a rationalisation.
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