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To: epicure who wrote (89239)	11/23/2004 12:15:56 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) of 108807

the whole "bad behavior" argument is pretty absurd. One can couch disgusting opinions (disgusting IMO, of course) in the most civil manner and it doesn't make it any less disgusting. I know that you think that you present your cases in manner that is unoffensive and impersonal and uninsulting, and yet you do have a knack for getting reactions from people. But then again, those of us with a decent memory know that this is your intent. (I could probably drum up the post if given enough time to find it). I have found that some of the most biting attacks can be done in a perfectly civil manner that can be defended as "impersonal commentary". But it is disingenuous to insist that this method of attack is any less hurtful. In my mind's eye I am picturing very civilized English military men having tea on the savanhah before going and killing the residents of a local village. BTW: in a previous post you made an assertion to the effect that this happened miles away from us and it didn't effect any of us. Yet two of my friends here on SI (and they are friends to a number of the people you have seen on this threadO) actually did know the victims. It is apparent that you find it ugly when people put some emotion behind their words or use namecalling when posting on these threads. I find it ugly when someone defends an asinine position (such as grainne's), whether or not it is done in a civil unemotional impersonal way, or if it is done in emotional insulting way (both methods were used by grainne's supporters). You bring up the idea that using the "bad behavior" method of communication isn't going to achieve an end, that it serves no purpose. What purpose do you think your posts have? What end have you achieved? By your ever so civilized approach, do you think that any of those who have objected to grainne's asinine post will change their opinion about her or about whether a deer's life is more valuable than that of six human beings? Maybe those posting are not fighting for anything except righteous indignation (by their definition, of course). Maybe they are simply having a natural human emotional response to a situation that needs no justification and no purpose other than the release of that emotional response. Because that doesn't fit into your tidy communication package, does not make it bad behavior (except by your own personal definition, of course). The simple fact is, grainne made her post to get a reaction. There is no way that she didn't know that she would get this kind of reaction. In which case, those expressing themselves here in objection to her presentation are actually doing her a favor. Nice people that they are.

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