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echo: surv_rush
to: KEITH KNAPP
from: MARK HOLLAND
date: 1998-02-22 22:32:00
subject: Re: Religious costs.

SB>KK> Yeshua ben Joseph
SB>1) As a Messianic Jew, I find your usage of Messianic terms repugnan
SB>   (please don't use our terms -- it is utterly offensive to Jews if
SB>   our language & customs are appropriated and mimiced by a Gentile
SB>   who does NOT have a Jewish heart or understanding [IOW, a clue --
SB>   something you obviously lack]...)...
KK>I have a feeling that if my politics and yours were identical
KK>you would have gently pointed out my error and explained the
KK>correction.
KK>One of the characteristics of human tribal politics is that
KK>we compulsively form in-groups and identify out-groups.  When a
KK>member of the in-group makes a mistake, it's no big deal, but
KK>when a member of our identified out-group does it, it clearly
KK>shows such sub-human tendencies as a lack or heart or a tendency
KK>toward semi-literacy.  I've done that myself plenty of times.
One of the characteristics of human tribal politics is that when those who 
are on the losing end of an argument are bested or shown their error, they 
tend to try to blame something or someone else for their shortcomings.
Mark
LENS
Nuker of the Worthlessa
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