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To: Poet who wrote (141)	8/17/1998 9:10:00 PM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1542

Poet, it is to late in the evening to actually be saying profound things. There are indeed a lot of people who get a cheap thrill hearing verbal obscenities that allow them to feel good about themselves by feeling superior. I'm not saying anyone on this thread is doing that. Regarding Emile's views, I find them dangerous. Dangerous not because Emile will harm anyone. But dangerous because there are people less intelligent than Emile who will listens to others words and may do hurtful things. Thats why I want his views openly expressed, so they can be countered. It is when these views are expressed in secret that they become truly dangerous. FWIW I do not believe Emile is evil. I believe he is very wrong, but not evil. He truly believes he has the only path to salvation and his actively trying to spread his message. I think he is very wrong and is doing more harm than he realizes. He makes me sadder than angry. Henry

To: Poet who wrote (141)	8/17/1998 9:11:00 PM
From: marcos	Respond to of 1542

Well said, and quite true, imho. A good bit of the revulsion I feel at Vidrine's rantings comes from his making me realise that I could and would kill if need be - there is an animal in all of us ready to pump adrenaline to aid the fight-or-flight, and he brings it out with his 'Submit or die' routine. It's a long way from calm civilised rational thought. "Disgust with dirt can be so great that it prevents us from cleaning ourselves - from 'justifying' ourselves." - Nietzsche, Maxim 119, Beyond Good and Evil. - not what he meant at all, but he was so nicely vague -g-