Heidegger

On 3 Jun 2006, at 18:32, Bob Guevara wrote:

>> From: Malcolm Riddoch
>> Date: Sat Jun 03 12:21:07 CDT 2006
>> To:
> Discussions pertaining to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger
>
>> Subject: Re: Einstein, Fascism and Zionism
>
>>
>> On 04/06/2006, at 1:10 AM, Bob Guevara wrote:
>>
>> Insults?
>> In the spirit of your conversation with Anthony … where,
>> precisely, are the insults in my last missive?
>> As I recall, you recently said something along the lines of not
>> taking the list personally but phenomenologically ,,,, what did
>> that mean Malcolm?
>> I mean the insult you levelled at Abdassamad concerning him
>> somehow riding on my coattails. It seems like an odd way to just
>> jump into a thread without thinking.
>> Don’t take it personally either cos I certainly don’t, it’s just
>> you seem to be playing pile on here. What’s the point of joining a
>> discussion and introducing yourself by baiting people? Do you too
>> not wish to read or think about Israeli and US “terrorism” and
>> want this list to keep to talking only of the other’s terrorism?
>> Malcolm
>
>
> The art of the loaded question …
>
> but Malcolm, it is my sense that it is Abdassamad that eagerly
> awaits on opportunity to *pile on*

It seems to me Bob, that to ask whether murder and rape are moral or
legal terms is hardly piling on.

> and of course it is you who eagerly provides that opportunity from
> time-to-time. I have no problem with a balanced discussion about
> terrorism ,, in fact, I have no problem with a view to terrorism
> thru the lense of anti-Americanism such as is obviously yours.

Why, if you had even the slightest interest in philosophy, would you
care the least whether or not someone was anti-American? What on
earth is all this defensiveness about?

Abdassamad

Posted on Saturday, June 3rd, 2006 at 6:00 pm
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