[MD] Taking Words Seriously

[Steven Peterson]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:42 PM, david buchanan <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Hypothetical objection by analogy: "You're gutting the MOQ worse than Bush gutted the Bill of Rights."
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> Hypothetical response by a responsible adult: "Really? Sounds like you think it's serious. How have I gutted it?"
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> Hypothetical response by an irresponsible child: "No I haven't. You're mean. I don't like your style."
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> Hypothetical response by an irrelevant right-winger: "You're with the terrorists, you commie fag."
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> I ask you in all seriousness, MOQers. Which sort of response is best?


Steve:
The "commie fag" one is definitely worst of all. The best one is the
"Really? How have I done that?" But what about this: "but I haven't
done that. If you think _that_ you must have misunderstood what I was
saying." But that just gets followed by "no, dude, that totally IS
what you are saying." And then, "how do you know what I am saying
better than I do?"...So I guess that wouldn't work, either.

Anyway, do you see how you are trying to draw a line between passion
and intellect (see also style and content, rhetoric and philosophy)
which in another thread you are saying (and we agree) cannot be done?