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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (23299)	8/20/2001 12:59:57 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I am not sure what you think would qualify as a "mention". I would prefer the term "expressed". I did not, in any case, recognize that the use of the term "distaste" was ludicrous. I recognized that it might be more accurate to say that the beliefs were greeted with contempt, and the persons arguing them were treated with distaste. Anyway, X has expressly held that we cannot know the truth; that justice is an arbitrary social construct; that there are no "human values", only local values; and that there are no discernible principles underlying morality. In addition, she has held that believing such things strongly leads to what she would consider (from her point of view) bad things. Finally, she has often expressed distaste for the sort of people who hold such beliefs........