From: laelth@yabbs
To: maedhros@yabbs
Subject: re: "Deserve?"
Date: Tue Feb 15 10:32:55 1994

*laelth wonders why maedhros keeps swinging in the air (missing the 
point)*

Now, now maedhros, you must learn to not make such assumptions.  You 
accuse me of waffling on the usefulness of utopian visions.  I admit, I do 
waffle, on occasion, when it suits me, but in this case you've misread me 
completely, as I must now demonstrate:

    I wrote, "What benefit can be gained from a discussion of some ethical 
code that hardly anyone follows?  As beautiful as our utopian code may be, 
it is still utopian, not real, never was real, and never will be."

Now, please, tell me, where in this piece do I state that it is useless to 
talk about utopian moral codes?  In fact I question that notion, rather 
than making a statement about it.  Later, howver, I do state specifically, 
that it IS useful (for the rich and the powerful).
Is it useful for me?  Only as a means of exposing how the wealthy exploit, 
program, and manipulate the masses.

*next parry to follow in a separate note.*

-laelth