[Vision2020] evil in Tucson

Joe Campbell philosopher.joe at gmail.com
Tue Jan 11 15:50:26 PST 2011


Here is a dilemma.

Either the doom and gloom rhetoric of the right works to get them more votes or it does not.

If it doesn't work, it is useless and offensive and should be stopped because it isn't doing any good and is offensive.

If it does succeed in getting more people to come to the polls, then you're going to have to explain how its influence stops there.

How does the rhetoric succeed in getting folks to vote but does not influence human action in any other way?

That would be quite a psychological story to tell! Please tell me how it goes!

I opt for the first option. It is useless insulting garbage that is pulling our country apart. Both sides should stop.

Or was your previous post just a joke?


On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Matt Decker <mattd2107 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well I know the media would be saying we shouldn't jump to conclusions, just as they with the Hasan shootings.
>  
> Question:
>  
> If rhetoric is to be held accountable, how can we do that with first amendment? 
>  
> Should musicians be held accountable? Video game makers?
>  
> The alleged shooter like to listen to Drowning Pool's Let the bodies hit the floor.
>  
> 
>  
> > Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:58:31 -0800
> > From: thansen at moscow.com
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] evil in Tucson
> > 
> > Question:
> > 
> > What would we be discussing if the only thing we knew about the shooter
> > was that he was a foreign exchange student attending the University of
> > Arizona and that his name is Abdul Zahir?
> > 
> > What then?
> > 
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> > 
> > "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
> > and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> > 
> > - Unknown
> > 
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