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REBUTTALS TO PREVIOUS ARTICLES
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The Hypocrisy of it All!
Roy Witt <1:397/22>
Last weeks letter to the children in Fidonet opens with a childish
overview indicating to the reader that it must have been written with
a misanthropical mindset.
FR> An open letter from Björn Forsström 2:203/614.61 to everyone unde
FR> the age of 15 and those of you who are older can stop read here s
FR> you will never get it anyway.
The Fidonews Editor says that my reply (this is the second, cleaned up
version) to this letter cannot attack the author, yet the author of
this letter has attacked Fidonet sysops, even though he hasn't named
names but you know who he's talking about. I'll do the best I can to
comply with the editor's wishes here, but ya'll will know to whom I'm
addressing.
FR> When you grow up I hope that Fido has since long gone been put to
FR> sleep because I wouldn't want you to read about how so called adu
FR> in the year 2006 are behaving towards each other like I will ment
FR> below but with the present situation I don't think you have to be
FR> much worried. Rabies is a lethal disease and it's spreading like
FR> wildfire in here.
The late comedian, Bill Hicks during his darker moments displayed this
same type of misanthropy. He once called the human race "a virus with
fuckin' shoes" and often referred to himself as a "misanthropic
humanist."
However, last week's open letter didn't reveal that kind of revelation
from its author.
Before you get any further into this rebuttal to the open letter, keep
in mind that the 'open letter' of last weeks Fidonews doesn't display
a whole lot of subtle expressions of misanthropy in pointing out the
shortcomings of humanity.
FR> It's free to call anyone you like for a thief without proving a
FR> thing.
The millionaire, Mr. Burns, and the crazed homicidal clown, Sideshow
Bob, on the American comedic TV show, The Simpsons, are both snobbish
misanthropes.
FR> It's free to call anyone you like for a liar, also without provin
FR> thing.
Misanthropy has been ascribed to a number of writers of satire, such
as William S. Gilbert ("I hate my fellow-man"), but such
identifications must be closely scrutinized, because a critical or
darkly humorous (Dark comedy) outlook toward humankind may be easily
mistaken for genuine misanthropy.
FR> It's free to have the worst man ever lived (Adolf Hitler) as your
FR> Hero.
Some people see the worst in everything. Jonathan Swift is widely
accused of misanthropy (see A Tale of a Tub and, most especially, Book
IV of Gulliver's Travels). However, Swift was also involved with many
charitable organizations in Dublin, Ireland, including a hospital for
the care of the mentally ill.
FR> (I hope you are familiar whit the history, otherwise I can person
FR> recommend a visit at Dachau or Bergen-Belsen in Germany or Stutth
FR> in Poland).
Hitler discovered a powerful talent for oratory. His hoarse, grating
voice, for all the bombastic, humorless, histrionic content of his
speeches, dominated audiences by dint of his tone of impassioned
conviction and gift for self-dramatization. Something that most cannot
say about their own talents.
Not unlike that of some of Fidonet's *Cs, but on a bigger scale with
far more followers than the most bombastic among Fidonet's leadership.
FR> It's free to talk shit behind everyone's back and the more
FR> patronizing you is the better.
"Honor, loyalty, reverence, and fidelity - the highest and the holiest
virtues of humanity - are but base commodities to be bought and sold."
- Lago from Shakespeare's play, Othello.
Guilty parties shouldn't be saying that others are worse than they
are. While many people talk behind other's backs, a small group are
upset that others dare to do the same about them.
FR> Misunderstand everything and everyone, deliberately or not doesn'
FR> matter.
If one is to communicate in a non-native language, one should attempt
to learn it as best they can. Foremost, they should refrain from
assumptions so as not to make a fool of themselves. When in doubt, ask
questions of a native speaker, you'll save a lot of shoe leather that
way.
FR> Do to others what you don't want them to do to you.
Samuel Beckett once remarked that "Hell must be like... reminiscing
about the good old days when we wished we were dead." - a statement
that may, perhaps, be seen as rather bleak and hopeless, but not as
anti-human or expressive of any hatred of humankind.
Certainly unlike someone sitting on a park bench, imbibing the fruit
of the vine and then posting misanthropical craziness to others out of
his stupor.
FR> Show all the disrespect you can towards everyone that doesn't agr
FR> with you.
"If you rage with your fire and I remain like the still waters, the
most your flame can do is sizzle my steams to the heavens. As my rain
pours down upon your fire, you will cease to exist!" - Russ T Okamura
Good advice for those who're too dumb and to stubborn to understand
the use of the English language. Learn the language and ask questions
to really know what has been said.
FR> Let someone else do the thinking for you, no matter if it makes s
FR> or not.
Thinking is a mental process, which allows human beings to model the
world, and so to deal with it effectively according to their goals,
plans, ends and desires. Words referring to similar concepts and
processes in the English language include cognition, sentience,
consciousness, idea, and imagination.
FR> Pretend to be a peace-maker in a conflict until you have earned s
FR> respect and then stab your opponent in the back.
Certainly not a trait unknown to the casual reader. That tactic has
been used by many down thru the ages ... Heh heh heh ...
FR> The older you get the more childish you will be (sad but true).
Can the reader imagine what's in the future, knowing what we have all
learned from this? Hopefully everyone posting in Fidonet will be
beyond this perceived pre-puberty stage before posting. But I imagine
that there will still be a few who don't. Those who don't get it,
haven't a clue, etc..
FR> When you leave the sandbox, be sure to bring some sand with you,
FR> preferably full of dogs shit. It's much more fun to toss it then.
The idea that one sand box is somehow typical of everyone else's is
absurd. If you find dog shit on the your face, it wasn't necessarily
thrown from someone else's sand box.
FR> Set as many traps as you can. It' SO fun to watch people walk rig
FR> into them, thinking you was serious.
Serious has to slap some people in the face before they recognize it.
OTH, most of us know when people are having fun, even if it is at
their (your) expense.
FR> Blame everyone else for your own shortcomings.
Which is what this hypocritical 'open letter' is all about.
FR> Accuse everyone else for everything you don't like and then do
FR> exactly the same yourself.
In one of his most famous works, Slaughterhouse Five, the protagonist
Billy Pilgrim "becomes unstuck in time". He is taken hostage by the
Tralfamadorians, a race able to see in "4D", who can travel through
time and experience all the events in their lives, not necessarily in
chronological order. Through the novel they teach him a fatalistic
philosophy, summed up in the book's signature phrase, "so it goes".
FR> Have an agenda but never agree to anyone that you have one.
Some people believe they're mind readers. The antagonist Agent Smith
from the movie The Matrix exhibits some of the same misanthropic
tendencies in the film, when he refers to humans as "a virus, you are
a plague" in the scene where he is trying to break Morpheus's mind.
FR> Don't ever listen to anyone else, you might actually learn someth
"I have an expression I use. It's not as good as "Shoot low - they're
riding Shetlands", but I try and remember this all the time - you can
use it yourself - like a mantra: "People suck"." - Frank Zappa
FR> Claim to have a medical education and toss diagnoses around you a
FR> you see fit without even having met the patient.
Because mental events cannot directly be observed, computational
models provide a tool for studying the functional organization of the
mind. Such models give cognitive psychologists a way to study the
"software" of mental processes independent of the "hardware" it runs
on, be it the brain or a computer.
Many of us know this instinctively, some have actually learned about
it in our college psychology studies. Some remain ignorant of the
computational skills commonly known by others, even the learned.
FR> Disagree with everyone just because you can. It's really nice to
FR> things up.
In other words, don't be afraid of heated debate because you don't
have the mental capacity to carry on an adult conversation, just play
it by ear and everything will turn out just dandy; or you'll get
pissed off, whichever occurs first.
FR> Don't ever help anyone, even if his clothes have caught fire.
Especially those sinners who deserve to be burned at the stake. It's
ok to piss on their ashes though, so the fire doesn't spread any
further. Logically, that's very simple to figure out but some
post-adolescents need further instruction from the adults.
FR> Don't worry if you break existing rules, those who sees you as th
FR> Hero will back you up whatever you have done.
Since there is no moderator and thus, no rules, what is this all
about?
FR> When you run out of arguments you are entitled to sink as low as
FR> see fit to discredit your opponent.
Some people are famous for digging holes they can jump into. One would
think that they'd get tired of digging themselves out of the holes
they've dug for themselves. Seems like they're not.
FR> I could go on for hours but I think that you kids understand what
FR> trying to say.
The Hardcore Chicago band Arma Angelus has a song that could apply to
this on their album "Where Sleeplessness is Rest from Nightmares".
"Thanks for cutting it short, Lorraina."
FR> If you all follow some or all of those rules you will become a pe
FR> in FidoNet that's respected and the one that others will listen t
FR> because they will look up to you as their Great Leader and they w
FR> worship you for coming up with new abuses in every post.
It also became known as The Hypocrisy of it All!
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