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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

>> And what exactly have apathy and inaction, your cure alls (which I’ve tried myself for most of my adult life), done?

I never said anything was a “cure all”. I don’t think there is a cure. Free will and free speech will inevitably lead to free stupidity.

>> You think it’s enough to shrug when good people are attacked and say “I won’t give them the satisfaction”?

Each instance requires its own response. When the overarching goal is to provoke, resisting provocation is worthwhile. When the goal is attention-getting, ignoring is often worthwhile. When the goal is to inflict pain, stoicism is worthwhile.

I have no problem with the idea of flattening Seth McFarlane ... there is a reason he doesn’t get any airtime in my home ... but moaning about every little insufferable thing he says just isn’t useful.

SnakeDoc


39 posted on 03/23/2010 11:05:30 AM PDT by SnakeDoctor ("The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant ... that even a god-king can bleed." - 300)
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To: SnakeDoctor

This isn’t every little insufferable thing. This is this thing. And I do believe it’s the first time the d*ckless little twerp has moved me to anger.

I’m getting damned tired of doing nothing while the worst among us hijack the culture.


43 posted on 03/23/2010 11:25:18 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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